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Havocyesterday at 11:12 PM1 replyview on HN

>Command Q quits the currently active application.

Open Finder. cmd+Q. Does it quit anything? Nope nothing happens.

>Command W closes the current window

Open apple TV. cmd+w -> minimizes window. Open Safari. same keys - cmd+w. Closes current window? Nope. Closes tab. Open Apps. Cmd+w. Does it close window? Close Tab? Nope...third option...does fucking nothing.

That's 3 different apps made by apple and preinstalled by apple...three different behaviours

>standard behavior

It isn't and its a tribute to human adaptability to chaos that mac crowd thinks this is standardization


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happyopossumtoday at 12:07 AM

> Open Finder. cmd+Q. Does it quit anything? Nope nothing happens.

You can’t quit finder - it’s a fundamental part of the hi that always has to run.

> Safari

Multiple tabs in a window are intended to be treated the same as multiple windows. This has been the case since macOS made tabbed interface components a standard part of the OS.

> Open Apps

What do you mean? Which apps?

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