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by mathstuf 186 days ago
As someone who probably has a similar setup on Linux to the author: why do you have 10 windows for an app open?

For me, grouping by app is terrible. Yes, they may all be "Terminal" or "Firefox" windows, but they are for very different things. I'd rather see things grouped by project regardless of "app". But that is what tagging window managers are for :) .

Given that macOS forces that (IMO) braindead tunnel vision paradigm, I think the response should be "Wù".
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eviks 186 days ago
> why do you have 10 windows for an app open?

For example, because the app restores its state and you have a few "projects" within the app.

> I'd rather see things grouped by project

Ok, and what if that project is encapsulated in an app window? Why introduce an extra level of indirection for no reason and spend time configuring it? If you frequently need a set of "5 firefox tabs, 2 terminal tabs, 4 text editor tabs, each in a separate app window", sure, spend time tagging it, set it as a WM project and launch/activate it with a key, but not everything is like that.

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mathstuf 186 days ago
If you have projects that fit within an app, sure. I do not. The only "apps" seen on my machines are terminal windows hosting tmux processes and Firefox. Everything else is ephemeral (mpv, dialogs, rofi, dunst). App-centric behavior is just the wrong axis for this setup.

I'm saying that given what details are there, I think the author is closer to "my" end of the spectrum than one where the question makes sense at all.

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eviks 186 days ago
> I do not

Ok, how does that address my initial question (which was not about you) then? Not everyone's setup is so primitive as to only be centered around two apps

Though in this case I don't get what is so terrible about app groups if you don't group anything else anyway since it's ephemereal, so wouldn't any grouping work (except for 2 apps)?

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Steltek 185 days ago
The Sapir-Whorf is strong in this thread. MacOS' app-centric model makes it hard to even imagine other people's workflows. Stop thinking in apps, think about a task. I have multiple tasks (workspaces). Each task has multiple aspects (windows). Apps are a distraction, an accidental complexity. I want to switch between tasks and then subparts of those tasks.
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