** Description changed:
Binary package hint: unity
When clicking on an application icon in the launcher that has multiple
windows open, a scale or expose is started, which shows thumbnails of
all the app's windows. But it seems to order the windows differently
each time (I think in order of which were used most recently). This
prevents the user from taking advantage of muscle memory.
But I find this very disorienting. Let's say I have 3 open windows in
an app that I want to switch between. It's hard to quickly do that via
the launcher because I can't just zoom my mouse to where I expect the
window I want will appear. Instead, I have to start a scale, then hunt
and discover which thumbnail is actually the one I want. It's unlikely
that I remember which window was opened, say, 2nd to last, so the
current ordering isn't helping me much.
Compare with the classic GNOME session, where entries on the task
switcher applet don't move. You can easily use muscle memory to get to
your "unity bug" browser window vs your "google reader" browser window
or whatever.
- ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
- Package: unity 3.6.0-0ubuntu2
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
- Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
- Architecture: amd64
- CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
- Date: Mon Mar 7 08:17:02 2011
- ProcEnviron:
- LANGUAGE=en_US:en
- PATH=(custom, user)
- LANG=en_GB.utf8
- LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
- SourcePackage: unity
- UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-09-28 (160 days ago)
+ -----------------------------------------
+ Desired Solution:
+
+ - Implement "The Spread". See http://design.canonical.com/2012/03/task-
+ switching-in-ubuntu-and-a-introduction-to-the-spread/ and
+ http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/unity-task-switching/
+
+ - When this new feature is built windows will be positioned spatially.
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: unity
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Assignee: (unassigned) => John Lea (johnlea)
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Tags removed: needs-design
** Tags added: udp
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When using scale/expose, windows don't keep their order
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