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[Kevin Liao <kevinliao96@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just my personal opinion, the thumbnails in Windows are too small to be
useful. I think that the Mac one is better since it is easier for the user
to make out icons rather than hunting for details on a tiny thumbnail.
Cheers,
Kevin Liao.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:51 PM, 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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