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Just FYI, the inconsistency is deliberate. The UI guidelines have a lengthy section on when clickthrough is appropriate and when it isn't. http://developer.app
by wrs 16y ago
Just FYI, the inconsistency is deliberate. The UI guidelines have a lengthy section on when clickthrough is appropriate and when it isn't.
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGWindows/XHIGWindows.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000961-TPXREF20 http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserEx...
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- joeburke 16y agoMaybe, but the inconsistency is still dangerous because when you click on a window in the background, you can never be completely sure that the click will be swallowed (i.e. not seen by the application) or interpreted by the application. If the latter, you need to be careful where you click when you want to bring a window up. Having to find out whether the background window is in a disabled state or not "makes me think", and a lot of applications never bother disabling themselves too.