On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:34:20 +0530, Lew Wolfgang <wolfgang@sweet-haven.com> wrote:
On 04/08/2012 07:28 AM, phanisvara das wrote:
that was me, mentioning "focus follows mouse," but i neither use nor recommend it; i find it rather confusing.
i expect the focus to remain ideally where i want or expect it, but if that's not the case for some reason, at least where it's at -- not follow the mouse all over the place. i often do things like hovering over taskbar icons or the clock, and having the focus following all that would drive me mad.
Different strokes for different folks! I've been using focus follows mouse for many years (pre-Linux) and along with being able to disable "auto raise" is one of Linux/UNIX's selling points over MS Windows, IMHO.
Choice is the name of the game!
i'm probably just too young, as a consistent linux user if not as a human being (4 years / 54 years). i started with KDE3, and the default was focus on mouse click, as it used to be under windows. when i tried 'focus follows mouse' it just felt strange. could probably get used to it if i wanted to, like i got used to a tiling window manager (awesome), but right now i don't see the need. PS: sorry for the private email. for some reason opera sometimes defaults to reply to the list, at other times to the sender. different mail clients talking to each other, i guess. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org