• Chulk@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    Look, I’m not an apple fanboy by any means. I kinda hate their UX. So I’m not defending Apple by putting my suggestions here. I’d prefer a Linux desktop 100% obviously, but most jobs (in my experience) do not offer that unless you work for a company with a dedicated IT department.

    First of all, I can cmd+tab to different apps/programs just fine. So I don’t know what feature your missing that you need additional software.

    Second of all, you can use ctrl+arrowkeys to cycle between desktops without a touch pad.

    Third, I use an Mx Master mouse with gestures mapped to the Gesture button on the mouse. I hold the button and move my mouse left and right, which switches desktops.

    Honestly, I prefer virtual desktops to alt tabbing 100%. When I’m developing a web app, for instance, I have a browser desktop in between a front end code desktop and a backend code desktop. Viewing my changes is just holding down a mouse button and a quick flick of my wrist. Its consistent and quick.

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      2 hours ago

      First of all, I can cmd+tab to different apps/programs just fine.

      Switch between programs, yes, but not between all of your open windows.

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        2 hours ago

        Ah that makes sense. I guess I always got annoyed by that in windows because I didn’t want to cycle through 100 different windows to find what I wanted. Conversely, on Mac os, I hate that my window is sometimes hidden from me when I’m “alt tabbing,” so I get it.