Continuing my journey of tailoring GNOME to better suit my needs, I present another extension that has made my experience just that little bit more seamless.

Perhaps one of the most jarring aspects of the GNOME shell is its reluctance to bring existing windows to the foreground when launched from other processes. For example, when opening a web link, GNOME presents a notification telling you Web is ‘ready’ rather than bringing an existing Web window to the foregound; focusing Web requires you to click the notification. While I trust there are good intentions behind this decision, it leaves everything feeling clunky. Thankfully, ‘Steal my focus window’ exists to bypass these interstitial notifications—a must for any GNOME setup.