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Ah I understand what you're saying. That was the only way to multitask on the Mac on System 5 and 6. Even with System 7, using the _hide others_ option was common, which is still there today.

Even on big screens, I like MacOS's two level cmd-` to cycle between windows in the same app and cmd-tab to cycle between apps, and App Expose (4 fingers down on the trackpad). I know what I want to find is in another browser window or spreadsheet window.

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Running full screen when the apps you're using does sensible things in full screen mode works reasonably well on OS X - I use OS X for one of my clients, and live mostly in iTerm2 and browsers. It still feels different, but, yes, it's close to what I'm after. On my Linux box, I'm chasing moving that functionality into my wm, instead of needing my terminal etc. to support it - since it means I can mix and match apps and switch between floating and tiling + opening/closing screen-like virtual desktops.

I honestly don't know what will feel ergonomic on a modern setup - I'm chasing nostalgia in part, but at the same time I'm fully aware that I remember it with very rose-tinted glasses, so I'm trying to stepwise approach some mix of the nostalgic elements that works with my existing setup.

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