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Maybe so. But I don't see a problem with that. OSX window management currently satisfies average users, but not power users. And since power users are exactly

by esolyt 14y ago

Maybe so. But I don't see a problem with that. OSX window management currently satisfies average users, but not power users. And since power users are exactly the kind of people who can do something about it, they are doing it.

jfb 14y ago
I think the distinction between "power users" and "average users" is meaningless. A user is someone who derives utility from a given platform.
- whaevr 14y ago
  Perhaps so. But what if said user is interested in tweaking things to bend entirely to their own way of (loose use of word) computing. So much to the point that they are willing to (develop and or/change the entirety of) some of the main points of the functioning operating system (window management). Now the difference between that person and the guy thats fine with changing the windows theme to a different color....theres a distinction there the size of the grand canyon.
zwily 14y ago
What, exactly, is your definition of "power user"?
- sjwright 14y ago
  Can't speak for the OP, but mine is someone who is sufficiently comfortable that they will happily accept increased complexity for improved productivity. (Like so many labels it spans a range on a continuum, but the thresholds should be fairly intuitively obvious.)
  - zwily 14y ago
    That's a fine definition, but I don't think it implies that power users cannot be satisfied with OS X window management.
gurkendoktor 14y ago
I disagree: OS X window management is geared towards people on a single laptop screen, no matter their level of proficiency. I am absolutely happy with OS X 10.8 on my MBA 13", and I use the new-style fullscreen quite a bit. Once I arrive in the office and sit down with two external displays, everything suddenly works against me. I don't want to use spaces (it confuses me to have 2 displays x N spaces), but Mission Control insists on the spaces bar. Putting Xcode into full screen will effectively disable the other display. I'd go insane without Divvy.

by esolyt 14y ago

jfb 14y ago

I think the distinction between "power users" and "average users" is meaningless. A user is someone who derives utility from a given platform.

whaevr 14y ago
Perhaps so. But what if said user is interested in tweaking things to bend entirely to their own way of (loose use of word) computing. So much to the point that they are willing to (develop and or/change the entirety of) some of the main points of the functioning operating system (window management). Now the difference between that person and the guy thats fine with changing the windows theme to a different color....theres a distinction there the size of the grand canyon.

zwily 14y ago

What, exactly, is your definition of "power user"?

sjwright 14y ago
Can't speak for the OP, but mine is someone who is sufficiently comfortable that they will happily accept increased complexity for improved productivity. (Like so many labels it spans a range on a continuum, but the thresholds should be fairly intuitively obvious.)
- zwily 14y ago
  That's a fine definition, but I don't think it implies that power users cannot be satisfied with OS X window management.

gurkendoktor 14y ago

I disagree: OS X window management is geared towards people on a single laptop screen, no matter their level of proficiency. I am absolutely happy with OS X 10.8 on my MBA 13", and I use the new-style fullscreen quite a bit. Once I arrive in the office and sit down with two external displays, everything suddenly works against me. I don't want to use spaces (it confuses me to have 2 displays x N spaces), but Mission Control insists on the spaces bar. Putting Xcode into full screen will effectively disable the other display. I'd go insane without Divvy.