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["M. Adnan Quaium" <adnan.quaium@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Option 1 Sounds great! I always like the idea of switching between Apps
instead of switching between windows. Though it is time consuming, but still
that is my favorite option.




On 13 April 2011 19:59, Pippa Kyle <pippa.kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>
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