[sb8244]

Lots of comments around the study...i will give my monitor thoughts as I think they're vastly different than most.

My theory is that I'd like to achieve productivity no matter where I'm at. This means I don't use more than the laptop's monitor. I've gotten really good at using workspaces to keep tasks separated and use 3 full screen "desktops" in Mac for my standard Dev flow. I never move my head to trigger a change in flow, just a quick swipe. Also every window on a desktop must be visible in some form if multiple programs are in 1 desktop.

I've never had a complaint about my performance although I don't think it would matter much if I had a different but efficient flow.

I do have some colleagues who have tried this but they don't follow rigid organization and so they can't find their windows well.

[waz0wski]

If you'd like to do away with touchpad gestures for an even faster workflow on osx, try using https://contexts.co for your switcher, and https://www.alfredapp.com for your launcher

contexts gives additional 'switching' options on different hotkeys, window searching+selection, and no mouse interaction required (but it is supported)

I have Contexts setup as follows:

    cmd-tab: cycle thru all visible windows of all apps on this desktop

    opt-tab: cycle thru all apps on all desktops


    cmd-~: cycle thru all windows of focused app on this desktop (include hidden/minimized)

    opt-~: cycle all windows of focused app on all desktops (include hidden/minimized)


    cmd-space: activate Alfred

    opt-space: search/activate of all running apps on all desktops

This workflow allows for complete, keyboard-driven navigation/switching, and total deprecation of the slow 10.7+ mission control gui (you can restore the older & faster exposè style window view with the app TotalSpaces)

[sb8244]

I am going to check this out, it looks interesting. I haven't really experienced inefficiencies with the speed of mission control, but I'm open to better ways of interacting with the workspaces and applications.