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From: thp@westhawk.UUCP ("Timothy H Panton.")
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Popup dialogue box question
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Date: 27 Aug 90 21:07:01 GMT
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kumorek@apollo.hp.com writes:
>> Do users really need to be able to arbitrarily resize the dialog boxes? 
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uunet.uu.net!hpaustx!stuart writes:
> If the dialog requires an input before the application continues, I dont see
> the value of moving it.

Unless the question posed by the dialog is trivial (" shall I explode ?")
your user may need to see some part of the screen in order to answer it.
Life being  what it is, the info will be under your pop-up.
When I'm using a debugger, I have my mind split between the spec, what is 
actually going on, the source, and driving the debugger. My short-term memory
is already at its limits, don't make it harder.

> I cant see the advantage to re-sizing it
Me neither.
Tim.
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