Regarding the needs design, I have not created a mock up but I have made
some suggestions as to how it should change, that would help someone to
create a mock up. These suggestions are based mostly upon the above
discussion:

Improving Unity's confusing switcher.

-get rid of boarders, or just have a very discrete one (eg 1px thick and
a similar colour to the switcher background).

-remove app background colours which reduce contrast from the hilighted
app

-if necessary after having made the above changes, increase contrast
between background and hilighted app by making hilighted app brighter.
This should include when two instances of the same application are
shown.

-(rounded) squares around app icons are unneccessary but I do see their
use in keeping with the Unity theme and appearing similar to the
launcher. Perhaps if their background colour is the same as the switcher
colour and their boarders become low contrast, they might not be too
distracting.

-IMO the rest of the behaviour of the switcher is good. It could do
though with becoming less graphically intensive (and this may of course
be an area for another team), although some of the above changes *may*
assist with this.

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