Comment 12 for bug 959339

I'd really like to see this make it in time for 12.04. I'm unfamiliar with the politics and processes that surround getting code checked out, tested and included in a final release - my only interest is being able to put the 12.04 CD into my dad's/girlfriend's/friend's PCs, install and fully update it and then see correct and easy to use window management when using Ubuntu.

Consider that Unity is designed to improve window management compared to a traditional window-specific task bar or list. In my opinion it achieves this in every way - except when bringing a specific window to the fore without raising any others.

In Gnome 2 it takes one click.
In the 12.04 design spec, it takes one click.
In the current 12.04 prospective release, it takes one click + however many windows that belong to that application.
If you have 4 Firefox windows, it'll take 4 clicks (one to raise all windows, then 3 more to minimise each other window in turn.

I hate to break out a cliché, but this is one aspect of Unity that, for me, makes it nigh on unusable - or at least very aggravating. Everything else is genuinely stellar.

I've tried kicking up a fuss about this for a while and from the discussions I've had with developers and the design team, it seems that this is something that has slipped under the radar and been forgotten about, rather than deliberately decided as unnecessary or unimportant for release.

I hope it makes it in for 12.04!