keybase / keybase/client

Client unnecessarily attention grabbing and focus stealing

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Description

I do like keybase, but am getting very annoyed at the Windows client lately because of its attention grabbing behavior:

  • It shows its window after windows start up/log in. Why? I have not yet found a way to turn this off. It's great that it starts automatically, but please stay in the background.
  • It randomly steals focus. This behavior is very frowned upon in the ecosystem, and is particularly bad when you play a game, as it even throws you out of the full-screen mode. Might be related to updates. Is this really necessary? No other application I know of does that on Windows.

Please consider to be less annoying. Thanks :)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the Windows client's behavior after startup/login and while another application is fullscreen, then investigate the startup and update-related paths mentioned in the report. Done means the client can still start automatically without showing its window or stealing focus.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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