Alt-Tab - make pause to spread default alt-tab behaviour. Upgrade existing installs as well.

Bug #838075 reported by John Lea
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Fix Released
Critical
John Lea
Compiz Configuration Library
Fix Released
Undecided
Sam Spilsbury
Unity
Fix Released
Medium
Didier Roche-Tolomelli
compiz (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
libcompizconfig (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Sam Spilsbury
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Sam Spilsbury

Bug Description

In the recent usability testing, 6 out of 8 participants preferred the 'pause to spread' alt-tab behaviour. This was in spite of the fact that the version they were testing had some notable flaws that are now fixed. Additionally none of the users discovered the alt-tab cursor or grave key shortcuts unprompted.

Desired resolution:

- "pause to spread" should be made the default alt-tab behaviour

John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: onew udo
Changed in ayatana-design:
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Fix Committed
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Jason Smith (jassmith)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
milestone: none → 4.16.0
Revision history for this message
David Barth (dbarth) wrote :

Seems like didrocks can change the default option directly, so re-assigning.

Changed in unity:
assignee: Jason Smith (jassmith) → Didier Roche (didrocks)
summary: - Alt-Tab - make pause to spread default alt-tab behaviour
+ Alt-Tab - make pause to spread default alt-tab behaviour. Upgrade
+ existing installs as well.
Changed in compiz-libcompizconfig:
milestone: none → 0.9.5.96
assignee: nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Changed in libcompizconfig (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package libcompizconfig - 0.9.5.94-0ubuntu2

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libcompizconfig (0.9.5.94-0ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/fix_configuration_upgrade.patch:
    - fix to enable configuration upgrade
      (this is mandatory for LP: #838075)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:55:45 +0200

Changed in libcompizconfig (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in compiz-libcompizconfig:
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.9.5.94+bzr2803-0ubuntu3

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compiz (1:0.9.5.94+bzr2803-0ubuntu3) oneiric; urgency=low

  * debian/profile_upgrades/com.canonical.unity.unity.01.upgrade,
    debian/compiz-gnome.install:
    - upgrade configuration to remove uneeded staticswitcher and add
      pause to spread as default for the switcher (LP: #838075)
  * debian/control:
    - breaks on unpatched libcompizconfig as it would otherwise lead to
      a desktop with only "staticswitcher" enabled
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:21:35 +0200

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.16.0-0ubuntu1

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unity (4.16.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in nux::GpuDevice::GetGpuInfo()
      (LP: #765375)
    - F10 doesn't start keyboard navigation to the panel (LP: #839628)
    - Change on the at-spi accessibility-toolkit can affect also Unity
      (LP: #844927)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV when a lens is shutting down (LP: #848675)
    - [UIFe] Radiance panel icons are unreadable and ugly when panel goes
      transparent with Dash (LP: #828862)
    - window switcher stuck (not only, but can be triggered with Onboard)
      (LP: #832033)
    - Window titlebar is click through after raising a minimized window
      (LP: #840285)
    - Alt+Shift+` does not work in symmetry with Alt+` (LP: #843250)
    - UIFe: Alt-Tab: Update layout behavior to make previews larger and
      outline active preview (LP: #847944)
    - windows clipped on resize (LP: #848962)
    - Alt-tab - Add orange border to selected window in alt-tab window spread
      (LP: #838114)
    - Launcher - the direction the Launcher is scrolled with the mouse wheel
      is inverted (LP: #839703)
    - Launcher - the rendering of the BFB and Lens squircle does not match the
      design (LP: #838708)
    - Alt-Tab - In the app window spread, all windows should have the same
      height, only the width should vary (LP: #838110)
    - Launcher - the background of the Launcher should be tinted using the
      average colour of the wallpaper (LP: #850068)
    - Alt-tab - It is currently very difficult to see pips in the left of the
      app icon for the currently selected app (LP: #838134)
    - Launcher - Auto scroll missing from the top of the Launcher
      (LP: #838744)
    - Scope searches blocks the lens (LP: #850816)
    - Shortcuts SUPER+1...9 doesn’t work until opening a window (LP: #768076)
    - Dash closes prematurely when dragging apps into the launcher
      (LP: #773892)
    - Dash - As soon as a user starts dragging a .png file from the Dash, the
      file icon turns into a grey question mark (LP: #764447)
    - Dash shows an empty icon for some applications. (LP: #830887)
    - Windows are click through after restore from minimize (LP: #834034)
    - Dash - No keyboard shortcuts for switching lenses (LP: #842086)
    - Dash search for files states "two more results" but doesn't display them
      (LP: #840005)
    - <meta>+<shift>+<launcher #> to start a new instance of a program doesn't
      work anymore (LP: #842977)
    - Alt-tab - Cross interactions between Alt-tab and Dash are broken
      (LP: #844021)
    - UIFe: Dash - Shape and positioning of most of the elements in the Dash
      need adjustment (Part 2) (LP: #844889)
    - Alt-Tab - make pause to spread default alt-tab behaviour. Upgrade
      existing installs as well. (LP: #838075)
    - Do not install unity-preference (LP: #847599)
    - Update unity --distro to latest plugins installed (LP: #847799)
    - off by one error in count of additional results in a category
      (LP: #848218)
    - UIFe - Launcher - The background of the BFB, Workspace Switcher, Lens,
    ...

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in compiz-libcompizconfig:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
tags: added: reviewedbydesign
removed: onew udo
John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: reviewedbydesigno
removed: reviewedbydesign
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