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I've enabled this "grab" feature on every Linux window manager that has supported it. Hold alt or the windows key, click, move. Simple usability improvements make a world of difference, but for some reason, they are uncommon.
IIRC, this is standard xlib behavior since the 80’s.
Give it a week and you'll never go back.
Even Windows has a hidden "mouse to focus" mode it calls X-Mouse.
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Which is pretty ironic when the scroll bars are so elusive when you actually want to drag them
I haven't dragged a scroll bar in any OS since windows XP. When do you find it's necessary/convenient?
I use the feature with the Sway window manager for Linux. With Sway, you can move floating windows like this, and you can also resize or move tiled windows by clicking anywhere in the window while holding down a key.
MacOS is full of these UI "tricks" that remain undiscovered by 99% of users because they are: - not obvious - not discoverable For example: if you hold option when you click the Wifi button, you actually can view a lot of information about the Wifi networks you are connecting to. This is invaluable when you're dealing with a Wifi issue, and completely undiscoverable! I think MacOS is a perfectly usable operating syst…
The builtin help and documentation on macOS is surprisingly good. Especially if you compare it to Windows. Today was the first day I looked at it. The last 10 years on Windows taught me that the help outside of technet and Office is useless and I assumed this is also true for macOS. I guess I was wrong and I should have read the manual.
I've enabled this "grab" feature on every Linux window manager that has supported it. Hold alt or the windows key, click, move. Simple usability improvements make a world of difference, but for some reason, they are uncommon.
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Which is pretty ironic when the scroll bars are so elusive when you actually want to drag them
I haven't dragged a scroll bar in any OS since windows XP. When do you find it's necessary/convenient?
I loathe the modern trend towards hiding all scroll bars everywhere because of this.
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I've been using a Mac since 2010 and someone always points out 'weird' features like this to me on what has to be a monthly basis.
Same with iPhone. My mind was blown when after years of tapping left-arrow someone showed me what happens when you hold down the space key. Or that dragging the iphone chat message app's background to the left reveals the timestamps of each message. It's all very clever and elegant and minimal but consumer technology user interfaces seem to be converging on that of a Theremin.
I don't understand how MacOS is constently praised for its UI while half the comments here mention a third party app just to make it usable. Maybe it's just me, but I owned a Mac for over 5 years and I could never wrap my head around how MacOS handles windows and open apps.