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Bug 662578 - App/window switcher shows the wrong list
App/window switcher shows the wrong list
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 660502
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.2.x
Other All
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
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Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-10-24 06:11 UTC by Eugueny Kontsevoy
Modified: 2011-10-24 06:25 UTC
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Description Eugueny Kontsevoy 2011-10-24 06:11:11 UTC 
The window switcher (the one users see for Alt+Tab) is showing the wrong list: it shows ALL applications, i.e. it combines everything from all virtual desktops (workspaces)

This is a wrong behaviour since it defeats the purpose of even having the workspaces, i.e. there is no way to separate apps into independent groups.

A workspace (virtual desktop) must behave like a completely isolated computer, with its own list of apps, that's why they were introduced - to combat huge list of apps to iterate via Alt+Tab.

The current behaviour is exactly why OSX virtual desktops are not successful.
Comment 1 Jasper St. Pierre (not reading bugmail) 2011-10-24 06:25:32 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

Workspaces + Alt+Tab are in a long battle. I completely agree with you on both counts (Application-based is broken, workspaces need to be made more prominent), but believe it or not, some people use workspaces differently. See the bug report and long summary that I had with others on the GNOME team in bug #660502

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 660502 ***