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From: pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: When to use a _real_ moda
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Date: 22 Mar 90 01:39:05 GMT
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In article <10879@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>
>In article <18601@boulder.Colorado.EDU> pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU
>I wrote:
>>OK, explain this further.
>
>Isn't there a word missing here?

No, but your elaboration is appreciated.
>
>The second best solution is that the print dialog contain the name of
>the window it is set up to print, prominently displayed in the print
>dialog window title.  If you choose Print again, then the print dialog
>comes to the front again, but with the name of the window that was
>frontmost when you gave the new command.
>
This, IMHO, is marginally better than the movable-modal dialog.  I
assume the window should be dismissed when OK is chosen to avoid a
loss off speed compared to current modal dialogs.  It's also been
suggested that a list or pop-up menu be used in the dialog to allow
a quick change of the window/object to which the operation should
apply.  Has anyone tried these approaches and gotten some feedback
from non-power users?  In sum, I'm willing to expend the programming
effort once I'm convinced my users will benefit.  Perhaps Apple will
too (with print and page setup, which is how this whole thread got
started).

Jonathan

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