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0 pointssoutherntofu4y ago0 comments

> I just don't understand how that is difficult.

It's not difficult, but why do they make it difficult to "just go to the previous window", whose default shortcut was alt-tab on almost all systems (windows + gnome + kde)?

Maybe you have a specific workflow with a specific set of apps you use in a specific order in which case your brain is hard-wired to know whether you'd like to switch app or window within an app. I personally find it much easier when i don't have to think about it and can just "go back" to what i was doing previously.

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dylan6044y ago

You seem to have the concept in your mind of open windows vs open apps. I've never thought of it like that, and always have the concept of apps in mind. Not thinking of apps seems as foreign to me as grouping windows as apps seems foreign to you. It would be interesting to see the differences between how either was learned to really grok the difference.

spiffytech4y ago

> You seem to have the concept in your mind of open windows vs open apps. I've never thought of it like that, and always have the concept of apps in mind.

For me, windows windows tend to be for discrete tasks. E.g., on one space I have a browser for coding stuff, and on another space I'll have a browser for email/chat. So it's important that I can switch to a specific browser window, rather than my viewport being dragged over to another space because that's the last browser I looked at. Same for code editor windows.

macOS' keyboard shortcuts aren't good for this workflow. I understand Mac prefers gesture- or mouse-oriented solutions like Mission Control, but that's a much less ergonomic approach for my needs.

monsieurbanana4y ago

Everybody that didn't start with mac has that concept of open windows, it shouldn't come as a surprise. If you like the way Apple tells you to do it, it works great. If you don't like it, Apple is bent on taking away customisation options one by one.

I also find the window management in Osx terrible. Thankfully a couple of third-party apps (BetterTouchTool and AltTab) fixes most of the issues.

I'm happy with my mac, but if those third-party solutions stop working, I'd switch back to linux in a heartbeat.

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