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> Windows is mouse-centric to be point of being unusable to me

I find that very relateable. I have gotten used to doing everything with my keyboard and windows just doesn't allow that to the same extent.

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You can actually operate the entirety of Windows UI with just the keyboard. That's one reason why the great majority of handicapped users use Windows and not macOS or Linux.

Actually, it’s a lot more about standardization and pricing. Apple’s assistive tech is excellent.

Can you give some examples? I've found it to be pretty good with the basic stuff like switching applications or workspaces, snapping windows to the left or right half of the screen, opening and closing arbitrary things. I can think of some ways I'd like it to be better though, like making the left/right halves arbitrary sizes with the keyboard.

I have yet to figure out how I can quickly move one window to another workspace in windows. Under mint, I just do Ctrl+Alt+Sfit+H/L to move a window to the previous or next workspace. I also have Windows+T mapped to open a terminal, which I do everything in these days.

ALT-TAB doesn't do what you want?

I very often use complex window layouts [1], not just side-by-side. The fact that I can ask my window manager to arrange them for me, in the way I want, without having to drag them, and without them ever overlapping, and without wasting screen space on useless window decorations, is something I'm just too used to to switch back to the way Windows would have me manually arrange and resize them.

[1] - https://q3k.org/u/96613e57e6d630e35c8872f2fe970331fa327cd501...

There are tiling window managers for Windows. I know because I am making one :)

Windows is mouse-centric but you've got to install stuff to get middle-click paste working.

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