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by joconde 1662 days ago
A few specific issues I had all the time:

- Alt-Tab takes between 0.1 and 2 seconds to work, apparently at random. Windows are skipped, also at random, so I can't predict which window I'll get. I can't even switch to another window and back; most of the time, the order will get messed up.

- Bringing up the notification pane and the overview with all desktops sometimes works instantly, sometimes stutters and takes 3 seconds. The animations are always half-baked and awful to follow.

- Switching desktops with Ctrl+Win+Arrows sometimes seems to re-organize all windows at random, for no reason at all.

These issues usually happen a few weeks of heavy use after install. I don't have any third-party software that messes with Explorer. Re-installing fixes them for a few days or weeks. That was on a Dell XPS 15 with a Core i7 and 16GB of RAM, and it also happens with my larger, well-cooled workstation at the office.

macOS has its own multiple-desktop weirdnesses, but in general it's polished and works predictably on my M1 MBA. Windows was just painful to use, mostly because of the above issues. It seems like UI features have a lot of inefficiencies that Microsoft can't or won't factor out.

Also, Windows 10 desktops can't be re-organized, which I imagine would be trivial to implement, and makes the macOS desktops much more practical.