Comparison of document interfaces

The following table compares general and technical information for document interfaces.

Concept	memory efficiency	multiple type document	small-sized content	use simultaneously different application	easy to view all document labels of same type document	Applications
Single document interface	No	Yes	No	No	depends on Window System	Inkscape
Single document window splitting	No	No	No	No	depends on Window System
MDI: Overlappable windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	depends on Application	Opera[citation needed]
MDI: Tabbed document interface	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	gedit, Firefox
MDI: Window splitting	Yes	No	No	No	No
MDI: IDE-style interface	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Eclipse
Controlled Single Document Interface	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	depends on Window System	GIMP

See also

• Tabbed document interface#Comparison to SDI
• Tabbed document interface#Comparison to MDI
• Multiple document interface#Comparison with single document interface