Timeline for What are the benefits and drawbacks of dialog sheets as seen in Mac OS X?
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| Oct 26, 2010 at 7:43 | comment | added | jensgram | @BastiBechtold I totally agree with you. I was just addressing OP's question "What are the benefits and drawbacks of dialog sheets as seen in Mac OS X?" with a specific case where I found it to be a drawback. With a modal dialog I would have been able to see the page numbers (I just needed to move it, not manipulate the document per se). | |
| Oct 26, 2010 at 7:31 | comment | added | bastibe | Remember that a modal sheet is meant to freeze the document while it is open. If you need more detail than can be reasonably provided in a modal sheet or if you need the possibility to continue to edit the document, a modal sheet might be the wrong UI for the job. | |
| Oct 25, 2010 at 6:02 | comment | added | jensgram | @BastiBechtold I guess a preview could do, yes, provided it was large enough to render the text readable. | |
| Oct 24, 2010 at 12:52 | comment | added | bastibe | If you need to see the document in a modal sheet, provide a preview. | |
| Oct 21, 2010 at 14:18 | comment | added | DA01 | I would agree that using them for print dialogs is less than ideal. | |
| Oct 21, 2010 at 6:36 | history | answered | jensgram | CC BY-SA 2.5 |