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Posted by ranebo 21 hours ago

macOS needs its grid back(blog.hopefullyuseful.com)
377 points | 250 commentspage 6
throwaway78321 16 hours ago|
p9wl: A 9P wayland compositor: https://12e.iwp9.org/papers/p9wl.pdf

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRx75piIlxo

k__o 19 hours ago||
how do u write the "llms dont care about ux" paragraph then link to your app site that exemplifies llm ux
arkits 20 hours ago||
DockDoor does this and a lot more. Its also open source https://dockdoor.net/
egypturnash 19 hours ago||
I just checked out DockDoor and I could not find anything related to multiple desktops in it at all.
WaltPurvis 19 hours ago|||
Maybe I just missed it, but I don't see where DockDoor has anything at all to do with spaces.
johnwheeler 17 hours ago||
But we're not talking about Dock Door. Respect the Maker by giving him his time.
Jyaif 9 hours ago||
> I’ve had feedback this name is terrible

GridLion is an excellent name

gnarlouse 18 hours ago||
We need a new social media platform purely for Apple product experiences. Stay with me. People post their experiences with various parts of all their products, from hardware button position to software design and behavior. Upvotes are "It's Genius", downvotes are "It's Shit" -- because Apple has completely shirked its much needed Jobsian specter.

The joke, of course, is that I imagine a good 75% of the reviews would be "it's shit."

antran22 18 hours ago|
They already have that, it's the Apple Support Community. Apple still manages to neglect most complaints on the site.

Honestly, people have been complaining about Apple's decision on every semi-Apple-related forum forever. Still didn't prevent them from rolling out Liquid Glass. Not sure another one would do the job

Analemma_ 20 hours ago||
Oh man, thank you! I was just complaining the other day about the missing Spaces grid… when they first took it away in Lion I looked frantically for the setting to bring it back, with no such luck.

Ironically, I think the reason they took it away was to help with fullscreen macOS apps, which are a garbage anti-feature it doesn’t seem like anybody uses. Long live the grid!

ranebo 20 hours ago||
Part of the reason I wanted to to make the app is because _I actually do like fullscreen apps_. Or at least maybe I learned to after they took away the grid. In any case I certainly wanted this app to work with them.
OberstKrueger 19 hours ago||
As a fellow fullscreen liker (there are dozens of us! dozens!), this looks quite intriguing to me. A grid layout always fit better with my mental model of how these types of spaces should work, since I could use rows as categories of work and columns as specific applications within that category. Or one of a few other mental models I've used over the years.
drfloyd51 18 hours ago||
I want to use full screen apps. But they are not in the command-tab order. So… no good.
oneeyedpigeon 13 hours ago||
They are, but it's nuanced. If you have one app with a single window, it will always be selectable via Cmd+Tab, even if it's full-screened. If you have an app with multiple windows, one of which is full-screened, and you select a non-full-screened window from that same app, you won't be able to return to the full-screened window using Cmd+Tab. Which kinda makes sense, since Cmd+Tab cycles apps, not windows.
iamkrazy 17 hours ago||
As long as useful idiots keep circling the block in queues to buy the next version of their apple product, nothing will change. This will only get shittier.
benatkin 20 hours ago||
> LLMs don’t care about UX

Many parts of the LLM care about UX, and you unlock it with your feedback loop, which is a good way to unlock it but one of many ways.

One way to show that LLMs care about UX is to have one tutor you about UX. If they weren't trained to care about it, they couldn't do a decent job. But I've asked dozens of questions about UX to LLMs and they have a great deal of insight.

Pxtl 20 hours ago||
I don't get the use of the spatial layout here. A line may be cruder but if you're going full swordfish hackerman mode why are you caring about grid geography at all? Bind each to a hotkey. The only time you're swiping is when you're lost.

Like what competitive player uses scroll wheel weapon switching in Quakelike games? Nobody

urbandw311er 15 hours ago|
Visual memory is really powerful and maps far more easily onto human brain’s experience of navigating the world. So it’s easier for many people to imagine and organise around a grid.
dyauspitr 20 hours ago|
I do not like the grid. I can’t see what’s in it.
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