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Re:i3 4.18 by ubercow13 on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:42PM (#22350540)
>You have to somehow indicate to the system what it is you want to type on

You do it by moving the mouse. It makes the mouse more useful because you can now focus things with one less click.

On the other hand, in what circumstance would you want to move your hand to the mouse, move it intentionally over another window without clicking, and _not_ focus it? What would be the point in moving the cursor?

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Re:i3 4.18 by jolmg on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:42PM (#22351612)
> in what circumstance

Precisely in the one that brought this into topic. It's nice to not have to be so careful with how the mouse moves. When it gets in the way, I can just flick it off, not worried about my stuff changing focus. It also greatly decreases the annoyance of accidentally touching a touchpad while typing.

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Re:i3 4.18 by ubercow13 on Monday February 17, 2020 @06:39PM (#22352033)
Fair enough, that makes sense. In practice I don't ever find I make mistakes with the mouse and focusing, but then I am very good with the mouse (after playing those FPS games :)
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