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Right-click background apps without switching
Authored by: zkarj on Dec 27, '07 11:55:11AM

Welcome to the 1980s! Why shouldn't any visible control on the screen be functional? Acorn Computers realised this when they produced the original RISC OS in the late 80s.

The only requirement for the concept of an "active" application, and possibly the reason CTRL-click doesn't work, is for the keyboard because it does not have a spatial context like the mouse.

Once this is implemented properly then all that needs to happen is get rid of the menu bar and provide a real Fitts's law solution by having the main menu as a context sensitive pop-up. But that requires a THREE button mouse. Apple still aren't willing to admit to two yet. Sigh.



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