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   Davey to Jonathan N. Little   
   Re: Is anyone still here?   
   08 Aug 25 14:01:10   
   
   From: davey@example.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 07:58:49 -0400   
   "Jonathan N. Little"  wrote:   
      
   > Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   > > On 06/08/2025 10:20, Davey wrote:     
   > >> [...]  what really annoys me is that you   
   > >> can be doing something like entering a remembered password, and the   
   > >> pop-up box comes up mid-entry and just stops your memorised   
   > >> password dead. You have to then: a. Check to see what the damn box   
   > >> is telling you; b. delete said box; c. Clear the partially entered   
   > >> password and enter it from scratch.   
   > >> Grrrr.     
   > >    
   > > What he said!!   
   > >      
   >    
   > What steals your focus? A notification? If so I hadn't notice. If you   
   > want something that steals you focus, try this $%%$##S Windows 11,   
   > distraction galore!   
   >    
      
   As I said, a pop-up box suddenly appears to tell me something that does   
   not, at least then, interest me.   
   This is on Ubuntu 22.04. I have no idea if it's Gnome or Firefox or   
   whatever, but I don't remember the same thing with Ubuntu 18.04.   
   --    
   Davey.   
      
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