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   jefframnani (jefframnani@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 02:50:27 JST jefframnani

   There's a feature I think I want for my desktop OS. Let's call it "focus follows eyes". I wonder whether I would like it or hate it in practice? 🤔

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     esmevane, sorry (ironchamber@mastodon.esmevane.com)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 02:50:23 JST esmevane, sorry

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     @jefframnani what would it do?

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     jefframnani (jefframnani@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 03:45:25 JST jefframnani

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     • esmevane, sorry

     @ironchamber Like "focus follows mouse" from the X Windows days. But the webcam would track what my eyes were looking at and switch application focus based on that.

     But, even thinking about it for a few moments, it means transcribing something would suck. Typing in a text editor while reading something on the web would be busted.

     🤔

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     esmevane, sorry (ironchamber@mastodon.esmevane.com)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 03:45:25 JST esmevane, sorry

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     @jefframnani gotcha! yeah that's kind of what I imagined you meant.

     I believe we have accessibility systems for quadriplegic folks that do use eye position kind of like a mouse, so there might actually be some tools out there already you can try w/ your webcam and some fiddling around