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| First post | 2014-03-09 01:56 +0000 |
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Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 01:56 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-03-08 22:24 -0700
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 16:43 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 09:21 +1300
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 16:35 -0400
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 20:53 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-09 22:51 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 00:23 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 00:43 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-09 20:29 -0500
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 01:40 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:24 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-10 21:58 -0500
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-11 17:46 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-11 16:11 -0500
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-12 05:22 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 11:10 -0700
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 18:22 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 18:57 -0700
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 13:09 +1300
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 00:23 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 13:28 +1300
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 01:40 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-10 00:48 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-09 19:06 -0700
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:26 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 09:39 -0700
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 12:15 -0700
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 21:56 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 07:34 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 16:43 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 13:13 -0400
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 18:36 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 15:25 -0400
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 23:23 +0000
Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-10 17:04 -0400
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| From | Howard.not@home.com (Howard) |
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| Date | 2014-03-09 01:56 +0000 |
| Subject | Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? |
| Message-ID | <1li7xcp.ellphj1o9eukuN%Howard.not@home.com> |
New to Mavericks: Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces. I cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not sure what this means. Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ? -- Howard
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| From | Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> |
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| Date | 2014-03-08 22:24 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <myk3c4hrlf.fsf@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU> |
| In reply to | #57758 |
Howard.not@home.com (Howard) writes: > New to Mavericks: > > Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces. I > cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not > sure what this means. > > Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a > time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ? > > -- > Howard Here's Apple's writeup about using multiple spaces on Mavericks. (It says you can have up to 16 spaces.) http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14155?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US You may also want to use apps in full-screen mode, where nothing but one app shows on the screen (in that space). Most or many apps have a menu item (e.g., under View) called Enter Full Screen (control-cmd-F) and/or a double diagonal arrow in the top right corner of the screen. Martin
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| From | Howard.not@home.com (Howard) |
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| Date | 2014-03-09 16:43 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1li92fi.qz07411dj4oqoN%Howard.not@home.com> |
| In reply to | #57760 |
Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> wrote: > Howard.not@home.com (Howard) writes: > > > New to Mavericks: > > > > Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces. I > > cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not > > sure what this means. > > > > Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a > > time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ? > > > > -- > > Howard > > Here's Apple's writeup about using multiple spaces on Mavericks. > (It says you can have up to 16 spaces.) > > http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14155?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US > > You may also want to use apps in full-screen mode, where nothing but > one app shows on the screen (in that space). Most or many apps have a > menu item (e.g., under View) called Enter Full Screen (control-cmd-F) > and/or a double diagonal arrow in the top right corner of the screen. > Thanks Martin, http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14155 is the best instrctions ... thanks again. No need fr full screen. -- Howard
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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 09:21 +1300 |
| Message-ID | <100320140921103923%YourName@YourISP.com> |
| In reply to | #57760 |
In article <myk3c4hrlf.fsf@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU>, Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> wrote: > Howard.not@home.com (Howard) writes: > > > New to Mavericks: > > > > Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces. I > > cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not > > sure what this means. > > > > Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a > > time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ? > > Here's Apple's writeup about using multiple spaces on Mavericks. > (It says you can have up to 16 spaces.) > > http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14155?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US > > You may also want to use apps in full-screen mode, where nothing but > one app shows on the screen (in that space). Most or many apps have a > menu item (e.g., under View) called Enter Full Screen (control-cmd-F) > and/or a double diagonal arrow in the top right corner of the screen. It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one application to another for example). Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always".
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-03-09 16:35 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <q86dnWdPIvUZTYHOnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #57793 |
On 2014.03.09, 16:21 , Your Name wrote:
> It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single
> applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under
> Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged
> and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one
> application to another for example).
I could not agree less. Multi apps open and d&d (or at least copy and
paste) has always been common in Windows (if not quite as
effectively/elegantly done as in OS X or predecessors).
Smaller screens of yore led to people often working an app in a single
(or most of screen) view; but it was not required and often not desired.
I always had many apps/windows open as did my colleagues.
In work environments, larger displays and multi-displays are very common
as well - as is multi-tasking/windowing.
--
... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
for the services these companies offer. What they really
want is to have us "on the leash."
