When are modal dialogs truly necessary?

Question

Modal dialogs are evil, but I keep reading \"You should remove modal dialogs when possible\"

When isn\'t it possible to remove modal dialogs? I mean, what ar

Answer 1

The only thing more sacred than user input is any file I known about. You should never modify any file that an implementation detail unless I have told you to. Thus boxes like "do you want to save?" at exit are a must because I may want to not save.