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What’s the tiniest thing about iOS / iPadOS / macOS that really bugs you?

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As much as I don’t like negative threads, there’s one thing in iOS that really irritates me, and I want to air it…

Pressing and holding the tab button in Safari to access tab groups, should have a haptic response.

Because it doesn’t, I often end up opening the tab view instead, so I have to huff a little, hit Done, then try again. I don’t know why it annoys me that it doesn’t because none of the other buttons in Safari do, but I feel like it should.

No, I have not contacted Tim Apple about this. Yes, I probably should.

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captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org
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When windows steal focus in macOS. If I am opening an app it should be able to open in the background while I do something else. Same with a “file copy” dialog in Finder. So many apps and windows repeatedly steal focus and push themselves to the top and it’s so frustrating.

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DJDarren@thelemmy.clubOP
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Oh Christ yes. If I’m using an app, then I don’t give a shit if another app wants my attention.

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captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org
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Yes! Don’t you bounce your icon at me, bitch. I see you and I will get there when I’m ready.

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SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip
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To be fair this also happens in Windows (Zoom anyone?) and probably Linux too, although for the latter that may be customizable.

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ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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Yep, this bad design is everywhere. Typing my password when a text editor opens…

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wellnowletssee@sh.itjust.works
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I hate this so much! Some apps do this even multiple times during startup.

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captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org
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Yes! You push them to the background and then they jump back up front again. Who asked for this? Why is this? Whyyy???

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HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip
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It’s even worse when using stage manager

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Eggyhead@lemmy.world
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Yes! If you have a full screen app open with stage manager active on your primary desktop, swiping between the full screen app and the desktop basically becomes a game of app roulette.

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realitista@lemmy.world
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It is possible to turn this off. I did.

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Daviedavo@lemmy.world
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So… do you mind telling the rest of us how to do this? I don’t see a setting anywhere to change this behavior.

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