I think that mode-theorists wouldn't consider the shaking icons thing to be a mode, since it's obvious when you're in it. What they call a mode is a program sta

I think that mode-theorists wouldn't consider the shaking icons thing to be a mode, since it's obvious when you're in it. What they call a mode is a program state that the user can easily be in without realizing it and that affects the results of user interactions. Something like that.