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taminka 6 days ago

the macos switching between spaces/desktops is INFURIATING, because until the animation fully finishes, all the clicks/keys are registered on the last space, and the animation takes a while...

apple have completely lost the plot, and organisations of that size are incapable of producing good user experience w/o a de facto dictatorship person who has an idea what here doing (a la steve jobs)

this is worsened by the the fact that even on hn people have no idea what's they're doing in terms of design most of the time, because they fail to realise that the average person isn't like a fan of their product lol, they just see it as a utility that needs to perform a bare minimum of functions reliably, with a consistent ui, like thats literally it...

every time you want to change something, ask yourself, if I show this to my grandma, and unless her reaction is "omg yes this is a million times better, pls do that" DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING

evulhotdog 6 days ago | parent [-]

I’ve tried to find a way to reduce or eliminate those workspace switching animations and have not found a solution. I will say that using a hotkey to access it makes it go the fastest compared to swiping, but that’s about it. There are more extreme solutions like Flashspace but it’s not the greatest.

mackeye 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

it got on my nerves to the point i switched to https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace, lol. things like smooth scroll help you follow your place in the text (its something i cant live without, even in a tui editor). a fullscreen workspace switch should not need that.

zzo38computer 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

> things like smooth scroll help you follow your place in the text

I dislike smooth scroll (and many other UI animations), but there are other things that might help, such as:

- Xaw scroll bars; click to scroll so that the clicked position is now at the top of the screen.

- Line numbers.

- Marker for bottom and top of previous scroll position, if what was previously on the screen is still visible.

hexo 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

smooth scrolling text is one of worst mistakes in UX

sleet_spotter 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

FYI there is a long-standing bug with ProMotion and switching spaces. Their length is tied to refresh rate somehow. Switching to static 60hz makes them faster (but what an annoying choice to have to make!)