Comment 6 for bug 876999

Sorry to post yet again, but after further testing, it seems that, although the above works OK, there are still some other bugs that are likely to be part of the same problem:

1. The launcher will not always (almost never) reveal itself when there is a maximized window
2. The dashboard will sometimes reveal itself underneath an open window
3. The dashboard seems to always reveal itself underneath a maximized window
4. Same for fn-alt-F2
5. Because we killed nautilus, the desktop no longer works as a folder

Still, that's at least something to work on.

Also, in case anyone smart finds this useful: the Workspace Switcher (WS) trick has to be done after almost every change to the window (as if it does not refresh). Before finding that killall nautilus helped, i tried doing an update. The interesting thing is that in the WS view, the window updated itself without any visible problem (ie the progress bar and the details worked as normal), but when back to the window, it would stay static.