CompuServe Messages

Mark, Steve has already answered most of your question. I would add that many HI folk reserve judgement on floating windows. They are fine if you happen to have a large monitor and lots of screen estate in which you can place them, or (if you have a Mac <g>) multiple monitors, but if you have a single smaller monitor (as most average users have), then they can be an obstruction to the interface. Try running XPress on a Classic-line model (or even with a single 14 inch monitor)! The situation to which I was alluding was actually more like SigmaPlot's bizarre use of a movable modal dialog window in front of its spreadsheet, when you are selecting data columns. Jandel *just* about get away with it, because it is such a limited scenario and the interaction very simple. However, trying running an app like that for any time, and you quickly decide that there are alternatives which all of a sudden look much more attractive. Howard.