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Rectangle and Alt-Tab [0] significantly reduce my need to use the touchpad or reach for the mouse. Normal MacOS windows handling seems enraging and cumbersome.

Rectangle and Alt-Tab [0] significantly reduce my need to use the touchpad or reach for the mouse. Normal MacOS windows handling seems enraging and cumbersome. [0] https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

nullwarp 5y ago
Enraging is the right word for it - these two applications are the only thing keeping me from wanting to smash the Mac I have to use.
yokoprime 5y ago
What does alt-tab-macos add to the default alt tab experience? Does it show all open windows?
- nullwarp 5y ago
  It allows you to alt-tab through all open Windows not just Applications
  - wcarss 5y ago
    Just in case, did you know cmd+tilde will cycle through unminimized windows of the currently active application? I originally hated Mac alt+tab behavior, but after learning to combine cmd+tab and cmd+tilde, I actually hate going back. I still dislike a lot of mac UX, and use divvy for keyboard driven window placement, but that one thing became a huge highlight for me.
    - nullwarp 5y ago
      Yeah I'm aware but I find it awkward and hard to use when I routinely have a browser and two editors open I have to remember to mentally switch keys to shift between the two sets It's just not for me
    - lwkl 5y ago
      Thank you that's a really useful shortcut to know. I just switched "back" to mac. My last mac being a PowerBook G4. While I generally like the UI/UX I didn't know about this shortcut and I have been missing it. I started using multiple desktops which works better for me on macOS than on Windows because of the way Alt + Tab works on macOS. But switching between Windows was a bit annoying in clamshell mode without the touchpad. This will be gone once I get used to the shortcut.
    - olyjohn 5y ago
      Still no way to switch to a window that is minimized. I forget all the time that I have windows minimized, and lose them, then find them days later when I right-click on the dock icon for the app. Every other OS lets you task switch through minimized windows. Feels like Apple hasn't touched the dock in about 20 years.
  - yokoprime 5y ago
    I love how you explained the app in one sentence, which somehow is missing from both the readme.md over at GitHub and from the website . Thanks, I'll check it out.
eyelidlessness 5y ago
My macOS task/window management strategy: - Start with windows sized full height, they stack horizontally this way instead of diagonally. - Never resize anything unless something got messed up re-attaching a display, which is exceedingly rare. (If I’m doing web stuff I use dev tools to test responsive, the browser window stays the same width.) - Command + tab/command + ~ do great most of the time. - Command + ? -> type window title when I have lots of open windows in one app. - Generally avoid moving windows unless I really need to, the above strategies work well for everything except the occasional side by side workflow. This took a little while to hone, but it definitely doesn't feel cumbersome to me, much less enraging. I do generally use Moom[1] when I need to resize windows, mainly because I already have a license and I’m anal about consistent sizing. I’m sure this wouldn’t work for everybody, but I also know a lot of folks don’t know about command + ~ or using the help menu search, so it felt worth sharing. 1: https://manytricks.com/moom/ https://manytricks.com/moom/
CincinnatiMan 5y ago
Thanks for this suggestion. I've been using Contexts for this, but it looks like Alt-Tab may be even better.

nullwarp 5y ago

Enraging is the right word for it - these two applications are the only thing keeping me from wanting to smash the Mac I have to use.

yokoprime 5y ago

What does alt-tab-macos add to the default alt tab experience? Does it show all open windows?

nullwarp 5y ago
It allows you to alt-tab through all open Windows not just Applications
- wcarss 5y ago
  Just in case, did you know cmd+tilde will cycle through unminimized windows of the currently active application? I originally hated Mac alt+tab behavior, but after learning to combine cmd+tab and cmd+tilde, I actually hate going back. I still dislike a lot of mac UX, and use divvy for keyboard driven window placement, but that one thing became a huge highlight for me.
  - nullwarp 5y ago
    Yeah I'm aware but I find it awkward and hard to use when I routinely have a browser and two editors open I have to remember to mentally switch keys to shift between the two sets It's just not for me
  - lwkl 5y ago
    Thank you that's a really useful shortcut to know. I just switched "back" to mac. My last mac being a PowerBook G4. While I generally like the UI/UX I didn't know about this shortcut and I have been missing it. I started using multiple desktops which works better for me on macOS than on Windows because of the way Alt + Tab works on macOS. But switching between Windows was a bit annoying in clamshell mode without the touchpad. This will be gone once I get used to the shortcut.
  - olyjohn 5y ago
    Still no way to switch to a window that is minimized. I forget all the time that I have windows minimized, and lose them, then find them days later when I right-click on the dock icon for the app. Every other OS lets you task switch through minimized windows. Feels like Apple hasn't touched the dock in about 20 years.
- yokoprime 5y ago
  I love how you explained the app in one sentence, which somehow is missing from both the readme.md over at GitHub and from the website . Thanks, I'll check it out.

eyelidlessness 5y ago

My macOS task/window management strategy: - Start with windows sized full height, they stack horizontally this way instead of diagonally. - Never resize anything unless something got messed up re-attaching a display, which is exceedingly rare. (If I’m doing web stuff I use dev tools to test responsive, the browser window stays the same width.) - Command + tab/command + ~ do great most of the time. - Command + ? -> type window title when I have lots of open windows in one app. - Generally avoid moving windows unless I really need to, the above strategies work well for everything except the occasional side by side workflow. This took a little while to hone, but it definitely doesn't feel cumbersome to me, much less enraging. I do generally use Moom[1] when I need to resize windows, mainly because I already have a license and I’m anal about consistent sizing. I’m sure this wouldn’t work for everybody, but I also know a lot of folks don’t know about command + ~ or using the help menu search, so it felt worth sharing. 1: https://manytricks.com/moom/ https://manytricks.com/moom/

CincinnatiMan 5y ago

Thanks for this suggestion. I've been using Contexts for this, but it looks like Alt-Tab may be even better.