[ggo-discussion] GGO Bug Report

From: Peter Strempel <zotan@xxxxxx>
To: ggo-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 04:50:28 +0100
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:11:11AM +1300, <s.yeates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

thanks a lot for this and the earlier report.


> I'm not sure whether this is a java problem or a GGO problem, but if one
> is observing several games and go away from keyboard and return after they
> have been completed then you need to work out, by trial and error, which
> of the Game-end pop-ups is the most recent and close each Game-end pop-up
> in the reverse order before you can do anything else. The solution would
> be quite easy, whenever you're about to pop up a Game-end pop-up, check to
> see whether there are any others already popped-up and close them.

True, good point. The problem with the message dialogs is, they are modal,
and therefor block the GUI until closed. With several dialogs this is going
to be tricky, indeed. Your solution sounds reasonable, although requires
some efforts as normally those standard Java dialogs are not managed, so I'd
need to keep track of them manually. However, some simple subclassing should
do the trick.

There is some option in the IGS preferences section where you can switch off
the dialogs for observed games. I personally find them annoying. However,
the dialogs for own games stay, but those actually contain some important
infos you would not want to miss.

First I had the dialogs always enabled. Some people mentioned they don't
like them, I agreed and turned them off. Then some people mentioned they
want the dialogs back, so I made it optional. Nevertheless, optional dialogs
and a solution like you suggested sounds reasonable.


> BTW: I sent this to you directly, since an earlier bug report (about a
> different bug) I sent to the mailing list at ggo-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> still hasn't appeared in the archives or been otherwise responded to.

That mail went to me for moderation approval, as it was sent from a
non-subscribed account (no moderation for subscribers). I forwarded it to
the mailing list. It did not show up in the archive, as you probably
noticed, however I recieved the mail to both this and another account I
subscribed to the mailing list. No idea why it didnt show up in the archive
although being sent out. I changed some setting in the list options, maybe
that does the trick. I don't know much about mailing lists handling. :)
Sorry for that.


 Peter
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