Hi, I am attempting to switch and use Compiz full time, and first I must say that I really appreciate your work. The polish is a nice touch, and well done.
I do have an issue with control flow though. I really enjoy the classic Application Switcher, but input isn't redirected to the new window when alt-tabbing. First of all, I have been spoiled by Mac OS X, where I can alt-tab and quit an application then continue alt-tabbing by never lifting my thumb. I can't do this in Linux. Secondly, I don't like the visual cues of opacity, brightness, and zooming. I hit the alt-tab keys quickly and this is just distracting. Once those settings are dialed down, there are no other visual cues to indicate which window is selected. However, the focusing changes the window title bar coloring and this is a nice cue for me. I understand this concept may be shocking when a user doesn't want too many effects on a really great effects window manager. :) Finally, I don't use a task-bar and I want previews of my minimized windows. That was something Metacity handled nicely. This really leaves two solutions (fixing three problems). I have attached a patch that handles this. The one flaw with it is that to move the input focus, the activeNum for the window gets bumped up, and screws up the history ordering. Perhaps someone can give me advice on that, and I'll fix it. I also added a small fix for when alt-tabbing and a window gets created it adds itself to the window list. Although CreateNotify can't be used because the window id doesn't map to a CompWindow, and it piggy backs on MapNotify. Thank you very much for your time. -Kyle Hubert
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