I guess that using workspaces will work pretty well. You can move from
workspaces to workspaces using either the overview or the Ctrl+Alt+up or
down.
Each workspace can then be used to group multiple sets of applications
together for improved productivity ;)

-Cyril

On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 12:38 -0700, Lewis Chung wrote:

> That does work, unfortunately only for the single use case that I only
> have one 'grouping' of tiled windows. With how applications are laid
> out now and my laptops 16:9 screen, it makes sense to tile/'group' a
> multiple sets of applications together for improved productivity. In
> the case that I have multiple 'groups', is there any other known way
> to switch easily between them?
> 
> -Lewis
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Cyril Arnaud <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>         Have you tried a middle clic on the window top bar ?
>         It will bring this window below the others, and you'll see
>         your tile windows.
>         
>         -Cyril
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:05 +0200, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
>         > 
>         > Le mardi 07 juin 2011 à 17:33 -0700, Lewis Chung a écrit :
>         > > Using alt+tab and the activities overview makes sense to me. 
> However,
>         > > when I tile two windows next to each other, for example, evince 
> and
>         > > libreoffice writer, and I switch to firefox, I expect to be able 
> to
>         > > switch back to evince and libreoffice with a single activities 
> toggle
>         > > (used to be able to do this by minimizing firefox, but cannot 
> anymore
>         > > based on gnome-shell's defaults)
>         > > 
>         > > Right now I have to alt+tab to focus both of the windows to bring 
> them
>         > > to the front. 
>         > That indeed makes much sense to me, I've already be bitten by this.
>         > 
>         > > I was wondering if an extension some additional functionality 
> could be
>         > > developed to allow me to open the activities overview and drag a
>         > > window on-top of another (grouping them), so that when I use 
> overview,
>         > > I can click on the group to bring both to the front. Other 
> methods of
>         > > grouping the windows together could work too, I just want to be 
> able
>         > > to group two windows together so they can both be brought into 
> focus
>         > > at the same time.
>         > I think this feature might even go into the core design instead of 
> into
>         > an extension: that's the optimal behavior for all users. I'd 
> suggest you
>         > ping the designers on #gnome-shell list (ask for mccann, aday or 
> jimmac)
>         > to see what they think, and file a bug if they are OK. (I'll try to 
> ask
>         > them too if I'm around at the right hours.)
>         > 
>         > 
>         > Regards
>         > 
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> -- 
> 
> Lewis Chung
> University of California, San Diego
> B.S Computer Science expected 2013
> 
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