Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
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

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread nick rundy
in my response to aviv. I apologize aviv :) From: boulab...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 17:32:20 +0100 Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows To: nru...@hotmail.com CC: aviv...@gmail.com; unity-design@lists.launchpad.net On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:21 PM, nick rundy wrote:

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 05. mars 2012 17:01, skrev Mark Shuttleworth: Apps in the launcher are persistent and placed by the user. So the Super- convention is workable. But windows are ephemeral, not "placed" by the user. So -3 today won't give you the same window as -3 tomorrow. So there's no memory, no chance o

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:21 PM, nick rundy wrote: > With all due respect, I don't understand what you are complaining about. > A feature can exist, but if a user has difficulties using it, then the problem is elsewhere: documentation and marketing. I had also the same difficulties switching bet

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
I very much agree, but I'm not sure how it could be added. What key would you use? My proposal was to use numbers in the scale views (super+w and super+numnum), and Alt+BAT. It would improve the keyboard navigation, I think, but it would still require two steps. That is; you'd press and hold Al

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
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- conventio

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Aviv
Thank you Jo-Erlend and Nick for your replies. I found them helpful. I would like to know if you and other Unity design members agree with me on the following: *Switching between windows of an application* *OBJECTIVE* To enable users to switch between windows of an application as efficiently as

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-02-26 Thread nick rundy
Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows On 25. feb. 2012 20:21, nick rundy wrote: With all due respect, I don't understand what you are complaining about. That was unnecessary, I think. Aviv ra

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 25. feb. 2012 20:21, nick rundy wrote: With all due respect, I don't understand what you are complaining about. That was unnecessary, I think. Aviv raised some valid questions, such as the delay before the launcher is shown. This is something that annoys me to no end, and something I thin

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 25. feb. 2012 19:59, Aviv wrote: Dear Unity design members, I find it a bit difficult to switch between windows on Unity. Great! I mean, if you've found something to be difficult, it's great that you explain it here. :) To switch between windows of an open application, Unity should have

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-02-25 Thread nick rundy
With all due respect, I don't understand what you are complaining about. Alt+Tab will by default switch to the last used window. If you cycle it by Alt+Tab, Tab etc then it will cycle through all applications (and windows). Alt+Grave will switch between windows of the same application. Super+1