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Comment by dham

7 days ago

Mac has always had horrible window management. Made worse because applications and windows are a separate concept. Used to seem clever but in the world of multiple workspaces it's a terrible decision. Now it's even worse trying to manage multiple llms and projects.

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duped  6 days ago

There's a generation of developers who seem to have forgotten an application can open multiple windows

firen777  6 days ago

> because applications and windows are a separate concept

Is this the reason why "closed" applications still show up in cmd+tab?

  • dham  6 days ago

    Yes, but it's much worse than that because it makes multiple workspaces essentially unusable. Try them on Windows or any Linux desktop. When a window is also an application it makes handling them much more seemless. Not to mention the animation on Macos (slide or fade) takes multiple seconds, then when it completes it takes 500ms to actually focus. That's if it actually focuses to the right window when switching, which is currently a bug. Been there for years.