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- From: "Kevin O'Donovan" <abaddon@nasoftwr.demon.co.uk>
- Subject: Re: GEM apps, in general
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 10:24:02 +0100 (BST)
- In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9407221922.E14466-0100000@grad> from "Timothy Miller" at Jul 22, 94 07:47:23 pm
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- > Definately a dangerous practice. Keys should only go to the top window.
- > Period. Clicking in a background window can be confusing enough.
- >
- Surely it should be up to the user how this sort of thing behaves. Whilst
- conceptually it might appear dangerous I've never had any problems working
- in an environment like that for quite a number of years.
-
- > I HATE the was Microsoft Windows passes mouse events to background
- > windows when you click to top them. I like GEM much better.
- >
- Yep, *you* hate - other people's mileage may vary. Personally it doesn't
- bother me, I'm quite happy to have to top windows under Gem, but then I
- only really multitask using mint ATM, if I start using something like
- magic then that might change.
-
- Kev
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