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WIth the release of 14.10, compiz-plugin-extras are not packaged anymore
and fallback to the static window switcher (recommended everywhere when
this issue is mentionned) is not easily feasible anymore. Users are
bound to the default unity  switcher's painful time delay.

This switcher behavior is ridiculous and counterproductive, as
mentionned many times in this thread, there should be an option to
disable grouping and/or have a way to go back to a switcher that
resembles the static one (live preview yet no grouping).

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Title:
  add option for alt-tab window grouping disable

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

Bug description:
  Good day, thank you for your wonderful work on Unity, I find it very usable. The only thing that bothers me is the window grouping, as described here:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1826736

  quote:
  MY Question is if its possible to disable the "Grouping" part... such as having multiple nautilus windows.
  Primarily thunderbird is the largest annoyance.. if im writing an email on my laptop and accedentally (touchpad 'palming') off the 'compose message' window; by default and second nature, my brain tells my fingers to alt-tab back into it. unfortunately, this DOES NOT WORK! 

  Basically, I am trying to restore Alt+Tab functionality from Unity 2D. I tried number of other switchers, all have their separate issues. For example, Static Application Switcher does not show minimalized windows (or windows hidden by the "show desktop" shortcut), etc.
  Thanks :)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: unity 6.10.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,move,regex,gnomecompat,vpswitch,mousepoll,resize,place,grid,compiztoolbox,snap,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,session,animation,workarounds,wall,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell]
  Date: Mon Nov 26 10:06:10 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-05-17 (924 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-03 (53 days ago)

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