Public bug reported:
When using alt+tab to switch between many tabs, at a glance, it is
unclear which icon is currently highlighted. When using Alt+tab shortcut
to do a rapid switch - as most people do - I often end up bringing the
wrong programme to focus.
To put it another way, when I hold Alt and hit tab, tab, tab, tab, tab -
it is unclear what programme will jump to the front when I release Alt.
There is two reasons for this.
1. The current item is marked by a white glow, and the title of the
application is written in small white letters below.
- my eye is looking at the icons, not the writing below, so in the split
second before I release Alt I am blind to it.
- the white glow stands out less then brown background around firefox, the
red around settings, the yellow around display, the grey around others and so
on. So in a split second I have to decide if its a glow or a background colour.
2. The item after the one currently selected is animated. I want you to try
this for yourself so you can see.
- Open lots of programmes.
- Now use Alt+tab to bring the second last item to focus.
- As you select the 3rd last item, the 2nd last item is animated from a
narrow side on view to full size icon, when this happens it is intuitive to
think you have got the right one, so you release Alt on the wrong one, and have
to go through the whole process again.
I think this is a major look and feel issue with Unity that needs to be
fixed. I find the side listing of programmes quite cumbersome and since
the task bar has been done away with I find myself relying on alt+tab
even more then on gnome.
This could be fixed by an animated enlargement of the currently selected
icon, removing the multi-coloured boxes around unselected icons, and
reducing the visual impact of the animation of the end icons rotating to
full size icons.
Ubuntu 12.04
Unity 5.12-0ubuntu1
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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