Bug#673330: vlc: can't control the main window when the Preferences window is open

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2013-02-05 20:59:47 +0200, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> The preferences dialog is modal by design, this is not a bug.

Well, modal dialogs are generally regarded as a very poor design.
There may be exceptions, but certainly not for a Preferences
dialog, which makes the UI more difficult to use, e.g. when
one wants to try different preferences.

Perhaps this bug could be retitled

  vlc: the Preferences dialog shouldn't be modal

and lowered to wishlist. This should be a valid one.

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