On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Brandon Watkins <bwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The current alt tab function in ubuntu is quote broken. Minimized windows > show as blurry, ugly icons and have no thumbnail. I know this is a known > issue, but something needs to be done about this if ubuntu wants a polished > user friendly experience. Such a basic function cannot be broken like this. >
Right. The reason for this is because applications don't provide high resolution thumbnails in their _NET_WM_ICON property. So we have to use the low-res one. I believe that KDE 4 applications provide hi-res icons, and GNOME 3 actually matches the .desktop file to the application. This is something that compiz might do in the future (at least through an external plugin). > I have recently used both gnome 3 and kde4 and they both do not have this > issue, and have an acceptable alt tabbing experience. > > Looking at gnome-shell's alt tab is an example of this done right. It > helpfully groups programs, has high resolution icons, and thumbnails that > work properly. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayat...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Sam Spilsbury _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana-dev Post to : ayatana-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp