On 25 Nov 2007, at 08:24:21, Andrew J. Hesford wrote:
On Nov 25, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
There are good reasons not to allow focus-follows-mouse,
particularly when you have a system-wide menu bar. Obviously,
having an application steal focus on the way to the menu would be a
bad thing! However, I will grant you that the Openbox window
manager has a focusing delay, which makes the system wait a
configurable time before giving focus to a window. This would solve
the menu problem.
The window manager wm2 (which I've never used for more than 10
minutes) has a little manifesto on the main page (http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wm2
). Point 4 of this manifesto: "The click-to-focus versus focus-
follows-pointer war is not really important. Most people can get
used to either." While I used to disagree with the statement, my
time with the Macintosh has convinced me that he is right. You get
used to either, and it doesn't make much difference. Move then
click, or just move... it doesn't amount to much difference in time.
Whether it's the result of me getting older or using other systems
with different behaviors all day long, I still haven't gotten use to
the "click to focus" approach of Mac OS X. I'm use to the "focus
follows mouse" and "click to raise" approach and still get caught by
operations being done to the "wrong" window.
Perhaps its time for me to eliminate these differences by retiring.
Changes in Federal regulations on how the value of lump-sum
distributions in retirement plans are calculated may accelerate my
retirement plans but what would I do with myself. :(
Merton Campbell Crockett
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