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[Christian Giordano <christian.giordano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Hi David,

I'm not sure we're understanding each other here. When you mention expose
> there, are you talking about the same expose effect Unity does now when you
> click the workspace switcher? Or about the desktop spread I was proposing?
>

I mean expose like Compiz/MacOS expose, what Unity does already at the
moment when you click on a running and focused application. That is a
different thing to workspace switcher.


>
> If you mean the latter, please bear in mind that I'm not proposing a full
> expose but merely a window preview, not unlike Compiz's alt+tab effect,
> which is much less intrusive than expose.
>

Ah, now I think I understand what you mean. Well, this could be eventually
the hint I was talking about.


> Please let's try to use more specific vocabulary:
>
>    - Window spread: thumbnails of an app's windows, triggered when the
>    mouse hovers over a launcher icon.
>    - App expose: expose effect that happens when you click on the launcher
>    icon of an active window.
>    - General expose: expose effect that happens when you click the
>    workspace switcher.
>
> I wouldn't call workspace switcher "expose", it's more a zoom visual
effect.


> Also, can I ask if you have an alternative method to launch a second stance
> of a running app from the launcher?
>

This is an interesting corner case, thanks for pointing it out, could you
tell me some applications which are meant to be working in this way? I guess
in this case we could handle it via quick menu, just a thought.


> Or from dragging a file to a covered window?
>

Is this the problem you are trying to solve with your "window spread"?


Thanks, chr