Niko Pavlicek wrote:
> Alexey Nogin wrote:
>
>> Niko Pavlicek wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 3. windows should be able to steal focus only from their parent window
>>> a dialog appears in front of its parent window, but doesn't popup
>>> in front, rather it should wait until the user focusses this dialog
>>> or its parent window.
>>>
>>> IMO (3) is the correct behaviour, since the user can decide in which
>>> window he works and until there are no errors in the actual window,
>>> no dialog comes up to the front.
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree completely. Mozilla should not bother users with error
>> messages concerning windows they are not using at the moment.
>
>
> Just seen that this is know filed with bug #88810
> (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88810)... waiting for a fix
> ;-)
ok, I just read *all* the comments in 88810 and - on Asa's desire - I'll
recomment one in this thread.
Quote from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sorry, don't know your name):
"Niko's quote at the beginning of this report is no doubt well-intended,
but impractical. What about prompts from servers that will cut the
connection if the user doesn't respond in a timely fashion?"
Hey, what's the problem? In the affected window a dialog comes up, if
this window isn't in front the taskbar starts to blink (is such a
feature possible in mac os?) and the user, who is e.g. too busy with a
formular, a chat or an online game, can still decide if this window is
important enough to interrupt his current work.
You mustn't domineer over the user, since you don't know if your prompt
is important for _him/her_! Perhaps he doesn't worry about loosing the
connection to a server, rather he worrys much about losing his game.
Another point is:
It's just really annoying, if you type e.g. in the url-bar and suddenly
another window is in front, since it has stopped loading, started
painting or a timeout occured - just show the user, something has
happened with the blinking taskbar icon.
Imagine, instead of the green arrow on the mail icon, the mail icon
suddenly pops up and shows you your latest mail message without giving
the user the chance to decide what to do. Make it the same with dialog
boxes or errors.
Regards,
Niko!
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