Icons in Alt-Tab

[Dan Compton]

I think I've decided to make my open source debut (in terms of programs 
I haven't written entirely myself) by modiying Xfce4.  I was thinking of 
adding the new Expose (with the accent) features introduced into Panther 
(Mac OS X 10.3) to Xfce4.  After reading your posts, I remember wanting 
the shift-alt-tab again too.  And the icons aren't such a big deal for 
me but I might add those as well too.  If there are any suggestions from 
you or the developers, please respond because I'm new to the open source 
world that isn't entirely myself.  It might take some time before I 
actually produce something because I need to learn how the code works 
together, but so far the xfwm4 code seems to be programmed very well and 
I can understand it rather easily.

Dan Compton

Sander Balkenende wrote:

>additional to this, I would appriciate to see the list of active programs in
>the alt-tab pop-up, as in kde or windows.
>For example: if three windows are open, alt-tab shows all three icons (or
>names) and the one with the alt-tab focus highlighted. Does shift-alt-tab
>work by the way? (cannot test here). If you have loads of apps open, this is
>useful (or the Gimp, anyone?)
>
>Sander
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: xfce-bounces at xfce.org [mailto:xfce-bounces at xfce.org]On Behalf Of
>Ariel Arjona
>Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:07 PM
>To: xfce list
>Subject: Re: Icons in Alt-Tab
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>
>I think the window outline is really nice as an additional hint, but
>like I mentioned below, since I have most of my windows maximized, I
>can't really use it (all outlines are the same size).
>
>Furthermore, I realized that when I'm working, I'm application-oriented.
>I do not remember where in the screen my windows are but I do remember
>what app I'm working with because the app remains constant throughout
>the task, unlike window placement.
>
>When I have to depend on window placement for task switching, any
>alteration would slow me down (since all window outlines look pretty
>much the same).
>
>Regards,
>Ariel
>
>Jack Coates wrote:
>
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>>no big deal to me, but have you noticed that the window border of the
>>window in question pops up? That's how I identify what I'm looking for,
>>because I remember where it was on the screen.
>>
>>On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 23:47, Ariel Arjona wrote:
>>
>>
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>>
>>>Hello all.
>>>
>>>I noticed that when I alt-tab, I see the window title in the box, but
>>>not its icon.
>>>
>>>I just came to realize how useful these icons are to me when I'm working
>>>because they spare me from having to read the title most of the time.
>>>
>>>Having to read the text forces me to take away my mind from the problem
>>>I'm solving and concentrate on finding out which window I need to switch
>>>to, which slows me down a lot. Moreover, since I run most of my windows
>>>maximized or close to it, I can't really use the window border hint.
>>>
>>>Is there any chance that app icons get added to the alt-tab box?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Ariel
>>>
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