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What Apple Should Learn from Assignee’s App Switching Model
Alex Morgan
Productivity expert and software developer. Alex has been optimizing workflows for over a decade.
7 min read
Apple gets a lot right—but app switching is still stuck in 2005.
What Assignee Does Better
- Window awareness
- No need for Enter
- Local shortcuts that don’t collide
- Instant, preset context jumping
- Keyboard-first navigation without layers
What Apple Could Learn
- Let users assign custom window-level shortcuts
- Treat context as part of flow, not just UI
- Enable non-modal switchers that don’t require typing
Final Thought
We love macOS. But we’re building the OS we wish it was—with shortcuts that serve the user, not just the interface.
