On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:38:32 -0700 "H. S. Teoh" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 08:49:58PM +0200, Mehrdad wrote: > > It's pretty damn hard to convince Linux users that what you're > > trying to do is, in fact, not out of stupidity/ignorance. > > It's pretty damn hard to convince Windows zealots that anything but > the Windows way is not out of stupidity/ignorance. > Windows zealots are pretty rare though. Most Windows users accept that it's just an OS, and that it has its problems and downsides. (It'd be pretty hard to be a Windows user and *not* accept that Windows has it's problems.) > > > >(I tried switching the mouse to sloppy focus once... and never > > >dared try it again.) > > > > What's "sloppy focus"? > > The window focus automatically changes to whatever window the mouse is > currently hovering over. Preferably WITHOUT automatically bringing > said window to the top. (Good luck making this work on Windows. And > once you actually manage to coax Windows to do it, have fun seeing > the train wreck that is your applications once you start using them > this way.) > Not exactly what you described, but similar: http://ehiti.de/katmouse/ When I point at something and scroll, I expect my *target* to scroll, not whatever the hell random thing I just happened to have clicked on last. I would *HATE* using windows if I didn't have that. Unfortunately, it doesn't *always* work on Win7 (usually does, though). Works great on XP. But I agree, trying to do anything the non-Windows way on Windows involves stupid PITA hacking, that doesn't always work right, *if* it's even possible at all. And it's not *just* doing something the non-Windows way, it's even specific *versions* of windows: You can't even get things the WinXP way on Win7. Sure, *some* things you can, *sometimes*, with obscure hacks that don't even always work... Man, I'm really gonna have to get around to upgrading my laptop from Win7 back to XP sometime...Fuck this shit...
