The relevant part of the HIG says do not use modal dialogues unless neccessary (see http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows.html#window- props-modality)
None of the projects you have mentioned are GNOME projects (though do use GTK+), ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #275753 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275753 ** Also affects: firefox (upstream) via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275753 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Inconsistent modality of the about dialog box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48664 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs