overshooting mouse accidentally activates overview mode

[Chuck Anderson]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:32:19AM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> After using Gnome 3/Shell for a couple months now, it has really grown
> on me.  I have one UI annoyance that I wonder if the designers could
> comment on.  When I'm using a maximized application like Firefox or
> Chromium, I often have to move the mouse to near the upper-left corner
> to activate a tab or use the forward/back buttons or File menu.
> Sometimes, rather often, I overshoot and accidentally activate the
> overview mode hot corner.  I believe this mostly happens with Chromium
> since it doesn't use the standard system title bar, leaving the tabs
> and other controls a lot closer to the hot corner.  But it does
> sometimes happen with standard apps too.  I'm not sure how tweak the
> design to prevent this from happening, but I'm wondering if this has
> come up before and been considered.

I've since turned on the standard system title bars in Chromium, and
I'm still accidentally activating overview mode (although less
frequently).