On 2014-08-08, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> Why should that disable access to everything else? Most full screen
> games let you alt-tab away from them (preferably auto-pausing the
> game). If a game goes system modal on me, I would not be happy.
>
>> * my application is SOOOOO SPECIAL that it deserves to take over the
>> entire GUI Just Because I Can.
>
> And that one is definitely not a reason, as I'm sure you agree :)
But, AFAICT, that's the only reason behind the behavior for a lot of
Windows apps. Authors of X apps don't seem to suffer from such
delusions of grandeur (or maybe it's just too hard under under X).
My opinion is that people with valid reasons to use a system-modal
window don't need to ask how. IOW asking how to do it is pimae-facie
evidence that you should not be doing it.
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