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Prior to the most recent patch the login screen would gain the focus and put itself on top of the screen once it launched. It doesn't now. Not sure if that is intentional.
I launch RW along with generally several other programs and expect it to jump to the front when it is ready for me to log in in. my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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FWIW, I like it better not bringing itself to the front.
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I'm with Parody here. I hate when programs steal focus from me. If I want to be focused on RW, I'll focus on it. I don't need it to assume that I want it to be focused on.
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I on the other hand wish that it did come to the front.
As RW takes time to startup, I am usually multitasking somewhere else and forget RW until I notice the icon has appeared in the task bar. Jerry |
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Agreed.. I hate having something steal the focus .. it always seems to happen while I am typing, and too often I've wound up triggering unwanted behaviors due to keystrokes.
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That's now happened to me a few times during development when running under the debugger, which behaves differently from how the product normally operates. In any case, this is probably one of those items where we'll get a near 50/50 division between users. So I'm honestly not sure how to handle it. Yes, we could add more preferences for users to configure, but that takes time and still requires users for whom things work "wrong" to discover the preference and go configure it. That vast majority won't know the preference exists in the first place and will simply think that the product is "wrong" for their liking. If anyone has a good recommendation for things like this, I'm open to suggestions! |
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At load, add a pop-up (with a check box so 50% of the folks can cancel seeing it) that states:
"Realm Works takes a moment to load. Grab your favorite beverage, close your eyes, take a sip and enjoy life. This load is our way of helping you slow down and reflect. Life is too short to multitask your way to death. Besides, you DESERVE a few seconds of peaceful time to yourself. Enjoy it. And thank you for being you." By the time you finish reading the pop-up, it should be loaded or pretty close. |
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Love it!!!
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