What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012)

Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by dorfsmay on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:30AM (#13576764)

I'd use OSX if it could do focus follow mouse and had a trackpoint.

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by hota_mazi on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:53AM (#13576862)

Focus follow mouse would be a disaster with the way menus work in MacOS.

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by setpatchaddress on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:12AM (#13576948)

Why?

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by royjacobs on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:17AM (#13577273)

Menus are at the top of the screen, so to reach them you'd probably focus another app first.

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by Twisell on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:12AM (#13577247)

I'm not sure about the feature you talk about, but maybe have a look at accessibility settings of MacOS. They putted a lot of advanced settings in there targeted at various kind of handicap. However these feature can also be used to improve productivity.

Some developers even uses accessibility interface to add custom overlays & controls (Steam for instance).

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by vanderZwan on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @06:05AM (#13588585)

> focus follow mouse

For Windows there is Taekwindow, at least:

http://taekwindow.net/

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by antfarm on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:27AM (#13577022)

You should try using Mission Control (Exposé and Spaces) with gestures on a MacBook touchpad.

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by PascLeRasc on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:14AM (#13576961)

kwm will do that.

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