RE: Expose' How to access windows moving?
RE: Expose' How to access windows moving?
- Subject: RE: Expose' How to access windows moving?
- From: "Pietrzak, Bryan" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:07:13 -0600
(I hope this reply gets through, i believe the delay in my last post was due
to my company changing our outbound e-mail addresses, so I'm not sure if the
admin let my last message through, or just updated my list membership to the
new address. If the latter, thanks!)
Yes, that makes sense and is very reasonable. As was the desire for
dock-like apps to want to stay dock-like.
I'm just terribly worried about the potential for abuse.
Bryan
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From: David Niemeijer
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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:03 PM
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To: Pietrzak, Bryan; email@hidden; Smith Kennedy
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Subject: RE: Expose' How to access windows moving?
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Hi Bryan and Smith,
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At 8:57 -0600 10/10/03, Pietrzak, Bryan wrote:
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>Yeah, I'm curious, as a user why would your app do that to me? If I want
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to
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>get to the desktop I don't want some developer overriding my desire and
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>keeping their window in the way...kinda negates the whole purpose of
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Expose
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>no?
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At 10:53 -0600 15/10/03, Smith Kennedy wrote:
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>FWIW, I agree with Bryan's perspective. Matt,
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>why don't you want your windows being moved?
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There can be very good reasons for an app not to
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want it's windows to disappear with Exposi. For
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instance, we develop assistive technology
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software and SwitchXS, one of our applications
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(http://www.assistiveware.com/switchaccess.php),
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needs to have its (utility) window always visible
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because without that window the user will never
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be able to get out of an Exposi-ed state (or
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whatever your want to call it). To be able to
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click or even move the cursor the user needs that
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window. So if such a user, who can only use one
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or more switches to access his computer, no
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mouse, no trackball, no keyboard, would
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accidentaly or on purpose trigger one of the
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Exposi key-combinations this would make the
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SwitchXS window disappear and the user would be
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completely at loss and require assistance of
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someone else to get control back over his/her the
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computer. Now if exposi would move that window it
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would be ok, as long as it does not get hidden...
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Cheers,
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david.
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