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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

I personally like the ring switcher effect available in CCSM. It looks nice
and provides window-based switching without being too much like either of
the "Unmentionable" OSs. :)

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:51, Pippa Kyle <pippa.kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Ayatana guys!  Just wanted to get some opinions...
>
> I'm looking into making improvements to task/application switching on the
> desktop with Alt-Tab.  There are slightly different approaches currently for
> Windows 7 and Mac.
>
> Personally I like the Windows way, as the window preview in the background
> helps me find exactly what I'm looking for.  I can easily switch back and
> forth between 2 apps, and I can also see which window is part of which app.
>
> I can see that the app-based approach in Mac isn't a bad thing, but without
> the window preview, I'm not sure how this approach would scale to smaller
> screens.
>
> Any thoughts on this, and what would be good for Unity?
>
> Regards,
> Pippa
>
>
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