Re: [Evolution] crappy modal-ness

[Benjamin FrantzDale <bfrantzdale odin ac hmc edu>]

Personally, the problem I have with the modal-ness is not that it
functions imporoperly, but that certain config dialogs are modal at all.
As the original poster pointed out, ``one of the most annoying things
about windows is that everything is modal.'' Particularly with filter
dialogs it would be insanely usefull to have full access to all of your
mail while building a rule.

--Ben

On 7 Sep 2001, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:

> If we find a way to fix it before 1.0, then we'll fix it... The problem
> is that this is not an easy problem to solve. We have to find a way to
> make it so that if the evolution-mail process (for example) throws up a
> modal dialog that the evolution-addressbook and evolution-calendar and
> evolution-shell processes all respect that modality. In a single
> process, that's not a problem - but when in 4 or 5 processes...it is not
> an easy thing to fix.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 22:41, Benjamin FrantzDale wrote:
> > 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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