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I've had to switch to macos for work when I was using Arch with gnome. I'm very unhappy with macos, and hardware detection is a big issue. None of my logitech
by alex_duf 5y ago
I've had to switch to macos for work when I was using Arch with gnome.
I'm very unhappy with macos, and hardware detection is a big issue.
None of my logitech Mx Master worked properly (1, 2 and 3) as Apple enforces a weird acceleration curve on the wheel, even when installing logitech's software. The latest ones are compatible bluetooth but support for these over bluetooth isn't good at all, so I have to use the unifying thingy that logitech gives you.
My Bluetooth headset (Bose 700) has this ridiculous bug where when switching codec (starting video call for instance), or turning the headset on and off will move the balance left or right. So for a while I was getting annoyed at bose because my headset was "broken". No, it turns out it's a software bug so annoying that someone wrote an app to fix it https://www.tunabellysoftware.com/balance_lock/ https://www.tunabellysoftware.com/balance_lock/ I remember finding a bug report from 2013, Apple still hasn't fixed it. It's almost as if they preferred you used their headphones.
Then there's the user experience, and it becomes more of an opinion at this point. Note that I used Gnome, which isn't to the taste of a lot of people so I might be an exception. But with that in mind:
Switching window with command tab is unintuitive, instead of switching from one window to another, you switch from one app to another. So going from one firefox window to another is a pain to do with a keyboard shortcut only (actually that's also gnome's default behaviour).
Window management in general is at best very clumsy. I still don't get why you'd want to maximise a window if it makes that application full screen. Splitting your screen to put two windows side by side requires some obscure long press on the green button (or is it with a key modifier?), or to install yet another program such a Spectacle.
The file explorer goes to great length to hide the root filesystem from you. It's also hard to convince it to open two windows so you can copy paste files from one folder to the next.
So none of that is related to the M1 part of your question, and on the plus side these new chips look very attractive. But heck I miss my gnome configuration.
edit: balancing my opinion a bit: on the plus side the concept of "App" that is just one file in a specific folder is very relaxing and a great user experience. As dev we're kind of forced to use alternative methods to install software, such as brew but I understand that's an acceptable trade-off for Apple
- DangitBobby 5y agoThe shortcut to switch between windows of the same app is cmd+` FYI.