Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: unity
First of all, i'm approaching unity usability from a power user's
perspective. I mainly use the desktop for coding, and i need it to be as
fast as possible.
Unity has been surprisingly usable, but i needed to add the following
shortcuts to various of compiz's shortcut settings. The following
shortcut proposals, aim for consistency and increased desktop managing
speed.
Proposed shortcuts for changing windows:
Unity desktop already supports Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab. I've added in
the compiz's switcher plugin the following shortcuts:
Alt-ScrollWheelUp
Alt-ScrollWheelDown
These work in the same way as Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab
Proposed shortcuts for changing desktops:
Unity already supports Control-Alt-Left and Control-Alt-Right shortcuts:
I've added in the compiz's deskwall plugins the following shortcuts:
Control-Alt-ScrollWheelUp
Control-Alt-ScrollWheelDown
These work in the same way as the Control-Alt-Left and Control-Alt-Right
shortcuts. Here i should mention that i find it immensely easier to have
my desktops in a 4x1 arrangement.
Expos plugin shortcuts:
Getting a quick idea of what goes on in the various desktops is very
important. So i've added the top-right corner as a trigger for the
desktop expos.
Right now the unity's expos shortcuts are in my opinion wrong. If a user
accidentally triggers an expos, then it isn't obvious that he should
double click on a desktop to zoom into it.
As it is a lot faster to just single click a desktop to zoom into, i've
changed the zoom-in action to require a single click. For moving
windows, i've set the Alt-Button1 shortcut in the expos plugin. Alt-
Button1 is also used when moving windows in the regular desktop so this
change also increases consistency.
Scale plugin shortcut:
I've found out that setting the SpecialKey(windowskey)-Button1 shortcut
to trigger the scale action, significantly increases Unity's usability.
In this way when a user presses and holds the SpecialKey, and then
presses and holds the Button1, he can in a very fast way change windows
or if he wishes open a new application from the Dock.
I have found that above shortcuts do not conflict with other shortcut
actions, Improve consistency of the desktop, and make it immensely
faster to use for me (a power user). For regular users, these shortcuts
won't get in the way.
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: unity
First of all, i'm approaching unity usability from a power user's
perspective. I mainly use the desktop for coding, and i need it to be as
fast as possible.
Unity has been surprisingly usable, but i needed to add the following
shortcuts to various of compiz's shortcut settings. The following
shortcut proposals, aim for consistency and increased desktop managing
speed.
Proposed shortcuts for changing windows:
Unity desktop already supports Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab. I've added in
the compiz's switcher plugin the following shortcuts:
Alt-ScrollWheelUp
Alt-ScrollWheelDown
- Shortcuts that work in the same way as Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab
+ These work in the same way as Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab
Proposed shortcuts for changing desktops:
Unity already supports Control-Alt-Left and Control-Alt-Right shortcuts:
I've added in the compiz's deskwall plugins the following shortcuts:
Control-Alt-ScrollWheelUp
Control-Alt-ScrollWheelDown
- That work in the same way as the Control-Alt-Left and Control-Alt-Right
+ These work in the same way as the Control-Alt-Left and Control-Alt-Right
shortcuts. Here i should mention that i find it immensely easier to have
my desktops in a 4x1 arrangement.
Expos plugin shortcuts:
Getting a quick idea of what goes on in the various desktops is very
important. So i've added the top-right corner as a trigger for the
desktop expos.
Right now the unity's expos shortcuts are in my opinion wrong. If a user
accidentally triggers an expos, then it isn't obvious that he should
double click on a desktop to zoom into it.
As it is a lot faster to just single click a desktop to zoom into, i've
changed the zoom-in action to require a single click. For moving
windows, i've set the Alt-Button1 shortcut in the expos plugin. Alt-
Button1 is also used when moving windows in the regular desktop so this
change also increases consistency.
Scale plugin shortcut:
I've found out that setting the SpecialKey(windowskey)-Button1 shortcut
to trigger the scale action, significantly increases Unity's usability.
In this way when a user presses a holds the SpecialKey, and then presses
and holds the Button1, he can in a very fast way change windows or if he
wishes open a new application from the Dock.
I have found that above shortcuts do not conflict with other shortcut
actions, Improve consistency of the desktop, and make it immensely
faster to use for me (a power user). For regular users, these shortcuts
won't get in the way.
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: unity
First of all, i'm approaching unity usability from a power user's
perspective. I mainly use the desktop for coding, and i need it to be as
fast as possible.
Unity has been surprisingly usable, but i needed to add the following
shortcuts to various of compiz's shortcut settings. The following
shortcut proposals, aim for consistency and increased desktop managing
speed.
Proposed shortcuts for changing windows:
Unity desktop already supports Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab. I've added in
the compiz's switcher plugin the following shortcuts:
Alt-ScrollWheelUp
Alt-ScrollWheelDown
These work in the same way as Alt-Tab and Shift-Alt-Tab
Proposed shortcuts for changing desktops:
Unity already supports Control-Alt-Left and Control-Alt-Right shortcuts:
I've added in the compiz's deskwall plugins the following shortcuts:
Control-Alt-ScrollWheelUp
Control-Alt-ScrollWheelDown
These work in the same way as the Control-Alt-Left and Control-Alt-Right
shortcuts. Here i should mention that i find it immensely easier to have
my desktops in a 4x1 arrangement.
Expos plugin shortcuts:
Getting a quick idea of what goes on in the various desktops is very
important. So i've added the top-right corner as a trigger for the
desktop expos.
Right now the unity's expos shortcuts are in my opinion wrong. If a user
accidentally triggers an expos, then it isn't obvious that he should
double click on a desktop to zoom into it.
As it is a lot faster to just single click a desktop to zoom into, i've
changed the zoom-in action to require a single click. For moving
windows, i've set the Alt-Button1 shortcut in the expos plugin. Alt-
Button1 is also used when moving windows in the regular desktop so this
change also increases consistency.
Scale plugin shortcut:
I've found out that setting the SpecialKey(windowskey)-Button1 shortcut
to trigger the scale action, significantly increases Unity's usability.
- In this way when a user presses a holds the SpecialKey, and then presses
- and holds the Button1, he can in a very fast way change windows or if he
- wishes open a new application from the Dock.
+ In this way when a user presses and holds the SpecialKey, and then
+ presses and holds the Button1, he can in a very fast way change windows
+ or if he wishes open a new application from the Dock.
I have found that above shortcuts do not conflict with other shortcut
actions, Improve consistency of the desktop, and make it immensely
faster to use for me (a power user). For regular users, these shortcuts
won't get in the way.
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Unity extra keymappings
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