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[Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>]

Do you mean kind of like that in Mac OS X Lion, with Mission Control? I do think the way the window previews enlarge themselves on hover would be a great feature to incorporate into Ubuntu. Thanks! Have a great weekend everybody!!!

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On Apr 13, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Christian Rupp <grissi.rupp@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Maybe it's only me but if you are having several text documents or spread sheets open you'll always chose the wrong, the bigger the preview the better. Every other applications look mostly very different due to different content in the different windows.
> It's right that it is important how windows are ordered so we have to rethink this. Maybe when we show a big preview of the window on hover (as you suggested your idea may be great, But how do you want to show the big spread with all applications, as it will get extremely important.
> 
> Christian
> 
> Please answer to the complete list.
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Betreff:	Re: Suggestion to improve switching between multiple instances of an application from the launcher
> Datum:	Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:05:42 -0700
> Von:	Mathieu Beliveau <mathieu.beliveau.2@xxxxxxxxx>
> An:	Christian Rupp <grissi.rupp@xxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Christian,
> 
> Having used Windows 7 (with aero enabled), I've never found that a small window preview was actually a problem.  Of course, the smaller the preview is, the harder it is to distinguish between two similar application instances. Let me point out that this is already a problem with unity when you have a lot of instances of your application. If we wish to keep a static positioning in spread mode while keeping the windows small enough for them to be quickly accessed, I think that two things can be done about it:
> 
> 1. Legibly display the window's title above it's preview (and this is what's actually done in the current spec, only the title is displayed when your mouse hovers the window preview.
> 
> 2. Enlarge the preview on mouse over. For this many things can be thought of: when hovering above a given preview, you could display the original application's window in half transparency (full size); you could simply enlarge the preview itself, etc. Using one of those schemes, I think we might have the best of both worlds for quick and intuitive task switching using the Launcher... 
> 
> I'd be glad to know what do you think about this. :)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> On Friday, April 13, 2012, Christian Rupp wrote:
> Am 12.04.2012 22:07, schrieb Mathieu Beliveau:
> Hi! First of all, my apologies for the previous mail sent to each and
> every list member, individually.
> 
> As there was some confusion about the proposals I've submitted and
> that they were not exactly up-to-date with the current specification,
> you'll find in the following link a very graphical summary of what I
> perceive to be potential issues with the current spec. as well as some
> suggestions to fix those.
> 
> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15dYcO1gjnVgq5hujiyp9hXePfAitD8vNJD1si1wr5FE/edit#slide=id.p
> 
> Let me know what you think of this (comments are publicly open on the document)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> I like your idea but it makes the windows too small in my opinion. The thing I like most is that all windows are displayed so big in spread view so that you can easily read headings or logos
> 
> Christian
> 
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