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My setup: Ubuntu 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal. I did not change any
configuration of Unity after installing the system.

Whenever I press <super>+<w> I can see all open applications side by
side. If I click any of the windows I can switch to the corresponding
application. All that is working perfectly.

I just realised that instead of using the mouse to select another
window, I can use the arrow keys on my keyboard to select which window I
want to switch to. Once I the window I want to switch to is selected, I
can hit <enter> and switch to the selected window.

There is an extremely subtle difference between the selected window and
the others. The selected window looks like it got the focus and the
upper menu shows the window title.

My complaint is simply that this difference between the selected window
and the others is just too subtle.

It should be much more easy to identify which window is selected during
expo mode. I suggest adding some sort of glow behind the selected
window, adding a frame around the selected window, or dimming the other
windows. This feature should be easy to implement and would greatly
enhance the usability of the expo mode.

** Affects: ayatana-design
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: compiz-core
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: 11.10 expo interface mode needs-design ubuntu ui unity usability user
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It is hard to visualize which application is selected on scale/spread mode (<super>+<w>) on Ubuntu Unity
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923055
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