"Richard Kent" <kent@hydra.dra.hmg.gb> :
> I agree that the current alert method is annoying - perhaps there should
> be two different goodies (or add a flag to determine behaviour).
>
> fl_show_alert - simply an alert box for warnings - doesn't block and stacks
> up like those alert windows in Netscape.
>
> fl_show_error - used for more important, actual error messages (not warnings)
> and blocks until the user clicks OK. This, I reckon, would be highly useful
> for "proper" errors which are caught by the program.
>
> What do you think ?
Damn good idea. In case of error you want to force the user into taking
a corrective or evasive action, and therefore an alert that "blocks"
would be appropriate. Under benign circumstances, the Netscape behavior
can be adopted, although, IHMO, I see no need for keeping alerts around.
Alerts should just do what they need to do and then quietly go away until
they're needed again.
DCS
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