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Dumb question...and maybe I should try it myself...how do *other* chat programs handle
this? e.g. AIM, Proteus, etc? It's been a while since I've used anything but Fire but
I don't recall ever having this problem.
Best regards,
Ed
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>On 3/29/02 15:18, "Jeff Leung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Yes, I understand what the phrase means, and I do remember this being
>> discussed maybe a month ago.
>>
>> So there currently is no way to have new windows created without them being
>> key. Has it always been this way?
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>Yes, it's always been this way. People just didn't notice anything until
>they thought thought the preference was broken.
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>> Is it something that is difficult to fix, or has there just been too much
>> other stuff to do such that no one's gotten around to it? If so, I can try
>> to muck with it myself.
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>The problem is deciding when a new chat window should be brought to the
>front and when a new chat window should be brought in as the second window.
>What I'm going to try is checking whether the current key chat window is
>being actively used -- something's been typed in the last two seconds or so
>-- and not obscuring an active window like that. I'm adding the code for
>seeing how long it's been since a window has been used as part of the MSN
>"I'm Typing" notifications. Once that's in place, it should be rather
>straightforward to tell when a chat window shouldn't be interrupted.
>
>Until then, there's not much that can be done about the problem. The other
>option is to automatically make *every* new chat window come in behind the
>front-most chat window, which isn't a good idea.
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>And before someone suggests it, yes, I'm mulling over the possibility of
>allowing (as a preference) the ICQ style of not opening the incoming message
>window until the user asks for it.
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>Colter
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