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Call it ADHD or what you want, but I tend to experience this a bit more than most people I know. Applying to tech, it's the number one reason Windows 8 didn't w

Call it ADHD or what you want, but I tend to experience this a bit more than most people I know. Applying to tech, it's the number one reason Windows 8 didn't work for me. The loss of context when the start screen took over was too disorienting.

ThrustVectoring 8y ago
Working with a couple coworkers is pretty frustrating because their window management strategy is switching rapidly between active OSX screens with the whole wipe animation too.
- have_faith 8y ago
  This is my setup. Single app/window full screened and sliding between them. I like to focus on one thing at once. Tiling window managers are cognitive overload for me, too much going on at once.
  - jacobush 8y ago
    I tried but I die a little each time the swipe animation happens. The Amiga way worked great for me. 1/60s switch time, no animation, fullscreen. Wish MacOS could do away with the animation. Is there a way to config that?
    - Heliosmaster 8y ago
      If you simply Alt+Tab away there shouldn't be animation.
      - jacobush 8y ago
        That doesn't do anything at all on my Mac...
    - ThrustVectoring 8y ago
      yeah, it's the swipe animation. I use tmux and instant keyboard shortcuts to swap panes.
    - quicklime 8y ago
      I'm not sure if there's a way to completely remove it, but you can make it use a faster, and different (fade instead of slide), animation. System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Display -> Reduce Motion
      - jacobush 8y ago
        Much better, thanks!
      - rogual 8y ago
        This works, but -- infuriatingly -- also disables the window motion when opening Exposé, which makes that feature more disorienting.
djsumdog 8y ago
I started using a tiling window manager in Linux back around 2012 and I won't ever go back. Overlapping windows were a terrible UI decision. I remember having very early Windows for DOS back on my 286 and remember that those releases didn't have overlapping windows either. Each new running app just split the screen.

ThrustVectoring 8y ago

Working with a couple coworkers is pretty frustrating because their window management strategy is switching rapidly between active OSX screens with the whole wipe animation too.

have_faith 8y ago
This is my setup. Single app/window full screened and sliding between them. I like to focus on one thing at once. Tiling window managers are cognitive overload for me, too much going on at once.
- jacobush 8y ago
  I tried but I die a little each time the swipe animation happens. The Amiga way worked great for me. 1/60s switch time, no animation, fullscreen. Wish MacOS could do away with the animation. Is there a way to config that?
  - Heliosmaster 8y ago
    If you simply Alt+Tab away there shouldn't be animation.
    - jacobush 8y ago
      That doesn't do anything at all on my Mac...
  - ThrustVectoring 8y ago
    yeah, it's the swipe animation. I use tmux and instant keyboard shortcuts to swap panes.
  - quicklime 8y ago
    I'm not sure if there's a way to completely remove it, but you can make it use a faster, and different (fade instead of slide), animation. System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Display -> Reduce Motion
    - jacobush 8y ago
      Much better, thanks!
    - rogual 8y ago
      This works, but -- infuriatingly -- also disables the window motion when opening Exposé, which makes that feature more disorienting.

djsumdog 8y ago

I started using a tiling window manager in Linux back around 2012 and I won't ever go back. Overlapping windows were a terrible UI decision. I remember having very early Windows for DOS back on my 286 and remember that those releases didn't have overlapping windows either. Each new running app just split the screen.