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[Elias K Gardner <zorkerz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed I like seeing all windows at once. It could be really useful if they
were grouped by application as long as I don't have to select a group before
being able to see and select the window I want in that group.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Christian Mackintosh <
christian.mackintosh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Option 1 seems neat but slow. When I'm working between two windows, be they
> of the same application or different ones, option 2 means I can easily flip
> between them with a quick press of Alt+Tab.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christian
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:03 PM, M. Adnan Quaium <
> adnan.quaium@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
>>
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>> M. Adnan Quaium
>>
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