Re: PROPOSAL: UISG Modal Interface Restrictions, Revision 1

["Dan \"Effugas\" Kaminsky" <effugas best com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bowie Poag <bjp@primenet.com>
To: gnome-gui-list@gnome.org <gnome-gui-list@gnome.org>
Date: Friday, August 07, 1998 10:29 PM
Subject: PROPOSAL: UISG Modal Interface Restrictions, Revision 1


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>We're near consensus on this issue, but not close enough.. Some of the
>wording has changed, so.. lets have a look.
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> o The UISG proposes that the SUGGESTION that "GNOME Compliant"
>   applications be as non-modal as possible be made, rather
>   than *ENFORCED* by Compliancy Levels.
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>   (By "modal" , we're referring to apps which have like a "user
>   mode", or an "edit mode", etc.. This method of application
>   design has been generally disliked by users AND serious
>   app developers for some time, now.)
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>Agree or disagree?


It is not enough to condemn.  We must list and explain non-modal design
constructs that replace The Hated Modality.

For instance--in the GIMP and in Photoshop, a modal display modifies an
image.  How else would one modify an image?