> > asmpgmr wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, what is the problem that some of the developers have > >> with modal dialogs anyway ? > > > They get in our way even in cases when you don't need them. > > To expand on that somewhat short statement: I think the most prominent > case is a modal dialog that is triggered by a page that is loaded in a > background tab or other window.
I've honestly never had that happen. I would think that if you goto a site which does something that requires user interaction (i.e. password, missing plugins, etc.) then you would see this fairly quickly before you had a chance to switch to another window. In this case of password entry this would be expected and for things like about:seamonkey this is due to user input so your point doesn't apply. I'm definitely not saying that you personally should like modal dialogs, I'm only saying that not everyone has a problem with them as you do and that you should give users a choice to work the way that suits them. For example I absolutely despise infobars as I find moving the content area down an extremely unwelcome distraction. Forcing your own personal UI likes and dislikes upon everyone without a choice is definitely not a good way to go. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
