[wxPython-users] Re: How to force application to be active?

[plumber Idraulico]

> Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> On 2006-09-09, David H <bluepaul at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Applications that raise themselves are evil, Evil, EVIL, _EVIL_!
>>>>
>>>> If I wanted that window on top, I would have _put_ it there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Your stupid, Stupid, STUPID, _STUPID_
>>>
>> No, just fed up with programmers and programs that think they
>> know better than I what needs to be on top on my screen.  Why
>> not just add a maximize and raise operation to the idle loop?
>> Nobody else's application cold be as important as the one
>> you're writing...
>>
> I agree that apps that intrude on your desktop are very rude, but I  
> wouldn't be so absolute about it. Suppose you were writing an app  
> that was part of a lab control system. The computer was bought and  
> installed to run that app. In our case, we frequently walk past the  
> computer with our hands full and want to see the status display,  
> and finding some update reminder or some grad student's music  
> player blocking the view is not acceptable. Having my app raise  
> itself is absolutely the right thing in this case. My question is,  
> how do I make my app feed an electric shock to the grad student  
> that clicks on the music player?
>
> Paul Probert
> University of Wisconsin

the only word i could say  (I agree)
that an app must respect the environment
(and to follow its logics and its behaviors )
  where it is deployed

Best Regards, -plum