AltTab: Windows Alt-Tab on macOS(alt-tab-macos.netlify.app)
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AltTab: Windows Alt-Tab on macOS
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Thanks for the mention. Let me know if you have any problems with it!
OSX being application centric vs. Windows being document centric is such a PITA. I much prefer the document centric approach.
You are just swiching windows the wrong way.
The user is supposed to build a mental model of applications and windows in their head and think about that carefully when switch.
Apple's thought very hard very different, and deliberately build their UI that way to keep people's minds sharp. You're welcome.
The user is supposed to build a mental model of applications and windows in their head and think about that carefully when switch.
Apple's thought very hard very different, and deliberately build their UI that way to keep people's minds sharp. You're welcome.
It’s not a problem of mental models. It’s that the UI is not good.
The Cmd-Tab to switch between apps is good because it’s Least Recently Used (LRU) ordered, and the there is a visual to show what you are choosing.
Once you’ve done Cmd-Tab to choose an app then you need to do Cmd-` to choose the document. But this is usually not LRU and not visual.
In Firefox I can configure LRU and visual tab switching, but not windows switching. And Finder or IntelliJ I can cycle through windows but not in LRU order.
I have a good mental model of my apps, windows, documents and tabs, but my mental model is LRU based, not cycle based.
The Cmd-Tab to switch between apps is good because it’s Least Recently Used (LRU) ordered, and the there is a visual to show what you are choosing.
Once you’ve done Cmd-Tab to choose an app then you need to do Cmd-` to choose the document. But this is usually not LRU and not visual.
In Firefox I can configure LRU and visual tab switching, but not windows switching. And Finder or IntelliJ I can cycle through windows but not in LRU order.
I have a good mental model of my apps, windows, documents and tabs, but my mental model is LRU based, not cycle based.
it's sarcasm sorry not being clear
LRU is good but before that becomes the problem, there is the problem of requiring 2 steps when all the user is thinking about is "back to the previous document", or "let me select one of the documents". No one gives a shit about apps
LRU is good but before that becomes the problem, there is the problem of requiring 2 steps when all the user is thinking about is "back to the previous document", or "let me select one of the documents". No one gives a shit about apps
I found a program that seems to (mostly) work. I wish there were others like it: https://neosmart.net/blog/2017/easy-window-switcher/