user gets confused with windows

[Paolo Benvenuto]

Binary package hint: compiz

I'm referring to compiz feature represented by http://www.tectonic.co.za/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/shiftkey.png

I have used it for about one week, but I still get confused when using it.

More precisely, when I'm rotating among the windows (with alt-tab) I lack some information that is essential in order to a friendly user experience:
- I should be said how many open windows I have on my workspace. It could be that I have 2 windows, but during windows rotation I haven't any way to realize it; in the case of the 2 windows, I'm deceived by the fact that I actually see 3 reduced windows on the screen.
- I should be warned if, performing the rotation, I'm arriving on the window I started from

I think this two issues should be resolved to give the user friendlyness

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: compiz 1:0.8.6-0ubuntu9.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.37-generic-pae 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,move,resize,place,decoration,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,fade,session,shift,wobbly]
Date: Sun Nov 14 21:59:25 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29c2] (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=757ee656-a18e-412a-b93b-10a28730f7f8 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT:it
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9~git20100924-0ubuntu2
 libdrm2 2.4.21-1ubuntu2.1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5.1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.1-1ubuntu5
SourcePackage: compiz
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.00
dmi.board.name: G31M-S
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd08/20/2008:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvn:rnG31M-S:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.35-23-generic-pae

[dazza5000 (darran-kelinske)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

[dazza5000 (darran-kelinske)]

Possibly needs to be logged upstream at http://bugs.opencompositing.org/

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

This bug is an upstream one and it would be quite helpful if somebody experiencing it could send the bug the to the people writing the software. You can learn more about how to do this for various upstreams at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream. Thanks in advance!

[David Barth (dbarth)]

Only security issues are now being considered for this release of Compiz (0.8).