That would be the same as adding an old fashioned task bar (xp), if anything
at all we should look at the way tabs have developed. First of all the user
wants to access any of his 'windows', he wants to get their within one
click. Secondly, all tabs a linearly organised, there is
no categorisation except for the order. Tabs from the same site are NOT
nested, simply because you want to have access to all of them. The very idea
of nesting them is an artifact from the time that screens were too
small. Possibly it should even be considered to not have a dynamic order in
the alt+tab window, but rather a static semi-chronological one (by creation)
through which [TAB] navigation will be 'by update' and click navigation will
be 'by creation' (if my last idea was unclear I can describe it in further
detail if necessary).
  David Mulder

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Rovanion Luckey <[email protected]
> wrote:

> I don't understand, why change alt-tab thing at all? Everybody is familiar
> with alt-tab so much that people even don't turn on their brains when using
> it. Every major change will be a major pain for everybody who is used to
> current alt-tab behaviour, and when the change actually decreases
> usability...
>
> Why reinvent the wheel is the question you're asking?
> In a case where we conclude that the current ways of doing things is the
> best there ever will be we can stop developing Gnome Shell  totally since
> the optimal way of operating your desktop is already here.
>
> Anyhow. The current alt-tab switcher is has functionality very much like
> the so called Superbar of Windows 7. I would like to make a request for a
> Gnome-Shell addon: Rip out the current alt-tab and place it as a persistant
> bar down at the bottom.
>
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