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I am not sure if my mind is playing tricks on me or sometimes with some apps the focus doesn't work right. Like desktop Whatsapp looks to be in focus, but when
by dsego 2y ago
I am not sure if my mind is playing tricks on me or sometimes with some apps the focus doesn't work right. Like desktop Whatsapp looks to be in focus, but when I try typing nothing happens, than I need to click on it or restart it before I can type into the message box, but one time I managed to rename a folder on my desktop (and only realized this much later). One of the downsides of the macos windowing system allowing active apps without any windows shown. I'm scared I will delete something important or do damage if I can't be sure my mental model maps correctly to what's happening on the computer.
- hypeatei 2y ago> macos windowing system allowing active apps without any windows shown. This seems like a security issue. What if you're typing a password quickly and hit Enter but it turns out that focus was in Discord or something?
- jitl 2y agoHow’s this any different from saying “2 monitors is a security issue, what if you’re typing a password but Discord on monitor 2 was in focus”? Typically when I’m typing my password into an input on any platform, I’m looking at the password input, and if it loses focus, I’m going to notice. On most OSs these days (including macOS), native password inputs are rendered by an elevated privilege secure process, and focus stealing behavior is disabled while the password input is on-screen.