-David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02
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| From | Howard.not@home.com (Howard) |
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| Date | 2014-03-09 20:53 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com> |
| In reply to | #57793 |
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single > applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under > Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged > and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one > application to another for example). > > Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always". Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes, torrent etc ... -- Howard
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-09 22:51 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <bo49k1F6siiU3@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57798 |
On 2014-03-09, Howard <Howard.not@home.com> wrote: > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > >> It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single >> applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under >> Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged >> and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one >> application to another for example). >> >> Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always". > > Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at > the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes, > torrent etc ... I typically have several applications open. At the moment: Mail LaunchBar iTunes Stickies Terminal Safari Messages RealPlayer Downloader TextWrangler Xcode Preview Do you use Expose or the application switcher (Command-Tab) at all? Expose lets you easily and quickly switch between applications in a graphical manner, and the application switcher lets you do it even faster (although with less choice and visibility in terms of which window you want to see). -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | Howard.not@home.com (Howard) |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 00:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1li9nmm.yhlctc1cuatvoN%Howard.not@home.com> |
| In reply to | #57802 |
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > Do you use Expose or the application switcher (Command-Tab) at all? > Expose lets you easily and quickly switch between applications in a > graphical manner, and the application switcher lets you do it even > faster (although with less choice and visibility in terms of which > window you want to see). 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. -- Howard
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 00:43 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <bo4g5bF8100U4@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57815 |
On 2014-03-10, Howard <Howard.not@home.com> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> Do you use Expose or the application switcher (Command-Tab) at all? >> Expose lets you easily and quickly switch between applications in a >> graphical manner, and the application switcher lets you do it even >> faster (although with less choice and visibility in terms of which >> window you want to see). > > 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. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-09 20:29 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <bo4irhF8ovuU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57817 |
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 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. Perhaps not for everyone but I find it a useful and comfortable way for me to manage multiple concurrently active applications. -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas
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| From | Howard.not@home.com (Howard) |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 01:40 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1li9ram.riecx013qh69sN%Howard.not@home.com> |
| In reply to | #57822 |
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 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. > > Perhaps not for everyone but I find it a useful and comfortable way for > me to manage multiple concurrently active applications. +1 -- Howard
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 15:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <bo63pfFied7U3@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57822 |
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! -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | Howard.not@home.com (Howard) |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1liazka.1d1ecvwks3w8cN%Howard.not@home.com> |
| In reply to | #57841 |
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > 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. Nothing to do with it... but you don't mind loads of windows open behind the one you are working on. And that's fine too :) > > > 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! Each to his own :-) Thats why Apple is so great. -- Howard
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| From | TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 21:58 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <bo7cfnFr01tU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57841 |
On 2014-03-10 15:24:32 +0000, Jolly Roger said: [in response to my having stated...] >> 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. If I wish to open an application that doesn't have an icon in the dock I use my trackpad to select Recent Items under the Apple in the menu bar and almost always the application I wish to open is listed there. If not I then use Command Space to open Spotlight and then type a few letters unique to the application name, strike return, and open it that way. -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-11 17:46 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <bo90g0F67hbU2@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57882 |
On 2014-03-11, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote: > On 2014-03-10 15:24:32 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > > [in response to my having stated...] > >>> 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. > > If I wish to open an application that doesn't have an icon in the dock > I use my trackpad to select Recent Items under the Apple in the menu > bar and almost always the application I wish to open is listed there. That's cool. I consider that to be more work, since it involves a click to view the menu, and then another to open the application. In contrast, I can open one of the applications I have on the dock with a single click. I pin just a handful of applications to the dock (5 maybe). > If not I then use Command Space to open Spotlight and then type a few > letters unique to the application name, strike return, and open it that > way. By then you've likely removed your hand from the track pad to type on the keyboard. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-11 16:11 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <bo9cg4F9qppU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57893 |
