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From: Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us>
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Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 12:43:34 +0200
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>On 31/05/2025 08:04, Marc Haber wrote:
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 31 May 2025 07:29:48 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>>>> And I still find it better if one just wants a window gone for short
>>>> time. Less distance to cover with mouse and eyes (that is VERY relevant
>>>> on a big screen) and intuitively at the place where you'd expect it.
>>>
>>> Have you heard of Fitts’ Law? That is one of the few well-established
>>> numerical laws in UI design: the time it takes to move a pointing device
>>> to a UI element is directly proportional to the square root of how far
>>> away it is, and inversely proportional to its size.
>>>
>>> This means that a small window-shade element can take longer to click on,
>> 
>> The title bar of a window is bigger than a taskbar icon. And, which
>> one of the thirty konsole taskbar icons is the window I want gone for
>> a second?
>> 
>Why do you have thirty?

Because it it is somtimes necessary. You don't need to understand that
unless you understand that there are valid usecases that look
different from  your own.

>I think you should forget this outdated millennial workflow and get with 
>the program.

I think you should stop being patronizing or at least show who you
are.

>> Maybe touching the screen edge triggers a virtual desktop change?
>> 
>Nope. Doesnt seem to

You know my machine? You know who I am? You know how I work?

No?

Why are you telling me what to do, with the undertone that I'm doing
things wrong?

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