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I got introduced to focus-follows-mouse mode when it was the default on some X11 unix system I used years ago. I have been using linux as a workstation for deca
by rubinlinux 4y ago
I got introduced to focus-follows-mouse mode when it was the default on some X11 unix system I used years ago. I have been using linux as a workstation for decades with this feature, and loosing it is the biggest barrier to my using a Mac or Windows machine for anything serious. (For a few years you could feasibly enable this in windows, but it doesn't work well enough to use anymore.)
It saddens me that there are so many cases where the 'better' way to do things gets lost in the noise of the beginner-friendly masses, and can't be standard because people aren't used to it.
Another example of this is electric vehicles and one-pedal driving. Only a few EVs (BMW i3, for example) allow you to mainly drive with the accelerator, where releasing it slows the car to a stop, without use of brakes.
A lot of our electronics suffer from this too. You notice it sometimes if you compare electronics sold in Japan to those sold in the US. The market here is seen to not support 'too many' buttons and features so we get a dumbed down version.
- recursive 4y ago> You notice it sometimes if you compare electronics sold in Japan to those sold in the US. The market here is seen to not support 'too many' buttons and features so we get a dumbed down version. I'm assuming "here" is USA. I don't know much about what's sold in Japan, but I feel like most gadgets still have way too many buttons. I'd wager that most microwave users don't know what most of the buttons on a microwave do. I certainly don't. I'd love to get one with a more streamlined UI, but they're hard to find. Remote controls are similar. I'm kind of scared to imagine what a Japanese microwave might look like.
- digisign 4y agoI use a thing called AutoRaise on the work Mac, seems to work well with barrier (synergy).