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This appears every now and then on HN. Window management in macOS is superficially similar but profoundly different from Windows or most Linux DEs. It's got a
by tambourine_man 3y ago
This appears every now and then on HN.
Window management in macOS is superficially similar but profoundly different from Windows or most Linux DEs. It's got a fixed menu bar which windows are independent from. That alone already changes a lot and has deep implications.
My advice is to learn how and why it's different instead of trying to make it behave as something it's not. Waiting for Apple to turn it into a chimera would be even worse, IMO.
- nine_k 3y agoDifferent enough, fine! Would you please kindly provide a reference to a guide explaining the right way to operate macOS windows, preferably with some explanation of the concepts behind it. and the advantages it offers over the established practices known from elsewhere? E.g. vi navigation is pretty different from Notepad's, but it's relatively easy to make a case when it shows certain advantages. What are the superpowers of the standard macOS WM?
- tambourine_man 3y agoI’m an orphan of the spatial Finder, to be honest. macOS got features from NeXT and some of its own, but it lost cohesion. Though I’m not entirely sure how it would fit with the terabytes and Spotlight of today. Off the top of my head: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2003/04/finder/amp/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2003/04/finder/amp/ The after show of this podcast: https://atp.fm/96 https://atp.fm/96
- HDThoreaun 3y agoThe current iteration of macOS was designed to make heavy use of spaces and Fullscreen apps. Notepad/finder/settings haphazard on a desktop space or 2 and everything else fullscreen and use the trackpad gestures to switch between them. That's how the designers want you to use macOS. If you prefer windows style tiling you can get one of the third party window managers.