Re: [Evolution] crappy modal-ness

[Benjamin FrantzDale <bfrantzdale odin ac hmc edu>]

This sounds like bug 289 (http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=289)
and bug 4508 (http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4508). I agree
that it is a real problem (That's why I submitted bug 4508 ;-)

Can anything be done about this before 1.0 or is it too late for that?
It's a bug that keeps being reported (search for modal on bugzilla).

--Ben

On 6 Sep 2001, Craig Longman wrote:

>
> this might be more of a gnome thing (or maybe even sawfish, the wm i'm
> using), but it happens to me all the time in evo so i thought i'd start
> here.  btw, i am running with ffm (the only way to use a mouse!)
>
> it seems like the focus behaviour (particularly of the preview pane) is
> really getting annoyingly belligerent.
>
> for eg.  i wanted to create a new filter.  i have the relevant email
> visible in the preview pane.  i click on 'Tools->Filters' and the
> filters dialog comes up.  i click on 'Add' and the add dialog box comes
> up.  i move my cursor back to the preview pane, only to find out that i
> cannot highlight the address from the header info to paste into the
> filter criteria!  i can change folders, but not select anything from the
> darn preview.  if i close the 'add filter' dialog, then i CAN highlight
> the email address.
>
> whats up with this?  i have noticed more and more instances in evo
> particularly where there are some very annoying modal-like issues like
> this.  i say modal-like because it isn't exactly modal, but some of it
> is.
>
> one of the most annoying things about windows is that everything is
> modal.  this may work fine for the average windows user, but in reality,
> other than to 'dumb-down' the interface, there are no valid reasons for
> anything being modal.  i had never imagined i would find anythign quite
> so annoying, but this half-modal is pretty close... ;-)
>
> anyway, if anyone can suggest to me who this should get reported to, i
> will do my duty and submit it.  i have been meaning to, but only just
> now got fed up enough to start the process.
>
> cheers,
>
>      CraigL->Thx();
>
>
>
>
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