Don't be so quick to judge it out of context. 
Some would want a workspace launcher kind of utility app.
It's just not well supported unless you own the apps themselves. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 14, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Ken Thomases <k...@codeweavers.com> wrote:
> 
>> On May 13, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote:
>> 
>> That’s actually what I am doing. I monitor 
>> NSWorkspaceApplicationWllLaunchNotification, 
>> NSWorkspaceApplicatioDidLaunchNotification  and 
>> NSWorkspaceDidActivateApplicationNotification (as well as others). For each 
>> notification I get I add the BundleID of the App to an Array. Then at some 
>> later point, I want to cycle through the Activates and re-send them in the 
>> same order they were activated originally.
> 
>> On May 13, 2016, at 4:46 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote:
>> I’m using:
>> 
>> [myRunningApp activateWithOptions:(NSApplicationActivateAllWindows | 
>> NSApplicationActivateIgnoringOtherApps)];
>> 
>> To activate an Application.
> 
> 
> I don't know why you think you need to do this, but it's a terrible idea.  
> I'd hunt such an app down and remove it the first time it did this.  This is 
> going to un-interleave the windows of different apps that I want interleaved. 
>  This is going to un-hide apps I want hidden.  It's going to flash windows 
> all over.  It's going to switch Spaces against my wishes, including to and 
> from full-screen spaces.  There's a chance it's going to unminimize windows I 
> want minimized.  It's certainly going to steal focus.  It's horrible all over.
> 
> Regards,
> Ken
> 
> 
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