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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. George Hills, in uknotThere's stuff above here
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