Re: Apple GUI Bug

From	Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject	Re: Apple GUI Bug
Organization	Southern Nevada Institute of Technology
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Date	2026-05-11 22:53 +0000
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On May 11, 2026 at 3:40:52 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote
<10ttltk$1g1he$4@dont-email.me>:

> On 11 May 2026 19:25:23 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> 
>> Asked another AI. To me this is interesting.
>> 
>> ——-
>> ### A Third Path: Linux Environments
>> Interestingly, some Linux desktop environments (like GNOME) allow
>> users to toggle between these behaviors. User preference studies
>> there suggest that people who do **"heavy" multitasking** (10+
>> windows) prefer the macOS style for stability, while **"light"
>> multitaskers** (3-4 windows) prefer the Windows style for speed.
> 
> Did your AI say that neither Windows nor Mac offer the optimum
> situation -- dynamically switching between the two paradigms as needed
> -- but Linux does?

What makes you think that is the optimum solution? If that is all that is
changing it likely offers more cognitive overhead than giving back and forth
between Mac and Windows.

As I think about this I do see the value more to how macOS does it. With the
single menu and not having apps be tied to any given window (they can even
have zero documents open), and with the use of tabs I sorta get it. Right now
if I am in Pages and I close a window I always stay in Pages -- but usually
the same window (just a different tab). It is not uncommon for me to close a
Pages window and then want to open a new one. With Windows you would open the
new one, go back to the old, and then close it.

It would be really bad in a tabbed app to close a document and jump to another
app. That would be annoying and disorienting... like closing a tab in a
browser and having it jump you to MS Word!

Does not mean I rescind what I said before... I see the value of how Windows
does it and think for many it is the better option (even if only slightly).
For example: say you are in Pages and you jump to the Finder to just use Quick
Look on another file. Then you close the Finder window and... you get jumped
to ANOTHER Finder window. That has happened to me (more than once!) and it is
not what I want. I want to go back to my Pages document. Thankfully there is a
setting in System Settings to turn this off!

-- 
It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.

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Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-10 20:05 +0000
  Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-10 20:34 +0000
    Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-10 22:41 +0000
      Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-10 22:58 +0000
        Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-10 23:07 +0000
          Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-10 23:42 +0000
  Re: Apple GUI Bug CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-10 17:45 -0400
    Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-10 22:36 +0000
      Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-10 22:38 +0000
        Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-10 23:03 +0000
          Re: Apple GUI Bug Jim <slimjimmy1959@yahoomail.com> - 2026-05-10 23:47 +0000
            Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 00:08 +0000
  Re: Apple GUI Bug Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-05-10 22:56 -0400
    Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 03:26 +0000
    Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-11 03:27 +0000
      Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 05:18 +0000
        Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-11 05:42 +0000
          Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 05:50 +0000
            Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-11 06:19 +0000
              Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 06:44 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-12 02:46 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 03:04 +0000
          Re: Apple GUI Bug Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-11 11:34 -0700
            Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 18:47 +0000
              Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 18:59 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 19:25 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-11 22:40 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 22:53 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-12 02:50 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 03:07 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-12 07:09 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 21:36 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Chris <Christech@protonmail.com> - 2026-05-12 01:41 +0000
                Re: Apple GUI Bug Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 01:45 +0000
  Re: Apple GUI Bug Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-10 21:42 -0700

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