Option 1 seems neat but slow. When I'm working between two windows, be they of the same application or different ones, option 2 means I can easily flip between them with a quick press of Alt+Tab.
Thanks, Christian On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:03 PM, M. Adnan Quaium <adnan.qua...@linux.org.bd>wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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