Agreed I like seeing all windows at once. It could be really useful if they were grouped by application as long as I don't have to select a group before being able to see and select the window I want in that group.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Christian Mackintosh < christian.mackint...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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