Re: [Usability] Switching applications accross desktop

[Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh pop jaring my>]

At 10:59 PM 2/2/2010, Kirk Bridger wrote:

> Alternately you can enable a Compiz plugin 
> called Shift Switcher - you can set it up as an 
> alternate to alt-tab and it can include all 
> workspace windows.  For example I have 
> Super-tab setup as all workspaces, and alt-tab 
> as only the single workspace I'm working on.
>
> If you need to enable you should search Synaptic 
> for the Advanced Compiz Configuration Utility, 
> install it, and then use it to enable to plugin.

Is there a plugin which allows you to use 
alt+<number> or super+<number> to raise windows?

e.g. alt+1 = raise window #1, alt+2 = raise window #2.

and alt+shift+3 = current window becomes window 
#3, so from now on if you press alt+3 window #3 gets raised.

and alt+0 = remap the keys, so that current most 
most recently used window = alt+1 and 9th most 
recently used becomes 9th most recently used.

I suggested this to Gnome some months ago and KDE 
in 2006, I also suggested it to Microsoft as 
well, but seems they didn't think it was worth it.

So in the end I rolled my own[1] for Windows 
2K/XP/7 (nowadays I'm mainly using Windows), but 
I'm wondering if there's already something like 
that for Gnome (since you mentioned this Shift Switcher stuff).

I prefer something like this to using virtual 
desktops. Multiple monitors would be nice but 
it's hard to carry an extra monitor for my laptop 
when I travel from place to place :).

I don't need fancy animations - they are nice to 
look at and attract new users, but after a while 
many end up like cutscenes in games that 
experienced gamers want to skip to get to the "real game".

Regards,
Link.

[1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/linkkey/