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I don't like the idea of using a single app for everything. I have tons and tons of (personal) reasons, but the most obvious and un-solvable reason is: I can sw

I don't like the idea of using a single app for everything. I have tons and tons of (personal) reasons, but the most obvious and un-solvable reason is: I can switch between terminal emulator and web browser with Command+Tab. If they were both the same thing, I couldn't do it and I would be very disturbed and confused. The same reason I don't use GMail web app and use Mail.app instead, or Reeder.app or iCal.app or iTunes.app.

skeptical 15y ago
Not to be too sarcastic. But what's wrong with opening multiple chrome windows?
yellowbkpk 15y ago
You know you can Ctrl+Tab between tabs in most web browsers, right?
- pooriaazimi 15y ago
  Of course. But I usually have a few open browser windows (each containing 5-10 related tabs). If Gmail was also a window, I would have to press Cmd-` (Mac's shortcut for switching between different windows of a single app) multiple times. But to be honest that's not how I actually do my stuff. I use QuickSilver[1] and when I want to go to Mail.app, I just press Cmd-Space, then 'M' or 'Ma' (because Mail.app begins with M) and press return. It takes less than 0.4 seconds (QS is wicked fast) and is much more convenient than a tab in my browser. Not to mention that a native app is usually way faster and more responsive (I have a ridiculously slow internet connection). [1]: http://qsapp.com http://qsapp.com
jmaygarden 15y ago
On Windows and *nix--well Ubuntu at least--you can drag a browser tab into a new window and then Alt-Tab between them. Is there no equivalent on a Mac?
- pooriaazimi 15y ago
  Yes. It's Cmd-` (~ without holding down shift. and it works in all apps, not just browsers). But there are more benefits to a native app than a browser tab (for me at least): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3912689 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3912689
jvm 15y ago
"un-solvable reason is" This is actually completely solvable, if it was something lots of people wanted to do it could be trivially built into any browser. It could be built into FF globally with an extremely simple plugin.
fromhet 15y ago
Well if the world turns out to become as Google fantasizes and all applications will be ran in browsers, you can switch between apps with ctrl+tab.

skeptical 15y ago

Not to be too sarcastic. But what's wrong with opening multiple chrome windows?

yellowbkpk 15y ago

You know you can Ctrl+Tab between tabs in most web browsers, right?

pooriaazimi 15y ago
Of course. But I usually have a few open browser windows (each containing 5-10 related tabs). If Gmail was also a window, I would have to press Cmd-` (Mac's shortcut for switching between different windows of a single app) multiple times. But to be honest that's not how I actually do my stuff. I use QuickSilver[1] and when I want to go to Mail.app, I just press Cmd-Space, then 'M' or 'Ma' (because Mail.app begins with M) and press return. It takes less than 0.4 seconds (QS is wicked fast) and is much more convenient than a tab in my browser. Not to mention that a native app is usually way faster and more responsive (I have a ridiculously slow internet connection). [1]: http://qsapp.com http://qsapp.com

jmaygarden 15y ago

On Windows and *nix--well Ubuntu at least--you can drag a browser tab into a new window and then Alt-Tab between them. Is there no equivalent on a Mac?

pooriaazimi 15y ago
Yes. It's Cmd-` (~ without holding down shift. and it works in all apps, not just browsers). But there are more benefits to a native app than a browser tab (for me at least): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3912689 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3912689

jvm 15y ago

"un-solvable reason is" This is actually completely solvable, if it was something lots of people wanted to do it could be trivially built into any browser. It could be built into FF globally with an extremely simple plugin.

fromhet 15y ago

Well if the world turns out to become as Google fantasizes and all applications will be ran in browsers, you can switch between apps with ctrl+tab.