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["frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx" <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

how about giving window previews a consistent behaviour in all compiz
plugins?

right now i can't visually discover the "scale addons", which makes it hard
to close a window from the window picker.
and i can't move the previews. either i click it to "open" it, or i
secondary-click it to zoom in.
no layer of semantic information, no windicators on the preview, no close
button, no dragging to another workspace.

in the workspace switcher, previews can not be zoomed, the can not be
opened, again no semantic information, just dragging to another workspace
is possible..

improving the way previews are presented and how the user can interact with
them, manage them, is improving window management, i.e. improving the
experience of switching between windows, imo.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 17:01, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 05/03/12 15:39, Aviv wrote:
>
> *ALTERNATIVE IMPLEMENTATION*
>
> Users can additionally press
>
> (some key)+(1 to 0)
>
> [analogous to Super+(1 to 0) for switching between applications]
>
> to switch to the desired window.
>
>
> Apps in the launcher are persistent and placed by the user. So the
> Super-<n> convention is workable. But windows are ephemeral, not "placed"
> by the user. So <key>-3 today won't give you the same window as <key>-3
> tomorrow. So there's no memory, no chance of it being usable.
>
> Interesting idea, but let's come up with a few more interesting ideas :)
>
> I generally agree that window switching isn't as slick as it could be, so
> I'm open to ideas; just not this one.
>
> Mark
>
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