From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 11 21:22:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2D5616A407 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:22:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from diri.bris.ac.uk (diri.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9851F43D78 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:21:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by diri.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GMtDb-000111-E8 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:21:34 +0100 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.184.33]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GMtCj-0001Ru-VH for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:20:41 +0100 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8BLKC0G002325 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:20:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from shterenl@localhost) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k8BLKCdP002324 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:20:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk: shterenl set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:20:12 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060911212012.GB2211@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20060909070337.4C25.GERARD@seibercom.net> <20060911155102.1834.qmail@web50415.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060911155102.1834.qmail@web50415.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Spam-Score: -0.9 X-Spam-Level: / Subject: Re: Window Manager Recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:22:06 -0000 On 2006 Sep 11, Joel Adamson wrote: > Gerard, > > Thanks for the recommendations. I'm still using Windows at work, so I'll keep your recommendations in mind. > > Let me explain the situation, just for your peace of mind: Let's say I'm writing something in a word processor; I want to check something on the internet, or I want to initiate a download. I open my browser and click on a few things and then go back to my word processor while I'm waiting for a webpage to load. The annoying behavior is that I"ll be typing, and I type darn fast, and then when the webpage is done loading, the focus will shift and I'll still be typing. I'll type half a word before I realize that I'm now looking at a webpage. Sometimes I even use the alt key or the control key and that's when it can really skrew me up. I've been using xfce and mwm and never had problems with focus shifting. anton