On 15-Jul-2006 15:34:12, Freddie Unpenstein wrote: > >> if you want to make non-blocking dialogs, you have to take care >> i.e. that: >> - a lot of non-blocking-dialogs may be opened, and stay open. > > gtk_widget_present() comes in handy there... thanks, this is very useful for non-blocking dialog. but nevertheless, it's currently very unlikely that I will use them...
> gtk_widget_present(). (Or is it gtk_window_present()... Nawww.... heh) it's gtk_window_present() > How many times do I need to say it? once would have been enough... > Likewise I've always felt that "Close" dialogs shouldn't hastle the user if > the file's unmodified, but should otherwise present the options; "Save" (only > if the file is named), "Save as ...", "Discard changes", and "Don't quit". definitely, yes. > I detest blocking dialogs... oh, this depends - sometimes I find them very useful. > And "always on top" splash screens; they're not too bad if you can just > click on them to make them go away, except when they dissapear just as > you click, and you end up clicking something that was beneath them! or you click on the window beneath, and suddenly, a popup opens an steals the click. and so on... _all_ unrequested windows/popups are evil (i.e. error-popups). and requested popups, which do not open _immediately_ after the request, are evil, too. so are windows which close/resize/... without user-interaction. (because they disturb/interrupt the user.) there are solutions to this (see i.e. the firefox-find-"dialog") - but unfortunately nearly noone uses them :(. it seems that most developers simply don't care or don't know anything about usability... :( regards, Roland _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
