On 01 Sep 2001 10:55:53 -0700, Paul Rohr wrote: > Hi folks, > 2. test it > ----------- > Since our current belief is that most people will prefer the new "don't exit > on close" behavior, we need to make sure that it Just Works, too. Until we > get to that point, I'd encourage all developers to use AbiWord in that mode. > If we're not willing to eat our own dog food here, we shouldn't foist it > off on our users. > > Specifically, I'd like to *strongly* encourage the many many advocates of > this new behavior to build a CVS version and test it thoroughly NOW to make > sure the implementation feels flawless to you, too. Lots of emails and > abstract ideas are no substitute for seeing how the user experience actually > feels in real life. > > For example, I just checked in a fix for one glitch that I'm shocked that > nobody complained about: > > http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/01/September/0025.html > > Also, I'm still not thrilled with the net effect when you close an existing, > untitled, empty document. What do *you* think should happen in this case? > (I think we should definitely exit, but perhaps that's my "die, die" bias.) > Currently, all that happens is the document number gets bumped up by one, > which is very very weird. > > I'm afraid that there may be more such glitches, and we should definitely > iron them out so the feature, as a whole, really does Just Work. > Paul Hi Paul, I really like how this works -- and your patch and the subsequent flicker fix. But... After a few closes and random typing, I suddenly could no longer enter letters. - Mike Johnson
