Jan 24
Command Tab Screen

Command Tab Screen

I am used to using Alt Tab in Windows to quickly switch between multiple window screens i have opened ( Multitasking :-) ). The similar key combination and feature is also present in Mac. The key combination in Mac is Command + Tab which is similar to Windows’ Alt + Tab. But i find Mac’s Command+Tab feature not of great use. 

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Jan 09

Every now and then i need to resize windows in Mac because of the simple reason that windows in Mac dont fit to fill the entire screen also they dont have maximize button which acts in a similar way to the maximize button in Windows OS. I really dont like the Mac’s approach of maximizing any window . Macs have a green button as a comparable control to Maximize button in Windows OS. This button has different behaviors - sometimes it increases the window size so as to fit the content ( Preview, Finder etc ) and sometimes it fills the entire screen ( Text Edit ). Thats why i generally pull the window to the size i want. 

Resize Corner in Mac window

Resize Corner in Mac window

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Nov 17

Well i have setup Spaces and Expose in my Mac . I have also configured mouse gestures to invoke Expose and Spaces in my Mac so that when i move my mouse pointer to upper left corner i see all of the open Windows . And similarly when i move my mouse pointer to lower right corner of Screen i see the Spaces. I frequently use the Expose than Spaces . 

But today i kinda found a bug or limitation in the Expose of Mac. When i miniminse one of the open Windows and just within a second if i move my mouse to top left corner to invoke the Expose so that i can see all the windows Open . In this case i still can see the blank window space representing just minimized window . The occupying space of that window doesn’t have anything visible but when the mouse points hover over that particular space seems Expose gives information of the just minimized window and when clicked the minimized window gets focussed. 

This doesn’t happen when i move the mouse pointer to invoke Expose after a Window which i minimized has completely minimized and stayed in the Dock. May be you couldn’t visualize all the things i have explained here — The below screencast should give a clear understanding about what i am talking about here.

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Nov 08

Well there is one more very simple and minute reason i should be unhappy while using Mac ( being come from Windows world ). Its been more than half year i have been using Mac in my home computing use but still i am not used to its some of the behavior. This particular reason i dont like Mac is related to the Mac’s Window Full screen issue. Most of the Mac application dont go full screen to fit the monitor width but some of them do. For example i have used Adobe Photoshop which takes whole screen width while clicking Green Maximize control button . Similarly Adobe Reader and Default Mail app also behaves same. The problem i liked to mention here is even if the application window goes full screen to take the whole window width they are movable or draggable . Whats the logic behind this Apple ? Why the hell we want to move the application windows after it has taken entire screen width. We dont want to see the part of application window by moving it . The windows in this scenario should be fixed to the screen as long as user doesn’t click Green maximize button. 

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Sep 26

I will be on vacation till 12 october so this site will be updated after 12 october. See ya 

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