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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: core/ui separation
From:       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak () suse ! cz>
Date:       2006-05-23 11:10:09
Message-ID: 200605231310.09335.l.lunak () suse ! cz
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On Monday 22 May 2006 17:18, Krzysztof Lichota wrote:
> Lubos Lunak wrote:
> >>> I see another problem with such "out of process" dialogs though and
> >>> that is dualhead. Everywhere where we use that, it's causing problems:
> >>> e.g. cookie dialogs appear on wrong desktop/screen.
> >
> >  That's just a plain bug or missing functionality.
> >
> >> Moreover, if some minimized window opens authentication dialog (or
> >> cookie dialog or whatever) then other windows which want to use it
> >> become "frozen".
> >> I have a lot of windows open in my session and after restart I they are
> >> opened again. I keep forgetting about that and when I open a new window,
> >> I wait and wait for authentication dialog to appear until I remind
> >> myself that I must have left window with dialog somewhere. Then I have
> >> to search for this window and close the dialog.
> >
> >  And this is the same basically.
>
> Yes, it is a usability bug. Should I file a bug report?

 I think there's already one.

> I guess this change is so intrusive it wouldn't make it to KDE 3.5?

 Well, the fix is not exactly trivial. I don't know.

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Lubos Lunak
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