Comment 48 for bug 971051

@Avi: open ccsm and go to the Windows|Application Switcher|General and tick "Only show icon". Still somewhat large, but at least you should be able to use it.

apt-cache policy compiz
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.9.11.1+14.04.20140623-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:0.9.11.1+14.04.20140623-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.11.1+14.04.20140623-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
     1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages