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This smells like a feature built 10+ years ago, before notifications existed in Mac OS X, that never got upgraded. That's how apps "notified" back then.
Before the native notification system, there was this Growl thing that literally every single third-party app used. Apple apps, on the other hand...
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This smells like a feature built 10+ years ago, before notifications existed in Mac OS X, that never got upgraded. That's how apps "notified" back then.
> That's how apps "notified" back then. Polite apps would just bounce their dock icon rather than stealing focus, however.
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Before the native notification system, there was this Growl thing that literally every single third-party app used. Apple apps, on the other hand...
I still miss Growl having logging history. Once in a while I need to check back on something.
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Astounding to me that automatic rearranging would have been considered desirable. Hard to imagine that it’s just visual folks (like myself) who would lose flow state if the mental map of their Desktops was interrupted if they were suddenly rearranged.
> Astounding to me that automatic rearranging would have been considered desirable Funny, i really like this because it lets me switch to another app and then return with a single swipe. The ipad has this behaviour too though the swipe is in the opposite direction. I use full screen very heavily and rarely use spaces as separate desktops, which I find weird. You probably consider my use weird. Not to say one approach…
And you're correct, I never use full screen. I don't think it's weird to use it, it just doesn't suit my workflow (single large monitor, so I need a lot of stuff side-by-side).
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Astounding to me that automatic rearranging would have been considered desirable. Hard to imagine that it’s just visual folks (like myself) who would lose flow state if the mental map of their Desktops was interrupted if they were suddenly rearranged.
I can see the line of thinking since it’s how command-tab works, but it’s just not a good fit for spaces/desktops. Similar to using multiple monitors, users expect to be able to rely on spatial reference. I didn’t use the feature either until I found that setting to turn off.
My ideal setup would be that a user NEVER gets switched into another Space/Desktop, even if they click an icon in the dock, or Cmd-Tab. If there's a window in Safari in another space that I wanted, I would switch sequentially to that space and find it.
I do like to hear how other people work and if they like features that I don't; helps me gauge how far along on the curmudgeon timeline I am!
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If no media is currently playing or paused and you press the Play button by mistake, the Music app opens. It's extremely annoying.
You can get rid of this with launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rcd.plist ( https://www.howtogeek.com/274345/stop-itunes-from-launching-... )
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I can see the line of thinking since it’s how command-tab works, but it’s just not a good fit for spaces/desktops. Similar to using multiple monitors, users expect to be able to rely on spatial reference. I didn’t use the feature either until I found that setting to turn off.
I don't use Spaces since I don't like how I get switched into different spaces just by clicking an app that has windows open in another space. I've tried to use it a few times since it came out a decade ago (that long, or longer?) but just couldn't get used to being thrown around all over the place. My ideal setup would be that a user NEVER gets switched into another Space/Desktop, even if they click an icon in the d…
As for myself, I don’t use Spaces at all.
I have a keyboard shortcut for every application I use daily. CMD+CTRL plus a letter, M for Mail, T for terminal, B for browser… And so on.
Some keys are “overloaded” via Keyboard Maestro, like editor “E”: If MacVim is open, use it, otherwise open TextMate (Not using both much these days since switching to VSCode, which inherited “V” after I ditched Voodoopad :))
To make this work ergonomically, I have to be able to press CMD+CTRL with either the left or the right hand. So the first thing I do with new Macs, is remapping the right Option/Alt Key to Ctrl via Karabiner.
Using this system for the past 15 years, my worst fear is that one day Apple will close down its system so much, that this simple remap will no longer work - they are already on the hunt for kernel extensions…