> Oddly enough, I much prefer recently used when switching windows and sequential when switching tabs.
Same! The key difference IMO is that with tabs, I can actively see all of them even before I hit the shortcut; being able to see the "distance" between my current tab and the "destination" makes me find linearly searching easier.
With windows, I tend to almost always have things maximized on the monitor they're on, and when I have two monitors, I tend to split things by only having a single window on one monitor (keeping the rest all together). While there's generally a visual reference for swapping windows once you've hit the shortcut (but haven't released it yet), not having the context before I start taking action makes me less likely to know the exact order of my windows, so there's not really any order that would be helpful based on that. The only reason that recency order is somewhat useful for me is to be able to quickly swap back and forth between two apps (especially when I have a single monitor), and that's just not really how I use tabs.
Same! The key difference IMO is that with tabs, I can actively see all of them even before I hit the shortcut; being able to see the "distance" between my current tab and the "destination" makes me find linearly searching easier.
With windows, I tend to almost always have things maximized on the monitor they're on, and when I have two monitors, I tend to split things by only having a single window on one monitor (keeping the rest all together). While there's generally a visual reference for swapping windows once you've hit the shortcut (but haven't released it yet), not having the context before I start taking action makes me less likely to know the exact order of my windows, so there's not really any order that would be helpful based on that. The only reason that recency order is somewhat useful for me is to be able to quickly swap back and forth between two apps (especially when I have a single monitor), and that's just not really how I use tabs.