[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 14489] alert box (function) in javascript can be much improved!

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14489


ap at webkit.org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |ap at webkit.org
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #1 from ap at webkit.org  2007-07-06 05:05 PDT -------
How alerts look is determined by Safari, and not WebKit. So, we in the open
source WebKit project cannot change it. Please file bugs to
<http://bugreport.apple.com> for Apple engineers to take a look (free
registration required). Please file each issue as a separate report to maximize
the chances of it being investigated properly.

Having said that, I've got a few personal comments about your suggestions:

> Why whould I want to display the Safari icon in an alert box is beyond me!

This is a platform convention on Mac OS X (Firefox does the same there). It
definitely has some good reasons behind it, so one needs equally good reasons
to dispute it. Of course, Mac OS X platform conventions do not necessarily
apply to Windows applications, so it's a valid request to follow Windows UI
conventions.

> alert("Message comes here as normal","Title comes here");

AFAIK, browsers do not support that for security reasons. I haven't ever deeply
researched this, though, so I don't know the details.


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