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You don’t get it Spaces are not for fullscreen but for basically virtual desktops i3 linux style Here is superior user experience: 1. Install moom. Its keybo

by piskov 6mo ago

You don’t get it Spaces are not for fullscreen but for basically virtual desktops i3 linux style Here is superior user experience: 1. Install moom. Its keyboard windows arrangement is second to none. Its two-step tiling is a killer. Ie caps-a to show a popup with all the shortcuts, then “a” letter for vertical 1/3 of the screen. Or s for middle 2/3. Or q for top left third — you can assign any letter for any portion of the screen. 2. Use option1-6 to switch between desktops 3. For example alt-4 is a desktop where you have all on one screen (suppose you have 6k xdr like i do): safari, mail, messages, telegram, hey email, reeder alt-3 is your productivity desktop where you have things, calendar, basecamp, notes, ia writer alt-1 and 2 is for your main work like rider ide or what have you Alt-5 for your remote stuff like remote desktop, servers, what have you — So with this you have a mental model of where everything is always and instant switching to it. Want to see your todos and notes? Alt-3. Want to see your browser and messaging? Alt-4. You get it. Moom is better than tiling manager for screens like 6k 32” xdr. Otherwise tiling managers are perfectly fine. For instance on windows I use komorebi

cosmic_cheese 6mo ago
This is similar to how I use Spaces. I haven't hotkeyed desktops, but each one is designated for a particular task or theme. The concept extends further with a secondary display, with the primary monitors' spaces being assigned "main task" duty while the secondary displays' spaces get "aux task" duty — so e.g. IDEs and browser windows immediately relevant to the task at hand go on a main monitor desktop while secondary display desktops are used for things like chat, music, and documentation. This is a core part of my workflow and is one of the reasons why I would have a difficult time using Windows as my primary OS: its virtual desktop support is far too weak in comparison. It can't even switch desktops independently per-display.
- piskov 6mo ago
  Like I’ve said, on windows you have komorebi that does exactly that
weakfish 6mo ago
I'm really confused - I downloaded Moom because of this comment, but can't find a feature to switch Spaces. Am I missing something?
- piskov 6mo ago
  Moom is not for switching spaces. You can use the app in in this post for that. — Or if you want the animation, switching is built-in on macos What you need to do: 1. Create 6 spaces. This is a crucial first step. 2. Go to system settings — keyboard — keyboard shortcuts… — mission control — expand mission control — manually set “switch to desktop 1” to alt-1; rinse-repeat till 6. 3. Go to system settings — desktop and dock — disable “automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use”
ericholscher 6mo ago
This is exactly what I do -- but I have space split up by persona (Personal, work 1, work 2, Play), and then each space is managed with Moom. Love it.
- jbverschoor 6mo ago
  You will still run into shit when one application instance is used in two spaces Finder, chromes, etc. it will cause automatic switching. Also, cmd-tab doesn’t have a filtered mode for the active space Cmd-~ actually works better when using stage manager, because it goed through all active windows across all apps
  - piskov 6mo ago
    In system settings for desktop and dock you may want to experiment with: 1. When switch into an application switch to a space with open Windows for the application. 2. Automatically rearrange space is based on most recent use.
    - jbverschoor 6mo ago
      Tried everything Nothing provides structure, and separation Ideally I’d just run 6 users in 6 spaces The whole cmdtab shouldn’t show applications without windows nor als with no window in the current space
interpol_p 6mo ago
I tried to live like this for a while but found I could not separate applications into spaces I would try setting up a space for, eg, all my communication stuff. But suddenly I’d need to drag-and-drop an image from my image editor into Slack. Or I’d want to drag a graphic from Safari into Final Cut Pro. Or any number of cross-workspace operations How do you handle this with spaces? Do you initiate the drag, tap the space hot key, then drop?
- piskov 6mo ago
  > Do you initiate the drag, tap the space hot key, then drop? Yes. That’s why with trackpads I enable three fingers for dragging, so I don’t need to press anything — Also if you drag your file and hold on app’s icon in dock, it will show that app

by piskov 6mo ago

cosmic_cheese 6mo ago

This is similar to how I use Spaces. I haven't hotkeyed desktops, but each one is designated for a particular task or theme. The concept extends further with a secondary display, with the primary monitors' spaces being assigned "main task" duty while the secondary displays' spaces get "aux task" duty — so e.g. IDEs and browser windows immediately relevant to the task at hand go on a main monitor desktop while secondary display desktops are used for things like chat, music, and documentation. This is a core part of my workflow and is one of the reasons why I would have a difficult time using Windows as my primary OS: its virtual desktop support is far too weak in comparison. It can't even switch desktops independently per-display.

piskov 6mo ago
Like I’ve said, on windows you have komorebi that does exactly that

weakfish 6mo ago

I'm really confused - I downloaded Moom because of this comment, but can't find a feature to switch Spaces. Am I missing something?

piskov 6mo ago
Moom is not for switching spaces. You can use the app in in this post for that. — Or if you want the animation, switching is built-in on macos What you need to do: 1. Create 6 spaces. This is a crucial first step. 2. Go to system settings — keyboard — keyboard shortcuts… — mission control — expand mission control — manually set “switch to desktop 1” to alt-1; rinse-repeat till 6. 3. Go to system settings — desktop and dock — disable “automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use”

ericholscher 6mo ago

This is exactly what I do -- but I have space split up by persona (Personal, work 1, work 2, Play), and then each space is managed with Moom. Love it.

jbverschoor 6mo ago
You will still run into shit when one application instance is used in two spaces Finder, chromes, etc. it will cause automatic switching. Also, cmd-tab doesn’t have a filtered mode for the active space Cmd-~ actually works better when using stage manager, because it goed through all active windows across all apps
- piskov 6mo ago
  In system settings for desktop and dock you may want to experiment with: 1. When switch into an application switch to a space with open Windows for the application. 2. Automatically rearrange space is based on most recent use.
  - jbverschoor 6mo ago
    Tried everything Nothing provides structure, and separation Ideally I’d just run 6 users in 6 spaces The whole cmdtab shouldn’t show applications without windows nor als with no window in the current space

interpol_p 6mo ago

I tried to live like this for a while but found I could not separate applications into spaces I would try setting up a space for, eg, all my communication stuff. But suddenly I’d need to drag-and-drop an image from my image editor into Slack. Or I’d want to drag a graphic from Safari into Final Cut Pro. Or any number of cross-workspace operations How do you handle this with spaces? Do you initiate the drag, tap the space hot key, then drop?

piskov 6mo ago
> Do you initiate the drag, tap the space hot key, then drop? Yes. That’s why with trackpads I enable three fingers for dragging, so I don’t need to press anything — Also if you drag your file and hold on app’s icon in dock, it will show that app