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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Unwanted Focus switches -- culprit trapped
Date: 29 Jun 2014 15:11:56 GMT
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On 2014-06-29, billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> writes, quoting me:
>
>> In article <loismg$be6$1@reader2.panix.com>, <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> > > since focus stealing is by definition a surprise and users won't know
>> > > which window will be affected, then it is a bug.
>> > 
>> > My impression is Google Drive took input focus without throwing an
>> > active window on top.  That'd be a Google Drive bug, not an OS bug.
>> > I asked if one was buried underneath, but didn't get an answer.
>> > Regardless, the poorly written code belongs to Google, not Apple.
>> 
>> since it can happen with more apps than just google drive, it's not
>> google's bug.
>
> Yes, anybody can write shitty software.
>
> Do that mean it's Apple's fault?
>
> No.

He has yet to offer a single shred of evidence backing up his claim this
this is a bug in OS X. And I don't think he ever will.

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