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Kenneth Jason Fair (kjfair@midway.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: In article <4f6bag$ckp@news.mpd.tandem.com>, Joseph Crowe <jcrowe> wrote:

: >   Yeah, but not all.  Think about this....you know all of those annoying
: >alerts that essentially allow the user no alternative but to respond before
: >doing anything else on the Mac?  Let's see, dialogue boxes in MacSpeak.  These
: >are the indication that the underlying multitasking mechanism needs rework.  

: This in fact has nothing to do with multitasking.  What you are referring
: to is a modal dialog box.  Modal dialog boxes are still multitasking since
: the Dialog Manager calls WaitNextEvent for keypresses and mouse actions.
: In fact, you can tell that it is multitasking because background programs
: are still running and doing their thing.
[snip]

: So the person to blame here is the software author, not Apple.

Although your point about multitasking proceeding even with an open modal 
dialog is correct, Apple is responsible for making the filing dialogs 
modal.  If Apple were to make these "moveable modal" or whatever they're 
called, a lot of frustration could be alleviated.

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N.T. Cheung
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