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In my case (as described elsewhere) it helps me that they are visible and it might also help that they are in the same position where I left them (spatial consi
by reitanqild 4y ago
In my case (as described elsewhere) it helps me that they are visible and it might also help that they are in the same position where I left them (spatial consistency I guess, but English is not my first language).
- kitsunesoba 4y agoThe spatial element makes total sense. Placement of windows and elements within windows on a desktop computer is really not that different from stacks of papers arranged on a desk, and spatial memory makes keeping track of it all much more feasible in both situations. It turns your desktop into something resembling a physical space rather than an arbitrary hierarchy. This is actually one of the reasons why I prefer to have a "mess" of freely floating windows of assorted sizes on a 27" or larger screen as opposed to having the same windows all maximized/tiled on a smaller screen. The former of the two setups gives persistent windows a unique place that they "live" on the screen, which makes picking each one out faster for me than if I were e.g. spamming alt-tab or scanning a taskbar to find the window I want.