Kinto: Mac-style shortcut keys for Linux and Windows

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Karabiner

Hear, hear. Alt-Tab is abysmal on Mac. I have no idea why people keep going on about Ctrl-C in the terminal, as if we haven't had terminals on both Windows and UNIX that copy-on-select for 20+ years. Broken Alt-Tab is far bigger impediment to my workflow.<p>I guess you have tried Karabiner-Elements[0] to help remap the keyboard? It's infuriating that it doesn't work properly in all the apps. Especially the browsers all seem to map their own keyboard shortcuts or hijack keys. If you use IntelliJ then that's a whole nother level of pain to try to map properly. I don't think I have ever succeeded in making arrow key movement inside text fields work consistently across all applications on Mac.<p>Another app I think is a must is the BetterSnapTool[1]. It's the only app I've found that does a reasonable job of snapping like Windows. There are dozens of other ones, but none of them work quite properly. BetterSnapTool doesn't either, for example you can't snap a window from a half to a quarter and back up to a half again, then restore it back to the original size before you snapped. But you can snap it to half, full and original size. Most of the other tools on Mac don't remember the original size.<p>I also like uBar[2] to get rid of the dock and replace it with a more useful task bar. It's not as good as the one on Windows 10, but if you're forced to use a Mac for work then pretty much anything helps.<p>[0] <a href="https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/" rel="nofollow">https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.folivora.ai/bettersnaptool/" rel="nofollow">https://www.folivora.ai/bettersnaptool/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://brawersoftware.com/products/ubar" rel="nofollow">https://brawersoftware.com/products/ubar</a>.

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Hear, hear. Alt-Tab is abysmal on Mac. I have no idea why people keep going on about Ctrl-C in the terminal, as if we haven't had terminals on both Windows and UNIX that copy-on-select for 20+ years. Broken Alt-Tab is far bigger impediment to my workflow.<p>I guess you have tried Karabiner-Elements[0] to help remap the keyboard? It's infuriating that it doesn't work properly in all the apps. Especially the browsers all seem to map their own keyboard shortcuts or hijack keys. If you use IntelliJ then that's a whole nother level of pain to try to map properly. I don't think I have ever succeeded in making arrow key movement inside text fields work consistently across all applications on Mac.<p>Another app I think is a must is the BetterSnapTool[1]. It's the only app I've found that does a reasonable job of snapping like Windows. There are dozens of other ones, but none of them work quite properly. BetterSnapTool doesn't either, for example you can't snap a window from a half to a quarter and back up to a half again, then restore it back to the original size before you snapped. But you can snap it to half, full and original size. Most of the other tools on Mac don't remember the original size.<p>I also like uBar[2] to get rid of the dock and replace it with a more useful task bar. It's not as good as the one on Windows 10, but if you're forced to use a Mac for work then pretty much anything helps.<p>[0] <a href="https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/" rel="nofollow">https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.folivora.ai/bettersnaptool/" rel="nofollow">https://www.folivora.ai/bettersnaptool/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://brawersoftware.com/products/ubar" rel="nofollow">https://brawersoftware.com/products/ubar</a>.

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