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He's using something tab-like, the task bar or whatever it's called on Mac. I use my (linux) task bar to see my separate apps (like everyone does), with sub-"apps" in Firefox tabs. His "tabs" are just migrated up to his task bar as separate instances of Safari. Same thing, different implementation. They both bookmark locations of concentration. The difference is that, on the Mac, for jwz, it works well with Safari and not with Firefox.

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Actually, his "tabs" are just migrated up to the "Window" menu of Safari since there is no bar or anything that allows you to switch between windows of a single app. (The Dock, unlike the task bar in Gnome 2 or Windows, only lets you switch between apps.)

You can also switch between windows with the Command-backspace key and with Expose (if you are on Leopard or Snow Leopard) or Mission Control (if you are on Lion), but those are pretty lame IMHO.

>The difference is that, on the Mac, for jwz, it works well with Safari and not with Firefox.

Not true: on the Mac, switching between the windows of Firefox works the same way as switching between the windows of Safari.

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