>Perhaps it was a bit strong, but we've been pointing out the inherent
>and insurmountable problems of using pointer focus with real GUI
>applications (as opposed to xterms) for years now,
And there are problems with click-to-focus, too. I personally find
explicit focus annoying. A "real" gui application should be able to
handle both focus paradigms because not all users like the explicit
paradigm. If your application doesn't work very well with pointer focus,
maybe you should rethink its design.
>It's also confusing because pointer focus really only has advantages
>when you're dealing primarily with xterm-type windows (as I invariably
>discover is the standard tool of pointer focus afficianados). When
>When your rarely or never use them, pointer focus is just a pain in the ass
>because you're constantly having to move the mouse before you can type
>in dialogs and such.
I'm missing something. Please explain the situation where explicit focus
helps you travel around an application's windows better than
pointer-focus. Focus is on a per-window basis, not a per-application
basis, right? So with explicit focus, you _always_ have to move the
pointer and click it on another window of the application, right?
Jeff
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Received on Wed Oct 23 1996 - 13:29:35 BST