Re: Possibly PuTTY, possibly something else. It's still hate.

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From: David Cantrell
Subject: Re: Possibly PuTTY, possibly something else. It's still hate.
Date: 12:23 on 24 Jan 2007
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:16:41PM +0000, Martin Ebourne wrote:

> Modal dialogue boxes are the work of the devil. Every single use of  
> one(*) is inexcusable.
> 
> (*) Apart from a locking screensaver, although that's not really  
> modal, just full screen and in front.

Oh no it jolly well isn't!  Or if it is in front, it's not far enough in
front.

On this 'ere box, if my screen is locked (using xscreensaver, so nothing
unusual) and I'm running Evolution, then if Evolution decides to pop up
an alarm thingy, it's visible.  Which is a Very Bad Thing.

-- 
David Cantrell | Reality Engineer, Ministry of Information

  "Cynical" is a word used by the naive to describe the experienced.
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