<div class="gmail_quote">On 2 May 2012 14:01, Paul Tansom <<a href="mailto:paul@aptanet.com" target="_blank">paul@aptanet.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> ** J Fernyhough <<a href="mailto:j.fernyhough@gmail.com">j.fernyhough@gmail.com</a>> [2012-05-01 14:36]: <div class="im">> On 1 May 2012 14:33, Grant Phillips-Sewell <<a href="mailto:dcglug@cornwall-it.co.uk">dcglug@cornwall-it.co.uk</a>> wrote: > > Why should an application that isn't provided by Ubuntu, or even in the > > repositories, be required to create a .desktop file? > > It's not that it should - it's that you should be able to switch to > that task using the Unity launcher. > > On 1 May 2012 14:12, Alan Lord (News) <<a href="mailto:alanslists@gmail.com">alanslists@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > Anyone got any workarounds/suggestions for this scenario? > > Does Alt-Tab work to select the minimised window? Does the window show > up in Expo (Super-W)? </div>** end quote [J Fernyhough] If it's not a silly question, what is Super-W supposed to do? It does nothing on my machine, although this may be because by running dual screens I seem to be forced into Unity 2D - some suggest you should be able to run 3D on 2 screens, but I've had no luck so far :( </blockquote></div> It shows a small view of all open apps, clicking any of what is shown will open the app clicked. I do not know if that works in 2D, but it does in 3D. Andy.