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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ?
Date: 10 Mar 2014 15:24:32 GMT
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On 2014-03-10, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote:
> On 2014-03-10 00:43:23 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>
> [in response to the following]
>
>>> Personally I enjoy having a desktop devoted solely to one app at a time
>>> and any sub windows I may have open along side it.
>> 
>> I'm typically doing several things at once, and need to be able to see
>> multiple applications on the screen to monitor them or drag things from
>> one app to another and so on.
>
> Usually if I have multiple applications open at the same time I have 
> them running in separate desktops so only the windows associated with a 
> single application are visible at a moment in time.

I don't see the need. I can switch between them quickly enough with the
app switcher and expose. Seems like multiple desktops would just slow me
down, and overlapping windows has never bothered me. Then again I've
been using Mac OS for tons of years; so I'm used to it.

> I also have my dock configured so only the currentlly active 
> applications plus the Finder and Trash appear in the dock. Clicking on 
> the dock icon for an open application will switch the window to that of 
> that application.

I used to do that, but lately I do keep a handful of often used
applications in the dock indefinitely for easy access when my hand
happens to already be on the track pad. 

> Perhaps not for everyone but I find it a useful and comfortable way for 
> me to manage multiple concurrently active applications.

Yep. Glad we have options!

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