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> By contrast, on macOS it's Cmd-Q; on Windows, it's Alt-F4; and so on. Innovation happens on stable foundations, not by pulling rugs. That's the window manage
by sva_ 2y ago
> By contrast, on macOS it's Cmd-Q; on Windows, it's Alt-F4; and so on. Innovation happens on stable foundations, not by pulling rugs.
That's the window manager of the respective systems though. On i3, I can also kill any window by pressing Option-Shift-q. But that's more like the sledgehammer approach and not how I'd close a text editor on any system ...
- queenkjuul 2y agoWell to be pedantic, no, macOS Cmd-Q is quite distinct from closing the window
- rollcat 2y agoAgreed, macOS has different and distinct paradigms from Windows, KDE, or Gnome. But they're (for the most part) more internally consistent. Say I want to keep the music playing when I close the player window. Other systems have to hack around it by e.g. using the status bar; on macOS it follows from the first principles.