On 03/27/2006 12:48:20 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote:
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Willem Riede wrote:
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> So there are different use cases, and at least an option will allow people to
> select the behavior that best fits them. FWIW I'm not convinced the ideal
> algorithm has been discovered, or is even possible, as if you ask me to
> define when I want a new window to come up with focus and when not, the
> answer is "that depends on what I want to do with it"...
Amen. Whether you want something to start focused or not depends 100% on
what you want to do with it *at that moment*. With browsers this is easy:
just open up stuff in new tabs as you encounter interesting links, and
then process the tabs eventually. The computer could never, ever know
whether I want to read that link immediately or later so the decision has
to be mine. Simple enough, left-click or middle-click.
Maybe this is just a crack idea from a caffeine deprived mind but what if
left click meaned start with focus and middle click start without focus?
It's kinda similar to the open in new tab-case from browsers and I think
that concept has already shown it works and isn't beyond the grasp of the
so called "average use" either ;)
I like it. But it doesn't cover the case of guis started from a terminal.
Perhaps there if I type "application" it gets focus and if I type
"application &"
(which implies I want to be able to do other things in the terminal) it doesn't?
Regards, Willem Riede.