Re:Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management
by atommachinist on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @03:30PM
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Thanks! The long term goal of Smart Switcher is that the algorithm becomes reliable enough that window switching almost always requires only one Alt + Tab press. It's an ambitious goal that will require a lot of work, but that is the goal.
Re:Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management
by HappMacDonald on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @07:22PM
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This sounds about on par with replacing all keystrokes by repeated alt+tab.
From an information perspective, prediction can only be right as frequently as there is redundant data capable of being compressed.
Re:Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management
by atommachinist on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @09:10PM
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I am actually considering taking the concept further. Probably the most obvious would be browser tabs which would require creating a browser extension. I don't know if having the shortcut switch both windows and tabs would be helpful or start to become confusing.
Re:Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management
by HappMacDonald on Thursday July 10, 2025 @05:40AM
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let me know once you've overloaded Alt+tab to also autocomplete text in the effort to eliminate all need to ever type. /satire
Re:Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management
by Graziano_M on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @04:43PM
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I similarly would have issue with the non-deterministic behaviour. I use space hammer and bind many apps directly to a dedicated chord each, so I know that (hyper)-b is browser, t for terminal, s for Spotify (or songs) etc.
Re:Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management
by 0xWTF on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @05:43PM
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deviation's ADHD has not read The Bitter Lesson
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~eunsol/courses/data/bitter_lesson...
Personally (as someone with ADHD), this would just relentlessly grind my gears. My thoughts are unpredictable by nature and so I value the "reliability" of knowing my chrome is two alt+tabs away, etc.
If an algorithm started messing with this and changing throughout the day... Damn, I'd go crazy.