Craig Ede wrote: > Acrobat X is kind of funky though. It doesn't post alerts to the screen > when there are problems. Instead, it adds a document to the taskbar > which you have to click on to see. This applies to situations where you > are being asked to name the file and choose where it will be stored. It > certainly would be better if it brought this things to your attention > directly on the screen via a pop-up dialog.
Since being forced to move to Win 7, I've seen this problem with a number of programs (including Acrobat 9, which is what I'm using). When a program displays a modal dialog box requiring input from the user (such as a File Save or Print dialog, or message that must be acknowledged), that dialog box should take focus -- that is, appear on top of all other open windows and be selected. In Win 7, this often doesn't happen. I can't tell you how many times I've thought that an application wasn't responding to my input only to realize that there was a dialog hidden somewhere, waiting patiently for input from me. Aargh! I assumed that Win 7 introduced some changes in app-to-OS communications that pre-Win 7 apps don't properly handle. But Acrobat X was released _after_ Win 7, right? Could it be that the problem is with Win 7 itself? Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 ------
