Subject: Re: Modeless Dialogs (was Re: A Proposal (why we should have setBold(true)))
From: Eric W. Sink (eric@sourcegear.com)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 22:16:15 CDT
>You seem less than enthusiastic about modeless dialogs. I don't really
>see why. There are certainly lots of cases where they aren't appropriate.
>But unless you have a good reason, you shouldn't prevent the user from
>doing things while a dialog is open.
Hmmm. I was going to disagree with the first sentence above, since the
words "less than enthusiastic" are usually a euphemism. However, taking
your words literally, I must agree completely. My stance definitely
falls somewhere under the realm which would encompass the word
"enthusastic".
:-)
Actually, I feel much better. I've seen at least two people on this list
confirm that they believe that not every dialog needs to be modeless.
That's good enough for me, for now. I didn't want to argue any
particular dialog. I just wanted to make sure that we weren't on a
course which would make all our dialogs modeless.
The truth is: I *like* modeless dialogs very much when they are appropriate
and when they are done right.
So, case closed, from my point of view.
Eric W. Sink, Software Craftsman
SourceGear Corporation
eric@sourcegear.com
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