Re: Document with multiple windows
Re: Document with multiple windows
- Subject: Re: Document with multiple windows
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 03:33:01 +0200
On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 07:28 , Charles Srstka wrote:
>
But as for AppKit being crippled - are you actually trying to tell me
>
that being able to type in - and therefore accidentally close or mess up
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stuff in a window that you can't even see
Until Mac OS X went in with its clumsy way of semi-transparent titles
(which look almost the same as the non-transparent ones, especially if
white or even stripes happen to be below), the main/key/other windows were
distinguishable at the very first look, without the slightest chance of
mistake.
>
because some other window is covering it up is a good thing?!
VERY VERY good one. For example: you are writing a document, want to
insert a screenshot: arrange the window-to-be-shot above the doc (of
course without it losing the focus), and just call Services/Grab/Whatever.
.. voila!
Often I want to see another, reference window when writing. Even on my 22"
there often is not screen estate enough to reach that goal without either
this great feature -- or without perpetual resizing and moving windows,
which would be a total killer to any effectivity.
There's so many similar cases when the ability to re-order windows is just
VITAL for an effective work that I had to hack the crippled AppKit to
bring the ability back. Alas, for Cocoa only, since the Carbon rot does
not support the standard ObjC API and can't be hacked by loading a
category in :(((
>
If Mac OS X behaved like that, I think my computer would have gone out my
>
5th story window a long time ago by now...
If you dislike effectivity, that is. It's the same as almost all other
changes on the way from NeXT to Mac OS X :((((
And, don't please forget that if the possibility IS there, nobody forces
you to use it. Alas, if it is NOT there, I am forced to swear continually
living without it!!!
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