[whatwg] modal and modeless windows

Rimantas Liubertas rimantas at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 07:05:44 PDT 2005


On 6/27/05, Karl Pongratz <karlhp at karlhp.com> wrote:
<...> 
> Beside that, how many desktop applications do you know which don't use
> modal and modeless windows?
<...>

The fact that some applications use modal windows does not necessarily
mean that it is a good idea. In fact, all the books I've read on
interface design say that modal windows are bad idea. At least they
are used mostly in the bad way.

Regards,
Rimantas
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