[Pidgin] #7693: Always on top buddy list hides child dialogs

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#7693: Always on top buddy list hides child dialogs
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 Reporter:  Daniel Beardsmore  |           Owner:  datallah       
     Type:  defect             |          Status:  new            
Milestone:                     |       Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.2              |      Resolution:                 
 Keywords:                     |   Launchpad_bug:                 
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Comment(by Daniel Beardsmore):

 > Modality is generally to an entire application, I cant't at the moment
 think of any dialogs that are modal only to a single window at the moment
 (though I certainly imagine there are some).

 That is a common and bizarre misconception. Window-modality awareness was
 increased by sheets in OS X, but dialogs in Windows were already window
 modal. Open two Firefox, Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer windows and
 open a dialog box in one of the windows -- the dialog does not block any
 other windows of that application. The prevalence of SDI in Windows though
 will skew perception: there is very little on my PC that uses more than
 one top-level window per process.

 Outlook dialogs are also window modal, but the program deliberately and
 extremely obnoxiously forces the dialog back in your face on purpose if
 you try switching to another window; there is absolutely no cause for
 this. Outlook Express also pretends to have application-modal dialog boxes
 for no reason (also incredibly irritating). There is no shortage in
 Windows of extremely badly implemented applications: not just Outlook but
 the whole of Office and Adobe Reader do a terrible job of windowing, for
 which I can find no excuse. After all, Windows Explorer has no problems
 doing it right. (Explorer also keeps running happily when a single window
 freezes solid!)

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