Comment 3 for bug 896709

Thanks for your input. Have you considered the ALT TAB functionality? Tabbing until the application with the multiple references is highlighted, pressing the down arrow will show previews of only those references, similar to Super W but only showing the windows associated with a specific application.

In your scenario any type of interface would be in my opinion cumbersome to use, be it a lower panel like old Gnome or the launcher solution you suggest. In my opinion for this type of interactions with the computer it is better to have a single window application with multiple tabs.