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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by frou_dh on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:07AM (#16323875)
macOS has Hide & HideOthers in addition to Minimize. I go weeks at a time without using minimize because of those.

IMO there's a whole generation of people who did their early computing on MS Windows (including myself) and so internalised that that is how GUIs are "supposed to work". When moving to something else later in life there's a feeling that it is "wrong", but it (e.g macOS)'s way of doing things is also correct and is just a divergent evolution to MS Windows. Research, open-mindedness and experimentation are necessary when using something different.

Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by gurkendoktor on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:21AM (#16323933)
And this hidden setting makes working with Hide/Hide Others much more intuitive:

http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/22/make-hidden-application-icons...

Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by fredsted on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:15AM (#16324489)
Doesn't seem to work on High Sierra.
Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by gurkendoktor on Thursday February 08, 2018 @02:44PM (#16334981)
I'm on High Sierra and it works, maybe just needs a `killall Dock` to have an effect.
Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by jentulman on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @08:49AM (#16324326)
Thanks for that one.
Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by triplesec on Friday February 09, 2018 @12:40PM (#16342169)
I'm new to macOS. Thank you. I need these tips. It's really annoying in the differences, but I'm sure thre are more hidden things that are useful I suspect I am not alone