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> This continues for many years, so it's likely a design principle. I read that Apple follows a document model, where the application is kinda a background thi
by skydhash 3y ago
> This continues for many years, so it's likely a design principle.
I read that Apple follows a document model, where the application is kinda a background thing a window is supposed to be for a specific task. Not like Windows where the main windows is the hub of interaction. So you use CMD + <backquote> to switch between these tasks and CMD + TAB for switching between applications. The menu bar is part of the application, but windows can modify it to suit the focused tasks.
I've used Rectangle for quick window management, but in time I've come to understand the philosophy so it does not bother me as much. It's more leaned into the desktop analogy than other OS.
- SamuelAdams 3y agoYou can also use AltTab if you prefer windows tab styles. https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
- baxuz 3y agoYes, and this is the reason why there is a shared menu bar and why many early macos apps had a number of floating windows, like Photoshop. The desktop represents the active app, and a window is the active document in that app. This doesn't make all that much sense with today's screen sizes and multiplatform apps.
- jwells89 3y agoIt depends entirely on what you’re used to. My earliest exposure to computers was a Mac (though Windows, Linux, and BeOS also came into the picture fairly early on) and I don’t find the Mac model the least bit problematic. On the contrary, I find the Win9X model overly simplistic and unmanageable past a small handful of windows.