It seems to be, that the rule ought to be:
- “if the operator’s mouse/keyboard event which originally spawned the new window is still the last one generated, then it may grab focus”
In other words, if the user is WAITING on a window to pop up, then it takes focus. But otherwise (such as the user typing in another document) it does NOT take focus.
Of course, in this context, I refer to only key-down and mouse-down events, not passive events like mouse movement.
I wonder, if there was a “boo” or “not me” button next to the down-vote, maybe it would deflect such action (even if it did nothing but remember it’s state).
Apparently PieFed allows emoji reactions. That might be more appropriate. But a thumbs down would still discourage reasonable comments.