Annoying little quirk in EA

[mhdhallak]

Did anybody notice and was annoyed by this behaviour:

When you have any modal dialog open in EA (i.e., a dialog that you must dismiss before returning to the main EA screen), if you switch to another running application and then switch back to EA, only the dialog will show and the main EA interface will not show until you dismiss the dialog.

Try this behaviour in Word and you'll be able to switch back to Word from another application and still see both the modal dialog and the main application in the background.

Sometimes while having a modal dialog open (say UC properties) I need to switch to another application, do a little thing, and switch back to EA and still be able to see both the proeprties dialog and the main EA interface.

It's kinda trivial but still annoying.

[thomaskilian]

I know. It's the UI according to Paolo

[mhdhallak]

You know, in terms of UI, I think EA has still has a way to go and could really benefit from two broad concepts:

1. Consistency in the design of the UI. For example, I have noticed that some dialogs employe keyboard accelerators (e.g., Alt+letter) for dialog elements while others don't for no apparent reason.

2. Sticking to the Windows UI design guidelines as much as possible for the Windows version of EA. These guidelines will most likely ensure a product that is so smooth to operate for users who will be using this product extensively (as in my case).

[«Midnight»]

Agreed, of course.

But what Paolo means by UI is "Unique Interface." I think you understand.

All the above said by all, our responsibility is to assist Sparx - in manners perhaps still to be determined - to bring the User Interface under control, including those aspects you have pointed to above.

Just another 0.02 CAD...