<story><title>Impressions from a first-time Mac user</title><url>https://loganmarchione.com/2022/04/impressions-from-a-first-time-mac-user/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>olyjohn</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t get used to the fact that I can&amp;#x27;t alt-tab to a minimized window. Nor can I figure out how to switch to any particular minimized window. You have literally no way of knowing that a minimized window exists other than right-clicking the dock icon, or going to the &amp;quot;Window&amp;quot; menu after you switched to the application. The dock was fine 20 years ago when they released OSX, but they&amp;#x27;ve literally done nothing to make it better since then.</text></item><item><author>rwc</author><text>Not that it&amp;#x27;s right or wrong, but the behavior dates back to the very first implementations of Mac OS and Windows. Mac OS has always been an application switching interface, and Windows has been a window switching interface. Takes getting used to the paradigm shift.</text></item><item><author>ChicagoBoy11</author><text>Despite the warning, I didn&amp;#x27;t find it nearly as &amp;quot;ranty&amp;quot; as the author cautioned, and instead seemed like a fairly comprehensive and fair take on his experience.&lt;p&gt;Having gone through the same thing myself several years ago, the UI aspect of it is something that I&amp;#x27;d be curious to see how it develops for the author. I think it is not uncommon for Windows folk to find the windowing experience on macs rather painful, at least at first. However, after a while, it sort of &amp;quot;made sense&amp;quot; to me, if that makes any sense at all. There are some clear UX philosophies that are very different, and the initial transition can only be pretty jarring, but I&amp;#x27;m curious what the author would say about it after a month or two.&lt;p&gt;Also, fwiw, I think most power Mac users also marshal the use of some other programs to help along with some of that (or at least to tailor it more closely to what they want the experience to be). Rectangle is one of the first installs on any Mac I put my hands on... makes window management so much more pleasant!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>urbandw311er</author><text>Ok, so you can actually do this but the keyboard sequence is a bit bonkers.&lt;p&gt;* Hold down Command and press Tab until the application icon representing the minimised window is highlighted.&lt;p&gt;* Release Tab but DONT let go of Command.&lt;p&gt;* Now press Option too so you are holding down Command + Option&lt;p&gt;* Now release Command so you are just holding down Option&lt;p&gt;* Finally release Option&lt;p&gt;Amazingly this will then maximise the window whose application icon you selected in the first place.&lt;p&gt;Sounds crazy but it works. Try it!</text></comment>
<story><title>Impressions from a first-time Mac user</title><url>https://loganmarchione.com/2022/04/impressions-from-a-first-time-mac-user/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>olyjohn</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t get used to the fact that I can&amp;#x27;t alt-tab to a minimized window. Nor can I figure out how to switch to any particular minimized window. You have literally no way of knowing that a minimized window exists other than right-clicking the dock icon, or going to the &amp;quot;Window&amp;quot; menu after you switched to the application. The dock was fine 20 years ago when they released OSX, but they&amp;#x27;ve literally done nothing to make it better since then.</text></item><item><author>rwc</author><text>Not that it&amp;#x27;s right or wrong, but the behavior dates back to the very first implementations of Mac OS and Windows. Mac OS has always been an application switching interface, and Windows has been a window switching interface. Takes getting used to the paradigm shift.</text></item><item><author>ChicagoBoy11</author><text>Despite the warning, I didn&amp;#x27;t find it nearly as &amp;quot;ranty&amp;quot; as the author cautioned, and instead seemed like a fairly comprehensive and fair take on his experience.&lt;p&gt;Having gone through the same thing myself several years ago, the UI aspect of it is something that I&amp;#x27;d be curious to see how it develops for the author. I think it is not uncommon for Windows folk to find the windowing experience on macs rather painful, at least at first. However, after a while, it sort of &amp;quot;made sense&amp;quot; to me, if that makes any sense at all. There are some clear UX philosophies that are very different, and the initial transition can only be pretty jarring, but I&amp;#x27;m curious what the author would say about it after a month or two.&lt;p&gt;Also, fwiw, I think most power Mac users also marshal the use of some other programs to help along with some of that (or at least to tailor it more closely to what they want the experience to be). Rectangle is one of the first installs on any Mac I put my hands on... makes window management so much more pleasant!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>uuyi</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t actually minimise windows on the mac at all. I just sling them on a contextual virtual desktop and then triple-swipe up when I need a different one.&lt;p&gt;Not once have I had to sit there mashing alt-tab and guessing then.</text></comment>