Re: Do-not-disturb protocol

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Tuomo Valkonen wrote:

> On 2006-01-19, Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM> wrote:
>  
>
> > I would be very cautions about implementing this in any way other than 
> > focus-stealing-prevention, since I think it would cause accessibility 
> > problems.  For instance, assistive technologies must be able to interact 
> > with the user at all times, regardless of what other applications might 
> > be running.
> >    
>
> Ion needs to know which windows were launched from which for "smart" window
> placement. If a program in frame A launches a program, and while it is
> starting up, I switch to frame B, I would still usually want the window to
> go in frame A instead of the active frame B when it is finally mapped.
> In a more conventional WM one would probably usually want the new window 
> on the same workspace as the launcher. The startup notification spec in
> the usual very-specific-hints-for-the-so-called-modern-desktop fdo vein
> only includes the DESKTOP hint for this.
>
>  
I don't understand what this has to do with the DO_NOT_DISTURB 
suggestion, though....

?

Bill