I have lots of problems with the GUI from a productivity standpoint. Its situational for many people. The problem with MacOS is, like windows, you have very few options to change it.
I would like to see a dock that does not dynamically asjust the position of icons. Fix the positions for muscle memory.
The app switching logic should be switching between windows not apps.
It needs proper tiling and snapping support.
The common UI elements forced on apps take up too much screen space.
Its not that any other OS is inheritly better, its that MacOS is more locked down in terms of the ability to adjust or improve it.
Honestly compared to windows it’s a lot more customisable. There’s a vibrant community of developers that make really great apps for macOS, and nowadays a lot of it is foss too. I just recently installed DockDoor, which enables your desired windows not app switching and A LOT more. There’s another app that adds basically hyprland style window management, and there are other alternatives as well, like rectangle, or Loop, which add more normal window snapping.
Also I don’t know if it’s a setting I changed but I don’t have dynamically adjusting icon positions. It behaves the same way as windows.
Overall imo there’s a ton more easy customisation compared to windows, and a lot of it adds big new features in my experience. Of course it doesn’t compare to Linux, but it’s a lot better than windows.
I have lots of problems with the GUI from a productivity standpoint. Its situational for many people. The problem with MacOS is, like windows, you have very few options to change it.
I would like to see a dock that does not dynamically asjust the position of icons. Fix the positions for muscle memory.
The app switching logic should be switching between windows not apps.
It needs proper tiling and snapping support.
The common UI elements forced on apps take up too much screen space.
Its not that any other OS is inheritly better, its that MacOS is more locked down in terms of the ability to adjust or improve it.
Honestly compared to windows it’s a lot more customisable. There’s a vibrant community of developers that make really great apps for macOS, and nowadays a lot of it is foss too. I just recently installed DockDoor, which enables your desired windows not app switching and A LOT more. There’s another app that adds basically hyprland style window management, and there are other alternatives as well, like rectangle, or Loop, which add more normal window snapping.
Also I don’t know if it’s a setting I changed but I don’t have dynamically adjusting icon positions. It behaves the same way as windows.
Overall imo there’s a ton more easy customisation compared to windows, and a lot of it adds big new features in my experience. Of course it doesn’t compare to Linux, but it’s a lot better than windows.
Thanks for the tips. Will look into it.