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[Pippa Kyle <pippa.kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, guys, I should have realised that you probably don't spend a lot 
of time with Win/Mac.

So a slightly different question...

When using Alt-Tab for switching between windows, would you like windows 
of a particular app grouped under that app?

So, for example, you have 3 Firefox windows, 2 email windows and 1 IRC 
window open.

Do you want Alt-Tab to show you:
Option 1 - Firefox icon, Email client icon, IRC client icon.  You select 
one to view its individual windows (this is the Mac way, and seems to be 
the Gnome 3 way too now).
or
Option 2 - 3 Firefox windows (with Firefox icon on corner of each), 2 
email windows (with icons) and 1 IRC window (with icon). You can access 
each window directly (this is pretty much the current implementation and 
also the Win way).

Back to you...

On 12/04/11 16:51, Pippa Kyle 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