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Re: Apple GUI Bug

From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject Re: Apple GUI Bug
Date 2026-05-12 02:50 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 11 May 2026 22:53:04 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

> 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.

“Optimum” because you can do it all on one system, without having to
have two machines on your desk. Or rebooting a single machine between
two modes. Or figuring out how to virtualize one within the other, or
both under a third. Or other such hang-a-bag-on-the-side bandaids.

“Optimum” because you can do it within the same user session.

“Optimum”, in short, because it requires the least work on the part of
the user.

> 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.

But then, you could have the situation where the frontmost window does
not belong to the frontmost app -- the menu bar says one thing, the
visible window says something else.

Resiling from what your AI said, that both approaches have their
benefits?

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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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