Re: Lost in the Windows fun-house
Hi Derek,
Thanks for the explanations.
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>If, as appears to be the case, in Windows you open a window as either
>Normal or Modal, and it stays whichever way you chose until you close it
>(which if it works that way is REALLY STUPID),
Why is this "REALLY STUPID"? It seems okay to me? What am I missing?
</snip>
REALLY STUPID because it seems unnecessarily limiting. REALLY STUPID because
Linux doesn't hamper you thataway, proving it is not necessary. Need I go
on?
<snip>
I'm still puzzled as to why an application would want to cause a window to
behave sometimes as modal and sometimes as normal? Wouldn't this be a bit
confusing to the operator?
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Perhaps confusing unless the app alerts them to what is happening. My idea
was (and is) to print a running log of events to a subsidiary window, and
when something "interesting" occurs, to force the user to stop what they're
doing and take notice - perhaps by clearing the window and/or writing the
logging to a file.
I hope this makes sense. If you want the SPECIFICS, when I get the program
working to a reasonable degree I may send you a copy for constructive
criticism. (The program is complex, and I have limited time to work on it,
so development will take some time.)
Actually seeing the app in operation would be better than trying to grok a
long-winded explanation of the whys and wherefores.
Since I am chatting with a friend at the moment using $$$ $$$$$$$$$ (unamed
program), I can use this analogy - suppose in addition to just beeping to
get my attention when a message is received, the program had an "urgent"
mode that forced me to reply to the message before I could do anything else
on the Internet.
Thanks again,
George
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