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[Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 8:56 AM, John O'Brien <jdo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Jamu Kakar <jkakar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Evan,
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Jamu Kakar <jkakar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> The recent "Dodge Windows" user findings made me wonder about the
> >>> default Alt-Tab switching behaviour.  Since the switcher changed to
> >>> showing windows on all viewports I've found that the only way to make
> >>> it usable (read: predictable) is to set the "Bias alt-tab switching to
> >>> prefer windows on the current viewport" flag in CCSM.  I'm not running
> >>> Precise yet, so maybe that's the default behaviour already, but it
> >>> seems like another nice candidate to promote to a standard default.
> >>>
> >>> I guess most new users wouldn't really experience many issues without
> >>> it, because I suspect they don't use multiple viewports, but for those
> >>> of us that rely on them it makes a big difference.
> >>
> >> Yes, that default has already been changed in the latest Precise.
> >
> > Ah, awesome, thanks for clarifying.
> >
>
> I must be the only person who does not like this feature or at least I
> feel alt-tab should also let me switch to apps on different viewports
> as well. Perhaps it could primarily display the current viewport apps
> larger or something. The main time this comes up is when I'm on my
> laptop and have four viewports and don't want to *always* think 'no
> where did I leave that window'... or maybe I'm just getting old.
>

That was one of the more useful aspects of it, I admit. You can use
Super-Tab for that now though, since that seems to pick up apps on all
viewports.

Evan