On 13 September 2010 20:07, Eugene <[email protected]> wrote: > If another application wants my attention it usually bounces politely on the > dock > to get my attention and never rudely jumps into the foreground taking over my > screen and hijacking my keystrokes.
Good point Eugene. Handbrake is an example that is well-behaved and bounces in the background. On the other hand, apps from Apple are probably the worst offenders, with Excel a close second. I also have alerts from a time tracking app that get all tangled up with iCal, the worst popup-style offender (even though it doesn't steal keystrokes). There are also some third party apps that are problematic (SpeedDownload is one that 'pops' into mind). As Ronni points out, I'm not alone, but as Eugene points out, it's an app-by-app issue. So apparently applications can choose to be nice or nasty. I would love to have a global override. I may also be able to dig up the option in Apple's developer docs. I'll have to start recording the exact circumstances, so that I can be clearer about the issue. Thanks for the ideas, James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
