Alt+Tab "just as Vista does it" in Ubuntu?

[MrMojoRisin]

Hi there,

I'm a Ubuntu Karmic user and am quite satisfied. One thing is bugging me though. When I'm working I usually have about 8-10 applications open at the same time. If I want to switch between them, I can click alt-tab and select the app I want to open. On Windows Vista (or at least in 7) you can then point with your mouse to the app that you want to select. In Ubuntu this is not possible, and I'd need 8-10 alt-tabs in the worst scenario to actually get to the app I want.

Is there any smart way (or app) I can use to solve this?

Kind regards,

Mike.

[Grenage]

I believe Compiz does have several options, have you taken a look there?

[kellemes]

Indeed Compiz had a bunch of options there..
Have you installed the compiz-settings-manager?

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
From there you can use a couple of very nice switchers (http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Switcher).

[northern lights]

If you bind compiz' scale plug-in (what Expose does under OS X) to a screen corner, you can do without the keyboard (i.e. not even one Alt+Tab). Install compizconfig-settings-manager as suggested above.

[bit mad]

Use workspaces instead?

see https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/user-guide/C/overview-workspaces.html
Using the scroll wheel when the mouse pointer is over the doodad was a new one on me, I must admit :)