I used Dialogs because they can be either modal or non-modal, whereas a Frame can only be non-modal.
On Mar 5, 2011, at 8:03 AM, Chris Bartlett wrote: > > On 5 March 2011 14:48, mukadobo <[email protected]> wrote: > I think whole state of affairs is because Pivot is using an extension of > java.awt.Dialog (the HostDialog) as the basis for the Display. (Is this to > make it work consistently between desktop and applet?). > > I only started experimenting with multiple windows recently, and wondered the > same thing. I was expecting it to be a java.awt.Frame like the primary > window. > > Greg - Are there technical reasons why additional native windows are Dialogs > rather than Frames? > > Chris
