Hacker News Reader

The reverse is also true: On windows i do everything on keyboard (i usually work with desktop / external kbd & mouse). It's possible to navigate everything in windows with the kbd, while that s not true in macs, which frustrates me about them. They have crippled the start menu with spam, that is true, but all you need is win key and start searching just like spotlight.

View on HN

> while that s not true in macs

If you're talking about Alt-Tab vs Command-Tab, you can rotate through windows within a single app using Command-Backquote. It took me forever to figure that out but it made a world of difference.

Thanks for the comment, I've been using macs since 10.2 and didn't know that. I guess today is my lucky day.

You can also create new bindings to arbitrary menu items. I used to bind maximize to Cmd + Ñ.

For me, in Ubuntu, I used multiple workspaces. Moving applications between the workspaces was a breeze and was keyboard only. Mac requires a mouse to move between workspaces. Now that I'm on a Mac, I had to abandon multiple workspaces.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com