Comment 5 for bug 319805

You're right that when using Compiz, scale and alt+tab are very good solutions... but...

1. I've tried to make Compiz alt+tab be fast, but it just isn't really - it insists on an animated fading effect that (on this gfx card) just bogs everything down... I might be missing the place to turn it off, but I don't think I am :S
2. Scale gives small previews, especially when you have lots of windows - can you tell between different gnome-terminal windows in scale? Now on a netbook display?

On the other hand, when NOT using CompizOn the other hand, when NOT using Compiz I don't know that there really is a better solution. Composited Metacity (my non-Compiz WM of choice) gives me tiny previews when I use alt+tab and just highlights where on the screen the relevant window is - WITHOUT raising it. It is fast, at least... I don't know that there really is a better solution. Composited Metacity (my non-Compiz WM of choice) gives me tiny previews when I use alt+tab and just highlights where on the screen the relevant window is - WITHOUT raising it. It is fast, at least...

In this situation, cycling through decent sized previews of all my windows would be a new and useful ability. The key thing here is that people without Compiz are commonly avoiding it because they have an older system/shaky 3d support, and so the other more funky graphical solutions aren't very fast, so not very useful. The Do scroll solution is really snappy... At least on a one-app-at-a-time basis...

I would guess that when using XFWM4 (with its compositor) or something lighter, a *box with xcompwhatever (does Docky run with this style of setup?), for example, there aren't many better options for quicly choosing windows (though I haven't really looked well into 'skippy').

So, my argument goes: In a non-compizy environment there isn't a good way to quickly look at all of your open windows - this could be an intuitive and fast one.