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Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning

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In article <l5enqa$nn5$1@dont-email.me>, Wes Groleau
<Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:

> On 11-06-2013, 19:14, Your Name wrote:
> > Here's one for you, although not a Mavericks addition (it's been there
> > since OS X was first released.) ...
> >
> > You are using one application, then you decide also need use another so
> > open it and while it's opening you go back to the first application to
> > continue working in it ... but highly irritatingly the windows of the
> > new application keep popping up over the current application as it
> > opens "in the backgorund" blocking the view of the working application!
> >
> > This happens on a daily basis where I'm using Eudora to write emails. I
> > then log on to the internet (a dial-up connection) and once that has
> > connected I open up Thoth and Firefox, but continue to work in Eudora
> > ... except the Firefox and Thoth windows keep popping up over the top.
> >
> > The front most application should not be covered by background
> > application windows opening up.  X-(
> 
> This has been a pet peeve of mine--on every operating system I've 
> used--developers who code as if their program is the ONLY one running on 
> a multi-tasking operating system.

I don't remember Mac OS 9 doing that, but then it has been a while
since I've used rebooted into OS 9 and done a lot at once (I do still
reboot into OS 9, but really only for a specific use that doesn't
require needing to do more than one thing at a time).

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Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-11-06 17:29 -0500
  Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-07 13:14 +1300
    Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-06 19:44 -0500
      Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-07 01:36 +0000
        Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-06 22:40 -0500
      Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-07 15:54 +1300
        Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-06 22:40 -0500
      Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-06 22:40 -0500
        Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-06 22:55 -0500
          Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-07 18:24 +1300
    Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-11-06 20:36 -0500
      Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-07 15:56 +1300
        Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-06 22:40 -0500
        Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-11-07 16:57 -0500
    Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-06 22:40 -0500
  Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2013-11-11 11:04 +0100
    Re: Mavericks irritants - menu bar; programs oepning dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-11-11 23:23 +1300

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