Who on earth thinks click-to-focus is a sensible default?
Lots of (severely misguided) people do! But it is possible to change it in GNOME/KDE if you know where to look (which I don't, since I don't have one in front of me at this minute: fvwm rules!).
It does seem to be what computer vendors think is the easiest to understand, though. Obviously it's what Windows does (also OS/2 and - I think - Mac OS). It's also what OpenWindows and CDE do by default.
I don't generally find it to be a problem to need the mouse pointer somewhere within the current window, but one can always move it to the titlebar where it won't be in the way. Also, `Sloppy Focus' allows you to move it out of the window into the background (as long as you don't touch another window on the way out).
What I personally want, though, is `Focus Follows Eyes.'
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Date: 2003-08-13 03:53 am (UTC)Lots of (severely misguided) people do! But it is possible to change it in GNOME/KDE if you know where to look (which I don't, since I don't have one in front of me at this minute: fvwm rules!).
It does seem to be what computer vendors think is the easiest to understand, though. Obviously it's what Windows does (also OS/2 and - I think - Mac OS). It's also what OpenWindows and CDE do by default.
I don't generally find it to be a problem to need the mouse pointer somewhere within the current window, but one can always move it to the titlebar where it won't be in the way. Also, `Sloppy Focus' allows you to move it out of the window into the background (as long as you don't touch another window on the way out).
What I personally want, though, is `Focus Follows Eyes.'