From: lws4art@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Lloyd wrote:   
   > On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 17:09:06 -0400, Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
   >   
   >> Davey wrote:   
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   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> We if it is within a web browser, then it is the configuration of the   
   >> website, not OS. Even so if I am using a terminal window or Libre Office   
   >> document with a web browser window open, a popup there never took my   
   >> focus from my active window. I use standard Ubuntu GNOME desktop and   
   >> even notifications never stole my focus. My only issue with Ubuntu is on   
   >> laptops that setting to disable touchpad while typing never seems to   
   >> work and an accidental touch does steal my focus! (I predate leaning   
   >> "keyboarding" in school)   
   >   
   > I've often had touchpads that do that, as well as "clicking" on something   
   > I just want to move the pointer over.   
   >   
   > Because of those things, I normally disable the touchpad and use something   
   > else. This particular laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad) had a pointing stick   
   > (between the G H and B keys) without that problem. It can be easier to use   
   > an external mouse (wireless with small receiver if tangling cords are a   
   > problem).   
   >   
      
   One is my trusty ThinkPad L530, but I never really got used to the   
   "thingy". (Ahhh, a laptop you can upgrade. Those were the days! The only   
   thing I wished is to upgrade the screen to higher res).   
      
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