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 | depends on Window System | Inkscape | ||||
| Single document window splitting | depends on Window System | |||||
| MDI Overlappable windows | depends on Application | Opera | ||||
| MDI: Tabbed document interface | gedit, Firefox | |||||
| MDI: Window splitting | ||||||
| MDI: IDE-style interface | Eclipse | |||||
| Controlled Single Document Interface | depends on Window System | GIMP | ||||