mouseOverForKeyboardFocus took some getting used to, but I love it now.
 

A real nice thing about it is you can close windows easily with
Command+w, no tedious aiming for the small "x" in the corner.  Instead
of having to precise gestures with the mouse I am able to do relatively
imprecise gestures.

This is very useful for coding.  For example, when you are typing a
method, you aren't sure abbout a method name, you simply highlight the
method argument (aSet) and Set pops up.  Find the method, copy it, then
sloppily toss the pointer back to the text pane where you were typing
just press and Command+w to close the Set browser currently on top.

Everyone raves about e-Completion.  I still have it isntalled but
rarely use it anymore because this method of spawning browsers and
quickly closing them just works much better.

You can also quickly "clean up" your desktop by just move the mouse to
the bottom and Command+w, Command+w, Command+w.

Overall, now that I'm used to it I find it very productive, and have
other "standard" environments actually feeling quite cumbersome.  Call
me weird..


--- Damien Cassou <damien.cassou at laposte.net> wrote:

> > Then there's Squeak's keyboard focus behavior when moving the mouse
> > around, which is sort of a combination of Mac/Windows "click to
> focus"
> > and X11 "mouse over focus" behavior.  In Squeak, you have "click to
> > focus" behavior between windows (you have to click on a window to
> type
> > in it), but between panes within a window, you have to mouse over
> to
> > that pane.  After using all three UIs over the years, I'd say
> having a
> > mix is probably the worst option... it might be worth converting
> Squeak
> > to just one or the other.  (I'd lean toward "click to focus".)  I'm
> > guessing this behavior originated with Smalltalk-80.
> 
> 
> This is something that really annoys me every day. If somebody has a
> fix, I would greatly appreciate it. I would like the mouse position
> not
> to decide about what is focused. I click somewhere in a window and
> then
> I can throw my mouse cursor away and forget about it. Currently, I
> often
> loose the focus when I throw my mouse.
> 
> Moreover, the option in the preference browser
> 'mouseOverForKeyboardFocus' only works for windows, and not for pane.
> If
> I move the mouse between panes, the focus change even the option is
> set
> to false.
> 
> 
> Bye
> 
> 
>