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Does Lion solves the window switching order?

I'd almost buy the new OS JUST to get the bothering behavior in my 10.6.8 OS fixed.

Can anybody tell us what's the SUPPOSED behavior?

NO MATTER how you look at it, and what research you did, OUR BRAIN expects consistency and the windows staying WHERE WE LEFT THEM. I'm not talking "physically'. If we wanted to manage physical objects we would rather use paper sheets and would spread them on the floor! I'm talking about data organization. Our brain and every computer puts information in cells/boxes/neurons, and IT SHOULD BE THERE when we look for it.

Switching the order of windows to ease the mess to people SCARED of computers (probably what your research was based on) won't help to US, the ones who actually give computers a fair use.

I think there are 2 kind of people:

1) The ones that are AFRAID of opening new windows, as if they would run out of memory, or who get overwhelmed by the mess

( No wonder why they get overwhelmed! )

2) and we, the ones who actually do something with them. (the open windows).

It's as if you had made the z order of windows a "history" of interaction, so as soon as we "touch" one, a NEW layer/state is made and the others get even further behind. Sometimes I switch browser windows ( I think Chrome depends on your OS for that ) about 20 times and some of the 10 open window are never reached!

Is that fixed?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 3:23 AM

49 replies

Barney-15E

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Jun 29, 2012 7:33 PM in response to Sergio Zambrano

4: Add it to Safari (shown below) or your browser of choice (if it supports it).

Jun 29, 2012 10:03 PM in response to Barney-15E

Barney, you are the man!

Since the day this started to bother me, I wanted something in the OS, since chrome seemed to rely on what the OS allows it, and at some point Chrome included it in the menus, so it's there now, in my Snow Leopard!

Watching the sky for rain, I didn't notice the water from the spring until it touched my feet 😊

Thanks.

PS: I didn't understand what is what you want me to "add it to Safari". Is that an app?, An applescript?

Jun 29, 2012 10:09 PM in response to Barney-15E

Barney, I was logged in with my other account (which was created by Apple forcing me to "login with my email", so now I have 2 accts and I have to login with both th update apps, etc) and in the rush I clicked "this solved my question" in the last post, which was mine 😟

I can't find how to take it back, but if you know how to, or some moderator can please!, feel free to change it or tell me what to do.

Thanks again.

Barney-15E

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Jun 30, 2012 8:16 PM in response to Sergio Zambrano

Safari is Apple's web browser. You can go to next and previous tabs using the menus I displayed.

When you said you wanted to move between tabs, that's what I thought you were talking about.

If the program you are using has menu items for moving between tabs, you should be able to set up shortcuts for those menu commands in the Keyboard System Preferences.

I also notified the moderators per you next post. I'm not sure what they can do, though.

Does Lion solves the window switching order?