On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 16:55 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Le dimanche 26 mars 2006 à 09:43 -0500, Dimi Paun a écrit : > > On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 14:20 +0000, Bill Crawford wrote: > > > True enough, but the focus stealing prevention is something that's > > > been needed for a long time. > > > > Not for me, it hasn't. I know for sure I don't want it. > > The typing-the-root-password-in-the-newly-opened-im-client > > scenario doesn't keep me up at night. In fact, it's a > > non-issue for me. > > Has anyone ever tried something like "if current window has been > receiving keypresses in the last x ms do not steal focus from it?" > > The main problem seems to be the race between the system showing up a > new window and the user realising the new window has stealed the focus, > so why not just refrain from taking the focus if something is being done > in the current window ? > I brought up using that behavior some time after Test 3 was released. It was met with the typical, "Having inconsistent window focus will just confuse the users more". I know that when I launch an application I automatically expect it to show up in the background. I think the check for keypresses/mouse clinks between application launch and it being drawn on screen makes a much more logical interaction with the desktop. If you ask your secretary to get you a file, and then you start working on something else, she doesn't just come over and drop it right in front of you. If you ask your secretary to get you a file, and then you sit there twiddling your fingers, she will probably hand it right to you so you can start working on it. Metacity already has an algorithm that somewhat tries to implement this with the intervening_user_event_occurred function. I don't think that this is working quite right. I spent some initial time working on it, but then got side tracked. I would be more than happy to pick this back up if there is any interest in people testing this behavior and seeing if it is natural, or too confusing. Jon -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
