Hi James, CFUserNotification Reference: <http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/ipad/#documentation/CoreFoundation/Reference/CFUserNotificationRef/Reference/reference.html>
<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2327656&start=30&tstart=0> Also Afloat might be worth investigating. http://infinite-labs.net/afloat/ Sent from Ronni's iPad On 13/09/2010, at 8:41 PM, James Devenish <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> > -- 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]>
