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I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT

I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT

Posted Nov 10, 2011 11:58 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT by Lennie
Parent article: Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register)

alt-tab switches applications
alt-~ switches windows between applications.

It's different, but It is actually much more useful, IMO.

The trouble with it is that if you are using Windows a lot and have to switch back and forth.


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I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT

Posted Nov 10, 2011 12:12 UTC (Thu) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link]

Actually that is the part I think is useful too.

One of the things about alt-tab I don't like is that it lists applications from other desktops.

There is no other WM that does that and with other WM this is one of the reasons I have different desktops.

Each desktop is for a different task, why would I want to clutter the alt-tab list with the applications which are not related to my current task.

I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT

Posted Nov 10, 2011 15:12 UTC (Thu) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]

It first switches between applications in the existing workspace before going to others. You notice that in the popup; it has a line between current workspace and others. Took quite some getting used it in the beginning. Still not sure if the behaviour is better or not (sometimes I like it, sometimes I hate it).

I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT

Posted Nov 10, 2011 15:20 UTC (Thu) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link]

My problem is I'm about 99% in the hate it camp ;-)

I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT

Posted Nov 10, 2011 19:25 UTC (Thu) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106) [Link]

I suppose one can grow accustomed to anything, but I imagine that in scenarios where you have 8+ desktops each with 2-3 windows the list would grow quite burdensome. Always showing one of 2-3 is a lot simpler; it's pretty rare that I want to see a long master list of all windows.

I actually like GNOME Shell looks, BUT

Posted Nov 11, 2011 15:07 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]

I use 8 workspaces usually. More of less the same as in GNOME 2, there I had 12 configured, but mostly used about 8 of them (rest were empty).

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