Windows definitely improved significantly with Win10 in this regard. But Exposé (or whatever it's called now) invoked via a swipe gesture is fantastic. Swipe up with 4 fingers and I see all windows. Swipe down with 4 and I see all windows of the current app. Combine this with Spotlight to quickly find and open apps/documents.
But, everyone has a different workflow. I can imagine that if you're a heavier shortcuts user, Windows works better.
Expose is pretty good! But the Windows 10 task view [1] (Windows+Tab) does practically the same thing.
[1] https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-task-view-windows-10
Spotlight is great and puts Windows 10's search to shame, although it feels like it has gotten worse in the past few years.
I found Spectacle (since replaced by Rectangle [0], I hear?) to be a treasure in this regard. Key bindings to maximize and resize, and even change what desktop a window is on.
I picked it because it was closest to the window-snapping / sizing bindings I had in XFCE years ago, but it basically makes OSX window management no longer frustrating.
It might not be quite what you want, but Command-(Shift-)-` should cycle through an app’s windows.
Only works if your keyboard layout includes backtick unfortunately.
At least on Gnome (which AFAIK copied this from Mac) it's actually mapped to "the key above Tab", even if that key is something other than backtick.
They improved it on copying, this does not work in MacOS.
You can change the shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Keyboard > Move focus to next window.
Try also using “Move focus to active or next window”. I have that mapped to Option-Command-` (and implicitly Option-Shift-Command-` for reverse order).
Contexts is nice but hasn't been updated since 2018!
If you know a similar nice alternative, let me know.
They have said they're working on a Big Sur compatible version (it works currently, but the rendering is a bit broken).
That's fine by me to be honest—I paid for it once and it's done everything I need it to ever since.
> no easy way to change between multiple windows of the same program using keyboard shortcuts
CMD + ` (backtick)
Re:The Case of the Extra 40ms
by anonymoushn on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @09:31AM
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I used various window management helpers over the years but recently settled on Hammerspoon.
Can you elaborate on this? I've been using a Mac for work for a couple of years now and I find the out-of-the-box window management experience pretty bad compared to Windows. No snapping to sides or corners, no quick resize to standard sizes other than maximum, and most importantly no easy way to change between multiple windows of the same program using keyboard shortcuts. I've been using Magnet [1] and Contexts [2] to improve things, but it's a shame I have to use paid third party apps for basic functionality like this.
[1] https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/ [2] https://contexts.co/