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I'm familiar with this. I have rebinded these, but basically I use them everyday for tab switching, for example within 1 chrome window, of within 1 terminal window.…",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"21254984","Doing command-tab, then selected an app icon, then pressing down; this UX is a drill-down approach where you already know the window belongs to a particular app, and you…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"macOS users who want Windows-style window switching","inferred",[63,67],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"21254802","bpye","This is pretty awesome. Every time I end up using a Mac (normally someone else's) I always struggle with the multitasking experience. This looks a lot more familiar.",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"21256957","gonzalocasas","Oh ppl, you don't know what you have until you lose it! I am unfortunately on Windows, and I miss CMD+Tab and CMD+Tilde style of switching so much. 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