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[Edwin Pujols <edwinpm5@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm this in saucy. At least with Firefox windows, the behavior
is kind of predictable for three windows: the last focused window will
appear "closer" to the Launcher. But for more than three is unintuitive,
not to say random.

With other applications, the bug doesn't seem to be reproducible for
certain number of windows:

- gedit's windows don't "shuffle" for less than 4 open windows.

- xfce4-terminal's windows don't seem to "shuffle" for less than 5 open
windows.

In conclusion, the bug persists in saucy.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/916542

Title:
  Unity spread "randomly" shuffles overlapping windows

Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When the spread is used to display multiple windows of the same
  application, Unity will randomly order those windows if they overlap.

  This is annoying when trying to locate one window from a group of very
  similar windows, eg terminal windows. Since they all look the same in
  the spread I have to check each one in turn. But because Unity
  shuffles them around, it is impossible to tell which ones I have
  already checked.

  Here is a video which demonstrates the bug:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwlpdfmtVGA

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,resize,snap,place,mousepoll,move,gnomecompat,grid,vpswitch,imgpng,wall,session,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,animation,expo,workarounds,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
  Date: Sat Jan 14 16:51:51 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-09 (96 days ago)

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