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+1 on running app indicators unless a simple, _mouse only_ expose for app
windows is available (e.g. long hover over dock icon exposing running
screens).  There are useful apps that don't support tabs and, even for
those that do, you may still want to run multiple windows with different
parameters (e.g. a browser with private and non-private settings).
 Switching focus to a particular instance of an app is a bit involved today.

--ttosttos

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> I've seen a few mails/reports about the current lack of running app
> indicators in Luna. I wanted to get a feel for how people who have been
> using Luna for a while feel about it. Namely, is this something people are
> complaining about because they expect it and aren't used to it yet, or is
> this a real problem?
>
> Personally, I don't miss them at all. I haven't used them for almost a
> year now (When Gala was just a dream haha). Luna is so good on resources
> that it hardly matters if an app is open or not and you can easily see if
> something is open from Gala's Workspace Overview since minimize isn't part
> of our regular workflow. But it also has the added benefit of saving a few
> pixels on the bottom of the dock (since our OOTB default is
> hide-on-maximize and not intelli or autohide I think keep the dock small is
> still important).
>
> If we do decide that running app indicators are important, would it be
> terribly difficult to make this a switch in the desktop plug? We may need
> to ask Rico to add a key for this since I think we wouldn't want to have
> this update for every user on the system (since the theming is currently
> stored globally). Because I do think that there are probably a significant
> amount of people for which the running indicators just aren't terribly
> useful in Luna and it could still remain as the default. But hey, that's
> why I am asking!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Daniel Foré
>
> elementaryos.org
>
>
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