The way to solve this dilemma is to provide a user option to change the behavior. Everyone will then be happy, or at least happier, and I needn't impose my preferences on others. --- Vladimir On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 17:23 -0800, Miles Lane wrote: > On 1/31/06, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 1/31/06, Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The problem I have with that is that the popup dialogs are the > > > worst offenders. I'll be typing into a word processor, and a > > > long running background process pops up a dialog saying, "An > > > unexpected error has occurred. Delete the database?" just as > > > I'm about to type <TAB> <ENTER>. Bye-bye database! > > > > but at the same time... having the pop up dialogs "pop-under" terminal > > windows in a way that you can't see them at all is also a problem. > > Here's an example, the nm-applet has a keyring manager dialog that > opens when it starts up. This dialog should be rendered above other > windows, since it requires user input for important system > functionality to be set up (wireless networking). Since this change, > I see a flash when nm-applet starts, then I have to dig around to get > to the dialog. > > The most aggrevating example, though, is when I start ANY application > from gnome-terminal (emacs, amarok, firefox, whatever). I now have to > click on the application window to give it focus. I hate this! I, > personally, think it is brain-dead to not give focus to applications > when they start (with the exception of dialogs which should be "system > modal" in Windows parlance). > > Miles > -- Vladimir G. Ivanovic Palo Alto, CA 94306 +1 650 678 8014 -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list