Where Is My Tribe?

I have used macOS on and off since 10.2; I was never a younger Mac Fan. In fact, I was one of those who thought the, “one Mac guy,” was a bit odd. Of course, I was educated on Mac computers in school, but those were school.

Anyways, that was all an unnecessary setup for me to say, I still don't understand how Mac thinks about windows. Who finds Expose (or whatever they call it) and effective tool? Why is alt-tab so infuriatingly terrible? Why do I need to install a discontinued Rectangles just to get proper keyboard-controlled tiling?

The biggest annoyance though, the one that prompted to write this post first thing before even checking work emails, is that I also cannot anticipate how an individual application manages it's windows' state? If I close a window, but don't close the App, why do some restore when I say, “Bring to Front,” while others force me to click their dock icon (WhatsApp and Zoom, I am looking at you!)?

If I go based off that first-party apps, it seems that if the Window Menu item is an actual named window, it should launch, and it should show only a deactivated, “Bring All to Front,” menu item. This does not always seem to be the case.

Or maybe I am still just, “not used to it,” as some Mac fans offer. Sure, not used to it, after 20 years....