Re: Stealing focus!

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Gibbs wrote:
> I really really REALLY hate applications that steal focus.
>
> I was in the midst of writing a message to someone that was fairly long 
> & involved, while at the same time installing an upgrade to zonealarm in 
> the background.
>
> All of a sudden the zonealarm installer popped up a dialog asking me if 
> I wanted to restart my machine ... on top of tbird ... at the exact 
> moment I was about to press enter.  Since I wasn't really paying 
> attention to the screen, and the restart dialog defaults to YES, I 
> simply  pressed enter and my machine began to restart.  Obviously I lost 
> the message I had been typing for the past 10 minutes.
>
> I really wish app developers would get a clue about how to write their 
> programs.
Three different issues, all incredibly important.  First is stealing 
focus; I hate that as much as you do, although it's important 
sometimes.  What is needed is a couple of trays for "important" 
messages, and the ability to assign messages a priority.  Second is the 
ability to choose proper defaults.  A default that reboots your machine 
is about as brain-dead as you can get.  And finally, I'd like to be able 
to add certain safeguards especially to the reboot process so that I 
could indicate that if Program A is open, reboot can be canceled.

Most of this stuff is available; it's just a matter of programming.

Joe