Make email read and compose windows non-modal
Can we have Maximizer as convenient to use as Outlook is in its ability to have several email windows open simultaneously for reading and composing? I believe in using Maximizer, obviously, but at the moment if I am composing an email and the phone rings I am stuck - I have to come out of the email in order to handle any outcomes from the call using Maximizer. Does anyone agree with me that this is very inconvenient? Wikipedia (!) says "A modal window blocks all other workflow in the top-level program until the modal window is closed". This is exactly what the Maximizer email read/compose window does, and the Outlook read/compose window does not because it is non-modal. Strangely - the Maximizer Editor is non-modal as well isn't it...?
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Lottie commented
I agree. The ability to work in two windows (or three...) is so necessary. Often you need to pull information from another email or document to enter into the email you are composing and you can't access Maximizer without closing the email window. I don't believe there is draft capability either - in Outlook you could just hit save and come back to it (but don't have to because as pointed out, their emails are non-modal).
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Jenny Carey commented
Hi Steve, as Colin said - the Maximizer Email Read/Compose window is modal whereas the Outlook Compose Email window isn't.
If you have your Maximizer Email Preferences set to "Compose messages using email service provider's editor" (ie: Outlook) then when you send a new email from Maximizer it will use Outlook to compose the email.
Whereas when you reply to an email already saved in Maximizer, it has to use the Maximizer Email Editor (due to the format the email is embedded into the database) which is modal... although I don't see why it has to be?!
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Steve Alexander commented
THis is something I find really weird - currently in Maxi v12 if you reply to an email within Maximiser then the email window is modal (so if you minizimize the email window, the entire Maximizer window is minimized). But if you compose an email within Maximiser, the email window is non-modal (so if you minimize the email window you can then browse through Maximizer). I can't work out why one should be modal and the other not - but I definitely agree that in any circumstance you should be able to minimize an email and continue to use Maximizer.