From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:81c:: with SMTP id s28mr8945105qks.45.1631300095848; Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:54:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6902:1201:: with SMTP id s1mr13332750ybu.163.1631300095720; Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:54:55 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.szaf.org!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!feeder1.feed.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!tr2.eu1.usenetexpress.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:54:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=80.194.57.154; posting-account=xS3LTwoAAAB3aeXopC8a-M58TGE8K6go NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.194.57.154 References: <296e83e5-5855-4732-94ba-ed9c05f3dd6dn@googlegroups.com> <96a6354d-1d37-4f61-a984-aeca00b21bcen@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5352af87-e7e4-4a5a-9a5e-d59ae547513en@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Gtk.Message_Dialog From: Mark Wilson Injection-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:54:55 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:62692 List-Id: On Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 8:01:35 PM UTC+1, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > On 2021-09-08 19:09, AdaMagica wrote: > > Dmitry A. Kazakov schrieb am Mittwoch, 8. September 2021 um 17:02:52 UTC+2: > I do not like dialogs because they cover other UI elements and require > switching user attention. > Spot on in my view. Modality, which a vast majority of dialogs are, are anathema to a good user experience. Apple used to know this, once, but they've relented in the face of ever increasing costs of actually giving a shit. Windows, and Linux, well, ... You'd think that the open source software community would take one (or three) steps back, look at the literature, look at the evidence, and change their ways. They won't. Not enough $$ in it, sadly. Rant over. Cheers, M