Tabs vs Multiple Windows

I really prefer different windows to having one window with tabs. Esp for tailing logs. I guess I dont use a small laptop screen though.

Why not just use one iTerm window for each and minimize the inactive ones or use a separate virtual desktop for each project?

I do as you do, but I use the tab groups addon and use groups instead of windows.

I generally just use multiple windows. You can click on a tab, then shift click on a different one to select a section that corresponds to some particular task or train of thought, and then drag them all out into a separate window at once.

Use a window manager that supports multiple independent workspaces. E.g., on a Mac use Spaces.That way you can arrange your windows as you like and leave them that way.

i feel exactly like you, but i managed to solve that problem with windows, each room/project is a window with tabs. since the UI makes switching windows easy, that makes switching projects easy. eventually i discovered the winger extension which allows me to give windows a name, its important feature, because it makes finding the right window easier. it also makes it easy to move tabs from one window to another.

I need a separate window.My WFH environment I use every day has three screens stitched together for 7680x1440. On the left third is my primary remote desktop app that connects me to work with a window for my old desktop PC. The middle third has 320pixels reserved on the right for context-sensitve notes, then splits the rest in half with the left half being my timesheeting/ticketing app and the right half being a decent plain text editor as a scratch pad / diary combo. On top of that

Huh? One screen for email/slack/.. main screen for the ide, other screen for logs etc. a lot less context switch to glance left/right than to go to another virtual desktop

If you are on mac or linux, you should check out virtual desktops / workspaces. IIRC you can do the same thing on windows, but you would have to use a third party utility.

I usually use one window per display. First display is for code navigation, 2nd and 3th for code windows and 4th for documentation and notes.Also decent window manager with hotkeys and scripting helps (KWin on Linux)I practically never use alt tab :-)