i just can't believe you think this is 'just an algorithm misfiring'...
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ankhkare
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sorry, the other post on HN was about an article on dorinlazar.ro, which says the same things pretty much and sadly now is down...
LOL, 2 posts about this on HN top!? really!?
this is legit (I am from RO). more about the news - even the US made a public statement about what's going on in Romania: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/11/275899.htm
i always reduced the number of workspaces in ubuntu to 1 until i got my hands on a macbook pro and figured out the gestures. it's incredibly easy to manage your opened apps especially on small displays. if you assign your programs to run on specific workspaces like <<plantain>> said you might be surprised. i know i was. and it only took me a couple of days to get used to them.
the biggest problem i see is the interface. gestures on mac saves you a lot of trouble as switching a workspace is only a three finger swipe. so, on linux, no gestures, this means keybinds -- god! i hate keybinds (i work on win, mac and linux and i get confused sometimes :)).
maybe a combo of mouse gesture + click/keypress could ease our lives in linux.
any ideas?