| ▲ | nkzd 2 hours ago | |
Genuine question - why do people even use spaces? Why is it better than just CMD+Tab or CMD+Tilde until you arrive at the window you want? | ||
| ▲ | wlesieutre 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I can organize related windows by task, so if I have two things going on which both involve say a Finder window, a Safari window, and some other assorted things, I can switch between tasks as a group with one gesture instead of cmd-tab which will pull up both Safari windows or both Finder windows, and then maybe needing to cmd=` to switch to the correct one. When I'm in the appropriate space with only those related windows, the exposé gestures are also much more usable than when everything is jumbled together. | ||
| ▲ | ciaran93 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Because it makes you have to think before moving. If I am on Chrome and want to go to my code editor, I have to press CMD+Tab, see what position the code editor is in and press CMD+Tab x times to go there. If I uses spaces, I know exactly where my editor is, where my browser is, it is one key press away and it is always there. I use aerospace and I divide my spaces using Alt+ the qwerty keys. Q=chrome W=code editor E&R=programs open for what I am working aka Postman or Obsidian and T=MS Teams. My dock on MacOS is always hidden because I don't need it and now I have more screen realestate. | ||
| ▲ | traderj0e an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I personally don't, even when I'm doing heavy multitasking on a 13" laptop. Only exception is if something needs to be full-screen. It can make sense if you're keeping a lot of non-full-size windows on a larger screen and working on separate tasks that are in the same application, meaning cmd-tab won't help. | ||
| ▲ | mrkpdl 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
For me, I use spaces constantly to help me organise/compartmentalise what I’m doing. It lets you group related windows, where command tab only brings you one window at a time. One example would be if I’m working on a document that draws on others I have written. Put all three in a space and that piece of work is nicely organised. When I have all my windows in one space I find it messy and stressful and it’s harder to find what I want. Overall spaces are more compatible with the way I think than command tab. | ||