On 2014-03-11 17:46:40 +0000, Jolly Roger said: [in response to my stating..] >> If I wish to open an application that doesn't have an icon in the dock >> I use my trackpad to select Recent Items under the Apple in the menu >> bar and almost always the application I wish to open is listed there. > > That's cool. I consider that to be more work, since it involves a click > to view the menu, and then another to open the application. In > contrast, I can open one of the applications I have on the dock with a > single click. I pin just a handful of applications to the dock (5 > maybe). To me the very slight difference in what action is needed to launch from Recent Actions as opposed to clicking on a dock icon in minimal. I prefer having the dock display only the applications that are truly open. > If not I then use Command Space to open Spotlight and then type a few >> letters unique to the application name, strike return, and open it that >> way. > > By then you've likely removed your hand from the track pad to type on > the keyboard. I frequently shift my right hand between keyboard and trackpad and consider the time to do such not worth any concern. But if you feel otherwise that is your choice! :-) -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-12 05:22 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <boa98mFf7coU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #57902 |
On 2014-03-11, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote: > On 2014-03-11 17:46:40 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > > [in response to my stating..] > >>> If I wish to open an application that doesn't have an icon in the dock >>> I use my trackpad to select Recent Items under the Apple in the menu >>> bar and almost always the application I wish to open is listed there. >> >> That's cool. I consider that to be more work, since it involves a click >> to view the menu, and then another to open the application. In >> contrast, I can open one of the applications I have on the dock with a >> single click. I pin just a handful of applications to the dock (5 >> maybe). > > To me the very slight difference in what action is needed to launch > from Recent Actions as opposed to clicking on a dock icon in minimal. I > prefer having the dock display only the applications that are truly > open. That's basically all I have on my Dock, only there are some occasions when the list of apps I keep open most of the time aren't running, and I'd like a quick way to get them running if my hand is already on teh track pad. Different strokes... >>> If not I then use Command Space to open Spotlight and then type a few >>> letters unique to the application name, strike return, and open it that >>> way. >> >> By then you've likely removed your hand from the track pad to type on >> the keyboard. > > I frequently shift my right hand between keyboard and trackpad and > consider the time to do such not worth any concern. But if you feel > otherwise that is your choice! :-) When I'm in the middle of a work day, time is money for me. The faster the better. That's all. : ) -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 11:10 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <2014031011105854253-xxx@yyyzzz> |
| In reply to | #57802 |
On 2014-03-09 22:51:45 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > On 2014-03-09, Howard <Howard.not@home.com> wrote: >> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: >> >>> It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single >>> applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under >>> Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged >>> and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one >>> application to another for example). >>> >>> Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always". >> >> Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at >> the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes, >> torrent etc ... > > I typically have several applications open. At the moment: > > Mail > LaunchBar > iTunes > Stickies > Terminal > Safari > Messages > RealPlayer Downloader > TextWrangler > Xcode > Preview > > Do you use Expose or the application switcher (Command-Tab) at all? > Expose lets you easily and quickly switch between applications in a > graphical manner, and the application switcher lets you do it even > faster (although with less choice and visibility in terms of which > window you want to see). I use TotalSpaces and TotalFinder. I'd never found Spaces of much use. Inexplicably in TotalSpaces I love it and it's a part of my basic working situation. I too have as 6-8 program open all the time.
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| From | Howard.not@home.com (Howard) |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 18:22 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1lib1ll.1sbl1d1oexp48N%Howard.not@home.com> |
| In reply to | #57852 |
gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote: > I use TotalSpaces and TotalFinder. I'd never found Spaces of much use. > Inexplicably in TotalSpaces I love it and it's a part of my basic > working situation. I too have as 6-8 program open all the time. Looks nice :-) Not a huge difference between it and using Mission Contorl spaces, but nice nevertheless. I too enjoy the clutter free feeling of using Spaces while keeping my current apps all open. -- Howard
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| From | gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> |
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| Date | 2014-03-10 18:57 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <2014031018574888194-xxx@yyyzzz> |
| In reply to | #57854 |
On 2014-03-10 18:22:15 +0000, Howard said: > gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote: > >> I use TotalSpaces and TotalFinder. I'd never found Spaces of much use. >> Inexplicably in TotalSpaces I love it and it's a part of my basic >> working situation. I too have as 6-8 program open all the time. > > Looks nice :-) Not a huge difference between it and using Mission > Contorl spaces, but nice nevertheless. > > I too enjoy the clutter free feeling of using Spaces while keeping my > current apps all open. One of the things I like is ctl/shift-space shows all operational windows. I'm unsure about Spaces but TotalSpaces allows you to have multiple "full-screen" windows open and they take up additional spaces. There's also hotkeys for each space, as preferred, assigning programs to always open within a certain assigned window and other stuff worth nothing in Preferences. I like TotalFinder a lot too. I'm a fan.
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