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I don't think it's too different than switching between browser tabs. - Ctrl + Tab: within window - Alt + Tab: between windows - Alt + ~: between a

I don't think it's too different than switching between browser tabs. - Ctrl + Tab: within window - Alt + Tab: between windows - Alt + ~: between applications I think the main problem is that these shortcuts are difficult to learn. For example, I didn't know about Alt + ~ until this thread (!), and I'm confused at how users are meant to learn shortcuts like that.

anowlcalledjosh 7y ago
One difference between ctrl-tab and alt-~ (or alt-`, depending on your keyboard layout) is that tabs within a window are very close to each other, and obviously distinct from windows in their own right, whereas it's frequently not immediately obvious whether two windows belong to the same application.
brimstedt 7y ago
and this is the reason I don't use tabs in browsers. To me, there is no "app x is a web page, I need to alt tab to browser then ctrl tab to the right tab". I don't use tabs in browsers, so it's always just aLt tab to get where I want