Re: Desktop as Nautilus

["Nigel Tao" <nigel tao myrealbox com>]

> I also have such a monitor and one thing I've been missing is a way to
> mouse click on the window switcher. I also have a window switcher
> button on my mouse, the MX1000. I would be nice if this button
> activated the window switcher where the mouse was and would then let
> me click on the application icon instead of going all the way to the
> menu and clicking on an icon there.

It pops up in the middle of the screen, rather than where the mouse
is, but you might want to check out superswitcher.  Currently, it
binds to the Super key, but you could possibly bind your fancy mouse
button to that, too.
http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=1231

screenshot:
http://blogs.gnome.org/attachment/nigeltao/2006/01/02/1/superswitcher.png

It also does a lot more, such as find-as-you-type search for windows,
and keyboard shortcuts for add/remove workspaces.

Nigel.