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User-interface thread with modelss dialog problem!
Since the game will not tolerate a task switch (alt-tab) to the Windows desktop there needs to be a way to take notes in the game since we can't access a word processor. Having hand written or printed notes is so archaic and silly when I have a multi-thousand dollar computer at my fingertips.

switching programs (Alt-tab)
I love the ability to utilize lots of applications, and enjoy customizing the interface to a degree, but over 90% of the time I only look at one window at time. application to the front than just by clicking in its window I've gotten very used to Win-9X's Alt-Tab combo, though sometimes it's a litle cumbersome.

FAQ fuer de.alt.mud <25.02.08>
Most of it is related to the Explorer interface. Examples: - I will right-click on something (in Firefox or Windows Explorer, say); no context menu. Title bar turns light blue. Context menu eventually appears after a haf-minute delay. - When this occurs, I cannot Alt-Tab to another program.

usbd problem
I can point to several things I use a lot in the 95/98/NT4 interface that I can't find on the Mac interface, or have really clumsy analogues (the taskbar, maximizing apps, quick app switching with alt-tab, properties under the right mouse button..). The Mac advocate usually says something like "Well, its something

F4 and alt-tab
On the XTERM VXT-2000 I am using, I can use the ALT-TAB or ALT-SHIFT-TAB and then F5 to restore a window faster than you probably can by taking your hands off #A well-written program has a mouse-menu interface for inexperienced users and/or #bad typists, and a command interface for good typists who know exactly

Win2k interface crashes and hangs
Benjamin Smith bsmi...@ix.netcom.com comp sys mac advocacy Windows 95, though horribly ugly and an unfortunate copy of the Mac interface, has 2 features that I There is the ALT-TAB version which works OK. With the Mac the open applications are in a pull down menu (is there a keyboard equivalent to this) and it

big ide partition
3.84 was very stable for me and I could alt-tab just fine, I still can with 5.22 but hate the crappy rendition of the right side panel of my character interface. -- Cassio, Archer, Leafcull, The Silver Citadel, Silver Ranger www.silvercitadel.com "George" <deers...@blazenet.com> wrote in message

Word NOT consistent between other Office 97 apps...
The Wildfire rev is just about caught up with 2001 on the Form(punch/die) assembly interface: the junky, sloppy assembly constraints window is gone, but there's still two windows, component window constantly popping behind other window and all the Alt-Tab bs to find hiding windows. BUUUUUUT, that's the entire

Patch Message for Thurs. Jan. 9th
... in message news:B3AF0C64-A41C-4922-B6F1-1599D41F9767@microsoft.com... Hello, I want to develop an app that is accessed via a notify icon. I don't want to show a user interface. I hide the form programatically, but I still see it when I push alt tab. Is there a setting that will allow me to hide my app from alt tab?

APPLE
To place EverQuest in a window, simply press Alt-Enter. You can also switch out of EverQuest to another program by using the familiar Alt-Tab. Songs Window ** We have added a new window to the interface along with new game functionality. The Songs window is a new buff window that holds up to 6 bard song buffs.

My Top Three Windows Interface Nits
By comparison, an IDE interface would be much more tolerant of temperature. The chipset runs the SATA interface at 1.5Gbit/sec or 3.0Gbit/sec, the game for a couple of hours yesterday (with the other HD it doesn't matter how long it runs...it could be 10 minutes...it'll BSOD if I Alt+Tab out of it for sure.

An Interface for NeXT on Apple
To switch to the last window I was in from the computer I'm typing on right now, I hit alt-tab. If I was in an MDI based app and the last window I was in was another window in the same app, alt-tab no longer works. Consistency is broke. If a keystroke chages windows to the last viewed window, it should always do so

PC or MAC?
ric ricn...@hotmail.com microsoft public win2000 general Hi, I've recently had several crashes of the Win2k interface. I'll hit ctrl-alt-del and bring up the task manager but then it stops responding. I can go into other running apps by using alt-tab but as soon as I do anything in them, they stop responding.

MERLIN (OS/2 96 . . . for MS worshippers)
... set up. alt-tab is part of the Windows interface, blocking the user from using Windows is not a wise choice. how do you know the user didnt want to do this? I have read a number of articles about the a potential problem that occurs when you press Alt-Tab in a full screen DirectX application which causes the

IDE drives under 4.1
You can Alt-Tab back to the first document, and the form will be hidden under it. 3. Alt-tab back to the second document, and click the CommandButton again. (by Word) For the userform is a child window of the original document interface the macro was called from, it does not display in this new window!

Cycle through open windows
I've been doing exactly that, and also rebooting my PC. Nothing helps... The GUI doesn't show... If I do an Alt-Tab to cycle thru the active applications, PSP doesn't show either... I can only assume some PSP module got corrupted, but I reinstalled version 8.1 successfully, to no avail... George's getting upset.

API Review 12/7/00
That's a good interface point. Subtle, yet important. You might try forwarding that to Quinn the Eskimo or Guy Kawasaki. Another Problem & Solution, Stolen Just like alt-tab does in Windows. I believe that this is implemented in a shareware extension. This is one of those things that I would rather that apple

alt-tab and taskbar preview missing for multiple windows
So, I can alt tab out, do what I need, alt-tab in, hit F10 3 times (to go from regular, to no-interface, to Hud (640x480), and back to regular) and have my screen back. The only drawback is that everytime you open a spell book, it must change resolutions, so it can get a little cumbersome in game.

Computers
Try this: From a note posted by Marcel Cox: Novell's IDE support is split into 2 parts: - the IDE interface driver which is IDEATA. Then use ALT-TAB to switch to the server console and type: UNLOAD IDEHD LOAD a:IDEHD Use ALT-TAB to switch back to the installation program and continue the installation.

User Interface: was Re: MAX or Lightwave?
If I hit the Alt-Tab for instance to show another app, and then return to my app, it doesn't paint at all. I'm afraid the user is going to believe it's hung... / Rob Johan Rosengren Responsable Informatique PACTA SA Rob <r...@nospam.nbit.sigma.se> a écrit dans le message : OWjL7YqV$GA....@cppssbbsa02.microsoft.com.