On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:52:56 +0100, Herman Robak <her...@skolelinux.no> wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:49:25 +0100, Josselin Mouette <j...@debian.org> wrote: > >> Le dimanche 08 mars 2009 à 16:00 +0100, Herman Robak a écrit : >>> Modal dialogs that take focus away from _another_ application >>> are disruptive, and they can lead sensitive data to the wrong >>> place by accident. We need less of them, not more. >> >> Modal dialogs that take the focus to go directly into the workflow >> you’re currently in (like, asking your SSH passphrase when you are >> connecting by SSH to a host) are not only harmless, they are *desired*. > > I agree that if a dialog pops up for this purpose, it needs to grab > focus. I did not mention focus. My beef is with the dialog. Oh, but I did mention the focus. *sigh* "Modal dialogs that take focus away from _another_ application are disruptive" I have to admit that I do have a beef with those. But as I wrote, focus is not the concern here. The redundant alien window is. <weasel>If you take "focus" to mean the _user's_ focus, not the keyboard input focus, it will make more sense.</weasel> I apologise for my inconsistence here. -- Herman Robak -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
