On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 08:35:40 -0700 (PDT) Todd Mars <tamn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > OT: It amazes me that an OS which actually calls itself "Windows" ships > > with a window manager which buries critical dialogs under all the other > > windows. And that this *still* happens in Windows 7. "It's been saying > > 'Please wait, installing' for three hours... oh wait, there's a click to > > continue dialog underneath the main installer window, with no entry on the > > task bar...". > > > Windows doesn't do that. The application (installer in this case) does > that. The problem with Windows is they let developers specify the > properties of the dialogs, even "critical" ones. Oh, wait, the > application does not think it's "Critical" so it does not specify > "Always On Top" or whatever....And should it be a modal dialog?... > Spider-man's uncle said with great power comes great responsibility. Well, sure, it could be the software developer's fault. It happened to me just a couple of days ago, when I was running "Windows Update", and the EULA window for IE 8 was placed under the other Windows Update windows, by those pesky software developers not using the window manager properly :-} And surely the default for a new window is 'initially on top' unless you go out of your way to bury it? Cheers -Terry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-edi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
