On 12.01.2016 17:16, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> fixing the problem directly. You make a good point that it's often going
> to be an app/service that isn't the focused app. But we have a long-
> standing mechanism for dealing with dialogs that don't belong to the
> focused app: focus-stealing prevention.
Do we have it? Even if such a thing is implemented, it looks like it's
working very poorly: I'm often disturbed by dialogs popping up out of
nowhere (apport and Thunderbird being the biggest offenders).
> So my proposal is:
> 1. A dialog comes up saying “XYZ needs reauthorizing to access your
> {whatever} account”. Compiz decides whether it gets focus or not. If not, it
> sits in the launcher+switcher waiting for you.
> 2. If you choose "Continue…", that dialog closes and a new dialog appears
> containing the Web frame and a "Cancel" button.
>
> Is that amount of change acceptable for Unity 7?
It can be done in time for the LTS, I believe. But before starting
implementing the changes, I'd like to be sure that the result is better
than what we currently have.
Do you have any references to how Compiz treats new windows?
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