From: Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux>
Subject: Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?
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On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:46:14 +0000, Borax Man wrote:

>
> 
> I use Windows at work, and it isn't consistent.  The top title bar
> differs from program to program, decorations are different depending on
> whether I'm using Outlook, Adobe or Firefox.
> 

The most ridulous design flaw of M$ Winblows, which has existed from the
very beginning, is the inability to easily control how a window gains
focus.

In M$ Winblows, a window gains focus only with a mouse click and this makes
copy/paste operations between windows extremely awkward and cumbersome.
For me, copy/paste operations between windows are critical and I do them
all the time.  On my GNU/Linux machine I have configured windows to gain
focus via the mouse pointer alone (no clicking is needed).  This allows
very smooth and efficient copy/paster operations.  However, that cannot
be done on that junk M$ Windows and consequently copy/paste is always a
big headache.

I believe that there is some obscure registry setting in M$ Winblows that
enables focus via the mouse pointer alone but that setting will also lead
to undesirable side effects.

With GNU/Linux I can configure my GUI to serve me the way I want to be served.

With M$ Winblows it is one-size-fits-all and take-it-or-leave-it.

Well guess what.  I left it.  Forever.
 


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