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0 pointsxutopia4mo ago0 comments

Cmd+~ switches windows of a given app in case you didn't know (not disagreeing with you but it is one shortcut I find super useful and it helps switch windows).

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hamdingers4mo ago

My hate for this behavior grows with each passing year as more and more of the "apps" I use become browser windows.

wpm4mo ago

This is why I regard ChromeOS with fear. Because it really does feel like everything is just converging on the browser as the OS, and a browser is not a goddamn OS.

klysm4mo ago

The browser is effectively an OS - and it’s not very productive to cling to the notion that it isn’t one

wpm4mo ago

It's not very productive to build an entire OS on top of and JIT compiled on top of my already mature and functional OS. It's a waste of my time.

And if it is an OS, it's also just not one where I can be very productive.

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nehal3m4mo ago

I have a non-ANSI keyboard so tilde is in a super weird place for that (next to left shift). I swapped the shortcut to Option+Tab, makes much more intuitive sense.

asadm4mo ago

I heavily use this one actually.

hombre_fatal4mo ago

On Linux I miss it and create a hybrid super-tilde action that cycles through apps of the same kind as the focused app.

aaroninsf4mo ago

Me too, in fact watching my hands for a moment, it's the only way I switch applications now

dsego4mo ago

For some reason it's currently broken for Firefox on Mac, at least on my end.

JamesSwift4mo ago

Works fine for me

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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hamdingers4mo ago

My hate for this behavior grows with each passing year as more and more of the "apps" I use become browser windows.

wpm4mo ago

This is why I regard ChromeOS with fear. Because it really does feel like everything is just converging on the browser as the OS, and a browser is not a goddamn OS.

klysm4mo ago

The browser is effectively an OS - and it’s not very productive to cling to the notion that it isn’t one

wpm4mo ago

It's not very productive to build an entire OS on top of and JIT compiled on top of my already mature and functional OS. It's a waste of my time.

And if it is an OS, it's also just not one where I can be very productive.

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nehal3m4mo ago

I have a non-ANSI keyboard so tilde is in a super weird place for that (next to left shift). I swapped the shortcut to Option+Tab, makes much more intuitive sense.

asadm4mo ago

I heavily use this one actually.

hombre_fatal4mo ago

On Linux I miss it and create a hybrid super-tilde action that cycles through apps of the same kind as the focused app.

aaroninsf4mo ago

Me too, in fact watching my hands for a moment, it's the only way I switch applications now

dsego4mo ago

For some reason it's currently broken for Firefox on Mac, at least on my end.

JamesSwift4mo ago

Works fine for me

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse