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So how do you solve this on other Desktops? Do you use the window previews or is there any other way? Because Windows and Mac both only show icons as well and Youd have to look at the names or previews of the Windows to know exactly which one you'd want. The grouping of applications can be disabled in gnome tweak

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If you're on OSX, try using https://contexts.co for your switcher, and https://www.alfredapp.com for your launcher

Contexts gives additional 'switching' options on different hotkeys, fuzzy window searching+selection, history-based selection, and no mouse interaction required (but it is supported)

I dedicate spaces to tasks, eg communications, monitoring, and 3-4 development task spaces with tools/docs/terminals

I have Contexts setup as follows:

    cmd-tab: cycle thru all visible windows of all apps on current space
    opt-tab: cycle thru all windows of all apps on all spaces (include hidden/minimized)


    cmd-~: cycle thru all windows of focused app on current space (include hidden/minimized)
    opt-~: cycle all windows of focused app on all spaces (include hidden/minimized)


    cmd-space: activate Alfred
    opt-space: search/activate of all running apps on all spaces

Alfred then allows you to add effectively anything you can script/applescript for additional workflows and a complete, keyboard-driven navigation/switching experience, and total deprecation of the slow 10.7+ mission control gui

I also use Totalspaces (https://totalspaces.binaryage.com/) to give a 'grid view' spaces overview & manage app-space pinning, Stay (https://cordlessdog.com/stay/) to manage static window placement & sizing, and Sizeup (https://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/) for dynamic window movement

Each logical application (eg HN or ssh-to-example.com, not firefox or terminal) is in a separate window. The window list at the bottom of the screen shows a list of which windows (not physical applications) exist, and then I click on the window(-list-entry) button thingy for the (logical, not physical) application I want.

> Because Windows and Mac both only show icons as well

Windows (version Vista or worse, because this definitely wasn't a problem in XP) and Mac are defective by design then.

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