But Sean is commenting on how they all look similar IN THE OVERVIEW.
> Subject: Do/not implement Dock.
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:41:08 +0200
>
> Dnia 2010-04-15, czw o godzinie 00:59 -0600, Sean Brady pisze:
> > I have 3 Firefox windows open and 2 terminals on 2 desktops- with the
> > overview all the Firefox and all the terminals look identical. I have
> > to mouse over each one to get to what I am looking for. That's not
> > very efficient at all, and quite frankly I am finding it frustrating
> > to the point of considering discontinuing it's use.
>
> I would argue that 3 identical firefox icons and 2 identical terminal
> icons are even less distinguishable. This is one of the usability
> failures of Dock I already mentioned.
>
> With overview, you see window contents and can easily pick the one
> you're interested in. It's exactly the window you want and remember -
> just smaller.
>
>
> > Another thing that you have to realize is that by activating the
> > overview, you change the appearance of the entire screen, which can be
> > very confusing sometimes. The change in the entire visual appearance,
> > with windows moving around to order then back again, leaves the user
> > lost sometimes. I feel like I never know where things are.
>
> That's why the transitions are animated. Every window is animated from
> the point it originally was and shrunk to the overview position, and
> grew back when you leave the overview. This keeps spatial connections
> and is designed to work with human brain cognitive abilities.
>
> Maybe your gfx card is not able to handle the transition well, and
> everything just jumps from place to place for you? I see very smooth
> window transitions on Intel G31.
>
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