__/ [ Kelsey Bjarnason ] on Friday 25 August 2006 20:45 \__
> [snips]
>
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:59:00 +0100, Jamie Hart wrote:
>
>> Then don't use ALT-TAB. Learn to use multiple desktops,
>
> Are you freakin' kidding? I not only have multiple desktops, I have dual
> monitors, effectively doubling the desktop count - and I use 'em.
> Constantly. That doesn't excuse a brain-dead UI.
>
>> Alt-tab was developed to get around the problem of only having a single
>> desktop, why carry it over to an OS that supports multiple ones?
>
> Alt-tab was developed as a quick, easy efficient way to cycle through
> running apps. Works just fine, thanks, until some goober decides his way
> is better and thus breaks a convention that's been in place for a hell of
> a long time, known by tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people.
>
>>> Yeah, alt-tab is, indeed, a long-acquired habit, and one that *works*,
>>> consistently, with every freakin' app I use on two different OSen...
>>> except for gimp. 180,000 apps out there that work consistently, they
>>> have to bugger it all up. Pity, otherwise it's a decent app.
>>>
>> Did you know that Microsoft Access does the same thing in Alt-tab?
>
> And? You see me running Access? No. Not even when I run Windows.
>
> Okay, so there's *two* brain-dead apps out there. Let's see if we can get
> it up to a tenth of a percent.
I agree with Jamie. Try Alt+(Shift)+Tabbing or Ctrl+(Shift)+Tabbing when you
have 16 workspaces and 30 applications. The scale/granularity makes it slow.
There are some sophisticated taskbars, even with groupings and previews.
There are also keyboard accelerators. The point here being: many people
still do things in inefficeint ways. I blame the Windows' dumbing-down of
the PC user.
Best wishes,
Roy
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