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So you want to go to an app. You just hope that some corner is peeking out of that huge unsorted pile of windows. You call that good UX or is it just a formed h
by the_gipsy 8y ago
So you want to go to an app. You just hope that some corner is peeking out of that huge unsorted pile of windows. You call that good UX or is it just a formed habit?
- kstenerud 8y agoPrecisely. I arrange them such that I can click in the corner I need to get what I want, and then alt-tab between them, or click for the specific one I want if I need to jump. Then I get big real estate, and easy access. I call that good UX because it works well for me.
- the_gipsy 8y agoI don't think it's "easy access" nor "big real estate". But to each their own.
- lfms_dotfile 8y agoYou can enable tabbed mode for a split (or the entire screen) in i3/Sway with a single keypress-- it produces the same effect as what you describe, just automated. edit: You can also use something like rofi to fuzzy search for windows and quickly jump to them, instead of alt+tabbing.
- hnra 8y agoThere are more ways than clicking a window to give it focus. Alt-Tab being the obvious once but also Win+{Nr} on Windows if I recall correctly.
- the_gipsy 8y agoAlt-tab works fine as "go back to last window", but that could just be a specific shortcut. Using it to cycle through a pile of apps shown as icons or screenshots is terrible UX, IMHO.