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Edit: Also, dedicated media keys and a volume control wheel/knob are a must!
For the macOS folks, I prefer rcmd to accomplish the same thing with less cognitive overhead: https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/
I have this set-up but after alt-tabbing for 20 years its kinda hard to stop.
Many of the devs I work with use Spaces and the three-finger slide to move between apps. However this doesn't work if you're not using the trackpad or Magic Mouse.
Additionally, since I'm usually just moving between a few apps (VSCode, terminal, browser, Teams) it's usually pretty easy to just alt-tab or alt-tab-tab with no loss of context.
Windows users can do this by pressing Win+digit with open apps or apps you have pinned on the task bar. Linux Mint, as with many other windows shortcuts, has this also
In macOS, just CMD- ,t-e will give me a terminal. So many keys, you say. Well, it takes me probably 1/10 the time to hit fn-F1. Also, no extra app, Chrome is just CMD- ,c-h .
I couldn't disagree more. My mental sanity depends on some fixed beliefs. One of those is that every key sequence not involving the Win key is sent to and handled by the application in focus. Including F-keys, which many applications expect, in any case. Ex: F2=edit cell, F9=recalculate in Excel. Global actions handled by the SO or DE must involve Win. Ex: Win+L lock screen. And yes, Redmond-imposed Alt-Tab is an abo…
Broad standards are so valuable. When a hotkey becomes common across apps and operating systems, we should work hard to preserve that rare and beautiful covenant that humanity has achieved together. F1 means help. F2 means edit. It edits filenames on most operating systems if you have a file selected, and cells in most spreadsheet programs. Alt+F4 means close. Alt+tab means switch program. Ctrl+C is copy, Ctrl+V is p…
On Mac: cmd+tab for app switching, cmd+’ window switching, cmd+q is quitting app and all other shortcuts like copy&paste use cmd as well.
MS tried to introduce a similar scheme with Windows key when Win95 appeared, but they stopped halfway, and now there’s mess.
I couldn't disagree more. My mental sanity depends on some fixed beliefs. One of those is that every key sequence not involving the Win key is sent to and handled by the application in focus. Including F-keys, which many applications expect, in any case. Ex: F2=edit cell, F9=recalculate in Excel. Global actions handled by the SO or DE must involve Win. Ex: Win+L lock screen. And yes, Redmond-imposed Alt-Tab is an abo…
>it should have been Win+Tab since the beginning In the beginning, there was no "windows key".
I couldn't disagree more. My mental sanity depends on some fixed beliefs. One of those is that every key sequence not involving the Win key is sent to and handled by the application in focus. Including F-keys, which many applications expect, in any case. Ex: F2=edit cell, F9=recalculate in Excel. Global actions handled by the SO or DE must involve Win. Ex: Win+L lock screen. And yes, Redmond-imposed Alt-Tab is an abo…
Idk where you were at that era but the Win key came out half a decade after Alt-Tab. Win95 didn't even have the Win key. Goodness. Think before you post. :) A thing cannot be an abomination for not making use of a building material which would not exist for most of the decade.
No, you're using the computer wrong. See, you should use a tiling window manager with several workspaces and shortcuts without having to look at your keyboard, e.g. Meta+4 to go to workspace 4 where you have your chat apps.
Is your tiling-manager also automatically focusing a window on that workspace? And are workspaces limited to a single screen, or do all screen simultaneously change state? Because those are the main reasons why I switch to specific apps instead of desktops/workspaces/tags/whatever you call it. Apps are reliable, but desktops seem too heavy and pointless for me.
You can assign workspaces to different monitors, if I understand the question correctly
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>it should have been Win+Tab since the beginning In the beginning, there was no "windows key".
Windows95 introduced the Windows key, before that sure there was no „win” key, but it was not needed much before real multitasking
What I envision is having one master key combination to pull up a panel or overlay of some sort, which displays which key I press next to go to a certain place, or do a certain action. So there's just one thing to memorize.
Sort of like how vimium works in browser, where you press 'f', and each clickable gets a little label. (But preferably not randomly assigned)
The memorizing-most-commonly-used-50-keyboard-combination thing really doesn't work for me, whether it's home row or function keys. I mean, I still have to look at the little pictures for stove knobs after years of using the same stove, and that's just four knobs.