Originally posted by strobe
Gah, the relentless posts from mac haters is getting to me...
I'm no Mac hater. MacOS has a great traditional UI that works very well. I accept it for what it is, a finely polished and functional UI. Unfortunately, any time someone whispers about something GUI-related that doesn't jive with the MacOS party line, a hundred frothing Mac zealots jump out and "beat them to a pulp".
Some Mac people get a holier-than-thou attitude that their UI is the One True Way(tm). Get a life! I can accept your UI without attacking it. Can't you folks chill out and understand that other people actually
prefer GUI systems that are different from your own?
But seriously, FFM is the worst system ever hacked.
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Whenever I use X11 the challenge is always to determine which friggin window am I typing in.
Have you tried
slopppy FFM? It's a bit different from what you describe. The focus doesn't leave the current window then the cursor moves onto the desktop. Focus only changes when you enter a new window.
Besides,
most windowmanagers make it easy to see which window has focus by changing the color of the window border or title bar. The visual distinction between focused and not-focused is usually pretty clear. Aqua's white title bars just become translucent when they're not focussed, but since the foreground window is currently garuanteed to be the focussed one, it's not bad.
In MacOS it's clearly evident which window is active, it's the foreground window which has active controls which belongs to the foreground application and has it's associated utility windows in the foreground.
Well, some people can handle working with an active window that is not in the foreground. If you don't like it, use something different. All I ask is that you try to contain your bigotry.
"Think different"... hah! at your own peril!