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This application and another one called rectangle (for managing window location easily) is what makes Mac os life bearable for me. The computer to me is a tool

This application and another one called rectangle (for managing window location easily) is what makes Mac os life bearable for me. The computer to me is a tool and thus switching window / focus should be swift and efficient. KDE lets me do that out of the box, other DEs needs addons it seems.. The problem with original macos cmd-tab / and in-app window switching is that it gives you two levels of switching. For the same reason I'm not a fan of tabs in browsers. I don't want to keep track of which app a window/page is opened in. I want to get to it as fast as my thoughts realize I need to get there. Most often I work in 2-3 windows in different apps, so quick jumping back and forth is crucial and alttab is a simple and fast way of doing it.

ostenning 5y ago
Yep I second this, Alt+Tab and Rectangle are must haves.
urspx 5y ago
> For the same reason I'm not a fan of tabs in browsers. I _really_ wish there were a proper integration of tabs into window-switching shortcuts... like some kind of modifier. It would be excellent to be able to transition smoothly between 1) Application switching 2) Window switching 3) Tab switching. 1) -> 2) works on Mac OS with cmd + tab, down arrow when you reach the application, and then arrows to navigate... but it would be great to drill down into tabs in a nice way from there. Or even directly from application switching to tab switching, since one can quickly forget exactly which window a particular tab is in.
- davidbarker 5y ago
  Witch (https://manytricks.com/witch/ https://manytricks.com/witch/) has an option that allows you to treat tabs as if they’re windows, but over time I’ve found Witch more and more buggy and gave up on using it, which is such a shame.
- brimstedt 5y ago
  I agree, "alt tab" with "tab support" would be nice. But it's equally nice to use Firefox, turn off tabs, and let the window manager do it's magic (uh.. with a little help form alttab if youre on osx;)

ostenning 5y ago

Yep I second this, Alt+Tab and Rectangle are must haves.

urspx 5y ago

> For the same reason I'm not a fan of tabs in browsers. I _really_ wish there were a proper integration of tabs into window-switching shortcuts... like some kind of modifier. It would be excellent to be able to transition smoothly between 1) Application switching 2) Window switching 3) Tab switching. 1) -> 2) works on Mac OS with cmd + tab, down arrow when you reach the application, and then arrows to navigate... but it would be great to drill down into tabs in a nice way from there. Or even directly from application switching to tab switching, since one can quickly forget exactly which window a particular tab is in.

davidbarker 5y ago
Witch (https://manytricks.com/witch/ https://manytricks.com/witch/) has an option that allows you to treat tabs as if they’re windows, but over time I’ve found Witch more and more buggy and gave up on using it, which is such a shame.
brimstedt 5y ago
I agree, "alt tab" with "tab support" would be nice. But it's equally nice to use Firefox, turn off tabs, and let the window manager do it's magic (uh.. with a little help form alttab if youre on osx;)