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Hard disagree - the expected behavior should be: If I launch an item from the dock/finder AND I also don't context switch to another application, then and only

Hard disagree - the expected behavior should be: If I launch an item from the dock/finder AND I also don't context switch to another application, then and only then should the window show in the foreground and steal keyboard focus. I can't even begin to list the number of times where I've hit the enter key in an IDE at the exact moment that a application with a crucial modal message box steals focus.

lapcat 4y ago
> Hard disagree - the expected behavior should be: If I launch an item from the dock/finder AND I also don't context switch to another application, then and only then should the window show in the foreground and steal keyboard focus. I'm not sure there's a disagreement here at all. Normally there shouldn't be any time for a context switch between launching an app and the app showing its window. If you're talking about a slow launching app, then yes, I agree that's a problem, and I commented on that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31867084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31867084 In general, app launching is too slow nowadays. Apple used to optimize this on Mac OS X, but they seem to have completely given up. Maybe it's "security" checks. Anyway, it can be annoying.