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Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away?

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On 2016-10-16 01:25:35 +0000, "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> said:

> On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 07:11:30 UTC, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>> In comp.sys.mac.apps Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2016-10-13, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> In older Mac OS X versions like Yosemite v10.10.x, pressing the F3
>>>>> (Spaces) key revealed the thumbnail previews right away. In v10.11.6/El
>>>>> Capitan, it shows their text labels but no thumbnail previews. I have to
>>>>> move my mouse/trackpad cursor to the top to reveal them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's annoying with the extra step. Is there a way to get the old
>>>>> behavior back? Thank you in advance. :)
>>> 
>>>> <http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/205446/el-capitan-expand-desktop-thumbnails-by-default-in-mission-control>

Thanks. 
>>>> 
>>> I see Apple didn't listen to its users since Sierra v10.12 still
>>> has this design and no internal option to have the old behavior design.
>> 
>> Since it don't make much use of spaces it doesn't bother me in the
>> slightest. When I do use spaces it's on one of the rare occasions I make an
>> app full screen. And I switch from one space to another with a swipe left
>> or right gesture. I only see Exposé display itself when I want to quickly
>> see all of the windows I have open.
>> 
>>> :( I'll add my two cents to Apple's feedbacks. I am not a fan of mouse
>>> and trackpad gestures too.
>> 
>> I don't see how anyone can not be a fan of trackpad / touch screen gestures
>> unless they've never given them a chance. There's a lot of power and
>> efficiency in being able to control things without moving your hand.
> 
> There's no need to move the hand when using a trackball. I switched
> to trackball from mouse when I started using Photoshop Elements a
> lot. I often want to select some area of the picture, and often,
> when using the mouse, I would run off the edge of the desk or bump
> into something.

Yup! I use trackballs, first the MS Trackball Optical USB (discontinued 
by MS) and now the Logitech M570 together with a Wacom Intuos tablet 
for Photoshop work.
-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-13 17:20 -0500
  Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-13 22:35 +0000
    Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-14 21:54 -0500
      Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2016-10-14 23:59 -0400
        Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-15 07:14 +0000
      Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-15 06:15 +0000
      Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-15 07:11 +0000
        Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces' virtual desktops right away? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-15 07:14 +0000
        Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces'   virtual desktops right away? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2016-10-16 01:25 +0000
          Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces'   virtual desktops right away? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-16 01:35 +0000
          Re: How to show Mac OS X v10.11.6/El Capitan's Spaces'   virtual desktops right away? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-10-15 18:39 -0700

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