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Lots of comments around the study...i will give my monitor thoughts as I think they're vastly different than most. My theory is that I'd like to achieve produc

by sb8244 8y ago

Lots of comments around the study...i will give my monitor thoughts as I think they're vastly different than most. My theory is that I'd like to achieve productivity no matter where I'm at. This means I don't use more than the laptop's monitor. I've gotten really good at using workspaces to keep tasks separated and use 3 full screen "desktops" in Mac for my standard Dev flow. I never move my head to trigger a change in flow, just a quick swipe. Also every window on a desktop must be visible in some form if multiple programs are in 1 desktop. I've never had a complaint about my performance although I don't think it would matter much if I had a different but efficient flow. I do have some colleagues who have tried this but they don't follow rigid organization and so they can't find their windows well.

waz0wski 8y ago
If you'd like to do away with touchpad gestures for an even faster workflow on osx, try using https://contexts.co https://contexts.co for your switcher, and https://www.alfredapp.com https://www.alfredapp.com for your launcher contexts gives additional 'switching' options on different hotkeys, window searching+selection, and no mouse interaction required (but it is supported) I have Contexts setup as follows: cmd-tab: cycle thru all visible windows of all apps on this desktop opt-tab: cycle thru all apps on all desktops cmd-~: cycle thru all windows of focused app on this desktop (include hidden/minimized) opt-~: cycle all windows of focused app on all desktops (include hidden/minimized) cmd-space: activate Alfred opt-space: search/activate of all running apps on all desktops This workflow allows for complete, keyboard-driven navigation/switching, and total deprecation of the slow 10.7+ mission control gui (you can restore the older & faster exposè style window view with the app TotalSpaces)
- sb8244 8y ago
  I am going to check this out, it looks interesting. I haven't really experienced inefficiencies with the speed of mission control, but I'm open to better ways of interacting with the workspaces and applications.

by sb8244 8y ago

waz0wski 8y ago

If you'd like to do away with touchpad gestures for an even faster workflow on osx, try using https://contexts.co https://contexts.co for your switcher, and https://www.alfredapp.com https://www.alfredapp.com for your launcher contexts gives additional 'switching' options on different hotkeys, window searching+selection, and no mouse interaction required (but it is supported) I have Contexts setup as follows: cmd-tab: cycle thru all visible windows of all apps on this desktop opt-tab: cycle thru all apps on all desktops cmd-~: cycle thru all windows of focused app on this desktop (include hidden/minimized) opt-~: cycle all windows of focused app on all desktops (include hidden/minimized) cmd-space: activate Alfred opt-space: search/activate of all running apps on all desktops This workflow allows for complete, keyboard-driven navigation/switching, and total deprecation of the slow 10.7+ mission control gui (you can restore the older & faster exposè style window view with the app TotalSpaces)

sb8244 8y ago
I am going to check this out, it looks interesting. I haven't really experienced inefficiencies with the speed of mission control, but I'm open to better ways of interacting with the workspaces and applications.