Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?

Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by jonnycomputer on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:52PM (#36374473)

Almost everyone I know immediately installs a third-party app to handle windows when they get their Mac. That includes me.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by basisword on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:58PM (#36374514)

And nobody I know does that. Neither of our and data is particularly useful.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by rhinoceraptor on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:57PM (#36375084)

I almost always disable window snapping on Windows and Linux. Having a single window maximized, or even snapped to 50% of the screen is wasteful of screen space. I currently have 6 firefox windows visible, they're just overlapped. I can quickly access them, move them and resize them using the mouse.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by sleepybrett on Saturday June 17, 2023 @07:26PM (#36375785)

Engineers know engineers. Engineers are often working in more than one app at a time (probably at least an IDE and some terminals). They get really anal about how their screens are set up for efficiency.

All my friends with non-tech jobs all seem to use just one app at the time and use macos fullscreen apps and switch between using the four finger sideways swipe.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by HDThoreaun on Saturday June 17, 2023 @08:03PM (#36376017)

I am extremely confident that this is not true. Either that or you don't know a single person who doesn't work in tech.

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