Re: [Syllable-developer] Raise a window

[Brent P. N. <me...@ot...>]

Quoting Damien Danneels <dda...@fr...>:

> Brent P. Newhall wrote:
> 
> > Have you ever been distracted?
> > Has something ever interrupted you?
> 
> Well, about every 10 minutes...
> When i come back to the application, i just know that i wanted to add 
> some file, so i click on "Add File" and, magic!, the dialog appears and 
> i see that i have already chosen the correct file, i now just have to 
> click "OK" and that's it ! I don't want to add a pseudo-second file when 
> i wasn't able to complete with the first one !
> 
> Clearly, i disagree with you on that point. If a Save dialog is already 
> opened for my document, if i click again on save, i don't want a second 
> Save dialog : i want the first one to show up.

Fair enough; we have different mental models of software.  We need the User
Testing Team.  Hey!  User Testing Team!  HEY!  Where are...hello?

Oh, that's right; we don't have one.  Darn it.

Well, hmmm.  I say, let's implement it and see if it either drives us towards
nirvana or drives us batty.

> > An interesting concept.  I assume you mean that the user can still interact
> > with the window underneath?  E.g., a non-modal dialog window that is
"Always
> > On Top", like many media players can be configured?
> 
> Yes !

Sounds interesting, though one of the reasons I liked the non-modal File windows
in BeOS was the fact that I could immediately get at the *entire* window behind
it; I didn't have to push the on-top window out of the way.

-- 
Brent P. Newhall
http://brent.other-space.com/