Comment 37 for bug 868423

I also think that one of the reasons why this was potentially
confusing to new users (and should therefore be targeted for
improvement instead of just tucking the icon away) is the static
nature of Unity's worspace switcher icon - the switcher icon back in
Gnome classic (in the bottom panel) indicated the desktop that's
currently active and even showed small icons representing some
applications (sort of like a small cheat sheet - "ah, my calculator is
to the right"). A person could even move apps between workspaces by
moving icons from there without opening to the expose.

If such an icon was added to the indicator applets in Unity or the new
launcher icon somehow improved to change dynamically, maybe the
feature wouldn't seem so daunting to new users. As an additional bonus
it would bring joy to old users.

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Matzipan <email address hidden> wrote:
> I would like to see the reasons why this is removed because it seems
> like a poor choice to me. This is one of the best features of Unity and
> lots of new users will find it very attractive.
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