Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!cmcl2!esquire!baumgart From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Dialog Modality Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 18:07:48 GMT References: <1991Mar21.095051.29206@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <593@genco.bungi.com> <1991Mar27.121607.9672@maths.tcd.ie> Sender: news@DPW.COM Organization: Davis Polk & Wardwell Lines: 26 In-reply-to: robertk@lotatg.lotus.com's message of 2 Apr 91 17:50:55 GMT In article robertk@lotatg.lotus.com (Robert Krajewski) writes: Well, that's not entirely fair -- would it really make sense for a standard file dialog to *not* be modal ? Nisus' catalog window is a good implementation of a non-modal "standard file" dialog. It has all the functionality of the standard dialog, but doesn't prevent you from switching to another application, or using the Edit menu, or even clicking on a different Nisus window. On a slightly different note, I was very disappointed that the standard file dialog had changed so little in System 7. Given how long Super Boomerang and similar standard file extenders have been on the market (and how popular they are), I would have thought that Apple would have spent some time improving on it. The standard file dialog is really a relic of the days when people had small hard disks (or none at all) and few files and folders. For all the improvements that the System 7 Finder will bring us, those without something like Super Boomerang will still be spending much more time than necessary navigating through their disks. -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman