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The switcher is merely a list of recently run applications, not a list of backgrounded applications, which some people have been mistaking it for.
by msbarnett 16y ago
The switcher is merely a list of recently run applications, not a list of backgrounded applications, which some people have been mistaking it for.
- colinyoung 16y agoAhh.. I think perhaps the fact that isn't immediately obvious was somewhat intentional on Apple's part.
- Xuzz 16y agoThey want to make the idea of "running" irrelevant: to the user, it's active or inactive. No need to manage a list of running programs if what is actually running is made invisible and unimportant. Makes it simpler.
- glhaynes 16y agoSounds like they may be headed that way with Lion, too - what's seen so far doesn't have the little lights under dock icons that indicate whether the application is actually "open" or not.
- Xuzz 16y agoInteresting; I hadn't heard that. I feel this trend is good for the future: less things to manage is less that a user can do wrong.