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| Message-ID | <6a022435$0$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink) |
| Subject | Re: Apple GUI Bug |
| From | Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> |
| References | (1 earlier) <FpmcnS1ZBsAd2Jz3nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@supernews.com> <10tribu$r55l$1@dont-email.me> <6a01669b$0$23$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <10trq82$spn3$2@dont-email.me> <10tt7f8$1b66b$1@dont-email.me> |
| Date | 2026-05-11 18:47 +0000 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote: > On 2026-05-10 22:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> On 11 May 2026 05:18:19 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote: >> >>> On May 10, 2026 at 8:27:58 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote >>> <10tribu$r55l$1@dont-email.me>: >>> >>>> On Sun, 10 May 2026 22:56:32 -0400, Nick Charles wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2026/5/10 4:05 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> You would expect B1 to be the active window now. And in all >>>>>> normal multiwindow GUIs (including regular Unix and Linux ones), >>>>>> this would be true. But on macOS, it’s not: instead, the next >>>>>> window to become active is the next window from the same app, >>>>>> namely A1! >>>>> >>>>> Its not a bug, its a design choice. >>>> >>>> What is the rationale behind that choice, can you enlighten us? >>> >>> Unlike Windows and Linux, macOS is -- in terms of windows -- >>> application centric. It is not going to jump you to another >>> application unless you specifically say you want to go to that >>> application (or quit the app you are in). This is possible because >>> macOS has the ability to have document focused apps be open with no >>> application at all. >> >> For a company which was such a stickler for intuitive UIs in its early >> days, with clear cues to the user as to what is happening at any >> moment, that seems very unintuitive -- obscure, even. Also, remember >> they were champions of a more document-centric approach, consciously >> moving away from an application-centric focus, at one point. Which >> kind of compounds the mystery of why they would embrace such a >> seemingly perverse idea. > > 1. You mistake something you're not used to for "unintuitive". > > 2. I don't remember any "document-centric approach". Perhaps you could > elucidate... > > ...or just admit it's something you made up to make your whole argument > look better? > I think it makes sense if you go from document / window A to B and then close B to expect to go back to A. At least for my way of thinking. Others might think more in terms of apps. With tabs I don’t expect to jump to another app when I close a doc — so maybe that is tied to it. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
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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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