Comment 4 for bug 986699

I noticed a focus issue between workspace switches, but (at least for me, on precise and gnome-classic) it does not have anything to do with maximized/fullscreen: when switching to a workspace that has no focusable windows (i.e. empty), the focus is retained on the window and workspace switched from. When there are focusable windows the focus is transferred normally.

I made a separate bug report about maximized windows moving to the leftmost workspace: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1000156