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.k...@canonical.com> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- M. Adnan Quaium MSc Student Faculty of Electrical Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science Technical University of Delft Mekelweg 4 Delft The Netherlands URL: http://adnan.quaium.com
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