Lazycoder

Focus steal mothers

Retarded Application Design

Sahil points out an annoyance in iTunes. Specifically when the focus is put on a button that causes him to stop playing the radio. While I agree that where the application chooses to put focus is a problem, I have a bigger problem with focus stealing in general. Most OS’s, I’m not sure about the billion+ Linux distros, do that focus stealing crap. Next thing I know, I’m typing “oString();” in an IM window to my mother. I **HATE** that crap. I mean look, I even boldfaced the text AND added and extra asterisk on either side of the word ‘hate’. That’s how much I hate it.

Attention which ever dumbass at Apple, Microsoft, BeOS, and the creator of any other OS that does this crap. I’ve got a 12 gallon barrel of whoopass in the backyard warming up in the afternoon sun. If I ever run into you I’m gonna pour that can of whoopass all over your sorry ass. Focus should stay WHEREVER I AM FOCUSED! Alert me with a little audio or visual cue that something else would like my attention. If I was talking with someone at a party having a plesant conversation and someone else pushed that person out of the way and started asking me questions I’d give them a kick in the junk. I’d like to be able to do that to the OS.