On 9/21/06, brian muhumuza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/21/06, brian muhumuza <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > There are many types of dialogs and depending on which, resizability may > be > > > good or bad. > > > > > > I'm suggesting a new way of showing dialogs that solves these problems > and > > > another one of rude interuption. > > > I suggest that all dialogs are drawn within the app's window be it a > > > progress dialog or an infor dialog or a configuration dialog, etc. > > > > How does this affect/solve the resizability issue? > > You don't have to bother with resizing the dialog because the only > resizablel "thing" is the app's window.
In that case you can't see any part of the document while the dialog is up. I'm not sure that's an improvement. > > What's the difference between showing at the center and showing at the > > top in this aspect? > > showing at the center is "in your face" and I for one doesn't like that. It > is worse if the dialog is for some other app at the back. Ah, but focus stealing is something else IMO and can be solved differently. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
