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[Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 22. okt. 2011 10:19, skrev sachit daniel:
> 0)Heavily inspired by Gnome shell that comes with ubuntu 11.10.
> Please try it out if you haven't. Waaay smoother and more intuitive 
> than unity for window switching and workspace management( Alt+ Tab and 
> the overview switcher you get when pressing super/TLSC)

That is just a claim. If you want to be taken seriously, then you have 
to provide something to back your claims up.

> 1)Alt + Tab switcher:
>
> 1.a)switcher ignores all mouse input: proposed changes:
> i) Mouse over expansion of app icons to their windows
> ii)click to choose
> iii)click out of area (even while holding down alt + tab) to quit 
> switcher and remain on the same window.
Ok, using the mouse to choose might be an ok feature. But in that case, 
clicking would select an app, not display the previews. That would have 
to be a right click or something else.
> 1.b)Previews alone are insufficient to quickly choose between windows.
> It would be useful if the titles of windows were also provided in the 
> list.
If you want to switch between windows of the same application, then you 
shouldn't use alt+tab. You should use the button above tab instead. You 
press esc to escape from the switcher. I think that's quite appropriate.

> 2)We also need a mouse-only switcher in the style of the gnome shell 
> overview switcher.
> Required design features:
> a)mouse only manipulation with launcher on dock.
We have that. You click the icon to focus the most recently used window 
in the group. You click twice to get an overview of all the open windows 
of that application.

> b)Quick access w/o clicking: hot corner maybe TRSC/BLSC

We have that too. It's configurable. By default, the entire left screen 
edge is hot. If you want to use a corner, then you can choose to do that.

> c)Integrated Workspace functionality: drag and drop between 
> workspaces, choose workspace and choose _windows_ (NOT APPS) all in 
> one interface (again see gnome shell)
super+s provides you with a workspace switcher and you can drag and drop 
windows between them, or you click the workspace switcher in the 
launcher if you want to use the mouse.

> (other features- box around current active window, mouse only exit 
> from chooser, window titles below preview)

There are improvements to be made in the super+w and super+numnum views. 
I agree with this.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad