Comment 16 for bug 998285

Sorry, Marco, but if this is the intended design, then the design is flawed.

Unity Alt-Tab behavior breaches the system of using one shortcut for switching between applcations and another for switching between windows of the same application.

The reason for using shortcuts to switch windows is to do it automatically and without thought. If you work in a window for some time, you cannot remember which was the last window or application you used. Then, when you attempt to alt-tab switch, the result in Unity will surprise you most of the time.

I have noticed that, when using Unity, my speed of switching windows deteriorates, because each time i press Alt-Tab (i.e. after the first click) I have to pause and see where I have landed. By comparison, switching between windows in Gnome Shell happens considerably faster, because there you just click on Alt-Tab, without giving any thought. In Unity, it goes like that: click, think and then click further. Or worse: click, wtf and then click further.

Please, allow the option you suggested. It will greatly improve the Unity experience for some people.