Dear every app on every platform ever

December 7, 2008 on 1:22 am | In Uncategorized | By jason | 4 Comments

STOP TAKING MY GODDAMN FOCUS.

EDIT:

Jumpstarted the conversation for you guys on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7hvip/dear_every_app_on_every_platform_please_stop/

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  1. Window focus should not be controlled by applications. That’s the window manager’s job. You just need a better window manager. I never have focus stealing problems with Compiz.

    s0_focus_prevention_level=4 FTW.

    Comment by BioHazard — December 8, 2008 #

  2. I’ll avoid X until the day I die. Focus stealing is a major gripe of mine, but normally my wm works pretty well. Much better than X, any day.

    (Sure X works fine, but I’ve really, REALLY got to hack at it to get it doing anything)

    Comment by jason — December 8, 2008 #

  3. X isn’t a window manager. :P

    Comment by BioHazard — December 8, 2008 #

  4. And I never said it was. But to run Compiz you need to run X.

    Comment by jason — December 8, 2008 #

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