Comment 17 for bug 1083359
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| Damien (youpla-b) wrote Re: There is no quick way to see or select a specific instance of an application | #17 |
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Double clicking isn't part of Elementary OS.
I've had to use Microsoft Windows 8.1 recently and I think their way of doing it is interesting:
- an opened application has its taskbar icon framed
- when an application has multiple instances opened, the frames are doubled as if they were piled up
- hovering the icon after a certain time shows a clickable miniature of the instances
- hovering the miniature brings the window temporarily in front while dimming all the other opened windows, showing it in more details
- each miniature has a "close" button for quick management.
This is in my opinion a very good way to keep icons only while still having a direct access to all the opened applications, and to find the correct document in a mess of opened windows.
Elementary already has the first two point implemented, in the form of a marker to show how many instances of a software are opened (the blue dot under the icon). I think the hovering miniatures would really help for windows management in crowded desktop spaces.