[firen777]

> because applications and windows are a separate concept

Is this the reason why "closed" applications still show up in cmd+tab?

[dham]

Yes, but it's much worse than that because it makes multiple workspaces essentially unusable. Try them on Windows or any Linux desktop. When a window is also an application it makes handling them much more seemless. Not to mention the animation on Macos (slide or fade) takes multiple seconds, then when it completes it takes 500ms to actually focus. That's if it actually focuses to the right window when switching, which is currently a bug. Been there for years.

[asdff]

Yeah the application is still loaded in ram.