What's new in Ubuntu 19.04

Re:What's new in Ubuntu 19.04 by epage on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:23PM (#19692881)

As a user, I don't think in terms of applications, I can think in terms of workflow which spans applications. I might be switching between certain browser windows, a terminal etc and I shouldn't be having to think "wait, this is an app switch vs a window switch".

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Re:What's new in Ubuntu 19.04 by ChristianBundy on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:37PM (#19692996)

I don't think it's too different than switching between browser tabs.

    - Ctrl + Tab: within window
    - Alt + Tab: between windows
    - Alt + ~: between applications

I think the main problem is that these shortcuts are difficult to learn. For example, I didn't know about Alt + ~ until this thread (!), and I'm confused at how users are meant to learn shortcuts like that.

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Re:What's new in Ubuntu 19.04 by anowlcalledjosh on Thursday April 18, 2019 @03:03PM (#19693829)

One difference between ctrl-tab and alt-~ (or alt-`, depending on your keyboard layout) is that tabs within a window are very close to each other, and obviously distinct from windows in their own right, whereas it's frequently not immediately obvious whether two windows belong to the same application.

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Re:What's new in Ubuntu 19.04 by brimstedt on Thursday April 18, 2019 @04:44PM (#19694618)

and this is the reason I don't use tabs in browsers. To me, there is no "app x is a web page, I need to alt tab to browser then ctrl tab to the right tab". I don't use tabs in browsers, so it's always just aLt tab to get where I want

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