This is better than directional arrows or alt tab because you can go directly to any window with one binding to open the utility and a second key to type a window label.
A floppy disk is fine, just like Photoshop uses terms like dodge and burn, references to obsolete dark room methods, like cutting and “pasting” were literally how some layout projects worked.
Referencing the last physical incarnation of saving a file seems fitting!
Imagine a beach of infinite length with one lemonade stand on it.
Where do you open a second lemonade stand to maximize sales if people will buy from the closet stand?
The answer: next to the first stand. Everyone to the left of your stand will find you are the best option and everyone to the right will choose the other.
This model explains why two political parties along a spectrum can end up not too different from each other in an attempt to capture the most votes.
To categorically prevent that, every computer would need to centrally controlled and managed, which might have been the case here, and the system configuration has to prevent all software that’s not pre-approved from running.
That’s possible too, but could be a pain to tightly manage. It was a privileged user that was spear phished though… the kind of trusted user who might be able to install software on their machine without additional approval.
This is better than directional arrows or alt tab because you can go directly to any window with one binding to open the utility and a second key to type a window label.
https://github.com/edzdez/sway-easyfocus
The beauty is that it’s the same short process to go to any window no matter if if you 15 visible windows across 3 monitors.
You don’t have to conceptually switch to an output and then to a window or type a string of directional keys like Super+LLLLLJJ