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by cotelletta 2444 days ago
Yes, it is the dumbest thing ever, and demonstrates they've forgotten what Exposé was all about and what the innovation was.

Instead of showing you labels or icons in a task switcher, they just showed you all your windows. Direct representation instead of symbolic proxies.

"Desktop 1/2/3" is meaningless. Show me what's on it so I can see where my windows are. Don't put a dumb gesture between me and what I need to see.

They only did this because of tiny screens, it makes zero sense on any decent monitor.

Old Apple would've put in a hidden pref, tracked its use, and then quietly eaten crow. New Apple thinks they know better than even their power users. It's ridiculously arrogant.