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[Andreas Tsourouflis <andreas.tsourouflis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, Marco, but if this is the intended design, then the design is
flawed.

Unity Alt-Tab behavior breaches the system of using one shortcut for
switching between applcations and another for switching between windows
of the same application.

The reason for using shortcuts to switch windows is to do it
automatically and without thought. If you work in a window for some
time, you cannot remember which was the last window or application you
used. Then, when you attempt to alt-tab switch, the result in Unity will
surprise you most of the time.

I have noticed that, when using Unity, my speed of switching windows
deteriorates, because each time i press Alt-Tab (i.e. after the first
click) I have to pause and see where I have landed. By comparison,
switching between windows in Gnome Shell happens considerably faster,
because there you just click on Alt-Tab, without giving any thought. In
Unity, it goes like that: click, think and then click further. Or worse:
click, wtf and then click further.

Please, allow the option you suggested. It will greatly improve the
Unity experience for some people.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998285

Title:
  Tapping alt-tab switches between windows of the same application
  sometimes

Status in Unity:
  Won't Fix
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Normally, tapping alt-tab switches between applications, and tapping
  alt-` switches between windows of the front-most application. However,
  if the two front-most windows are from the same application, then alt-
  tab will switch between these windows instead, instead of moving to
  the second-front-most application. Hence, in this case, alt-tab
  duplicates the action of alt-`.

  Here is an example:
  1) create the stack with two nautilus windows at the top, e.g. Nautilus window 1 (N1), Nautilus window 2 (N2), and Firefox window (F1) (but you can use any applications). Create the stack either by [clicking F1, N2, N1] or [switching to Nautilus with alt-tab, then alt-` to the other Nautilus window].
  2) Tap alt-tab.

  What happens: I switch to the other nautilus window.

  What I expected: to switch to the other application (i.e. Firefox).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
  Date: Sat May 12 10:17:21 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (12 days ago)

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