Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover

[staticd <staticd.growthecommons@xxxxxxxxx>]

design principles, vision and consistency are good things.
Usability and efficiency are essential things.

@Joe: I dont think either Omar or Louiz are refering to quick lists.
what they are speaking of is a menu that pops up as soon as one mouses over the icons, (only If more than one window is open - as pointed out by callum).

@all:
The proposed change to the launcher (pop up menu) is essential. 
The suggested fix for showing titles of all windows along with previews is also very important. previews are cute but a title alone is more useful than a preview without a tile. (Title+preview>Title alone>preview alone) 

Tangent thread:

Task management is broken in ubuntu. The whole focus on 
1)removing the distinction between running and launchable apps (why is it important to confuse them?) 
2)app based vs. (window + workspace) based Alt+Tab switcher(very glitzy but of no practical use above use above ~10 windows IMO)
Is highly disruptive to productivity.

Even this will still be much less efficient than a bottom taskbar due to:
1) the targets are not at a screen edge.( elder users have very poor coordination in targeting)
2)The targets are close to each other and small in the axis of stacking ( 20 pixels) compared to taskbar entries(200 pixels at the screen edge)
3) if we have large targets, we need the menu to stay visible for a while as the users will have to move the mouse a long way. however this will make false positives/ accidental shows very much more irritating.

<scream> We need a task bar!</scream>