#8120 NORM Not Tri: How Alt-tabbing behavior should work? (was: When Alt-tabbing, show primary palette of switching activity icons?)

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#8120: How Alt-tabbing behavior should work?
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   Reporter:  HoboPrimate       |       Owner:  Eben         
       Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new          
   Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Not Triaged  
  Component:  interface-design  |     Version:  not specified
 Resolution:                    |    Keywords:               
Next_action:  never set         |    Verified:  0            
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Comment(by HoboPrimate):

 I'm not saying that revealing the primary palette would replace the actual
 activity switch, it would just give more information before that activity
 switch need take place.

 Say you have several browse sessions. To find the one you wanted by
 alt+tabbing, you would have to switch to each one. If their primary
 palette revealed themselves, you could keep your eyes on the frame while
 alt-tabbing, and stop until you found the right description, and only then
 the activity would be switched (I believe speed reading, and knowing what
 to look (read) for would allow for this).

 In Gnome's alt-tab behavior, the name of the application is also written
 bellow the alt-tab window.

 Also, a point was made above, and that is that it reveals the entire
 frame, when only part of it is relevant to the user. It feels to me like
 when in the past, new clipboard entries would reveal the entire frame, and
 now only a notification appear in the corner. Perhaps alt+tabbing could
 make all the running activity icons slide out?

 Regarding the most basic advantage of using alt-tab, which is of switching
 back and forth between two activities, isn't working in this
 implementation.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8120#comment:6>
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