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At first I thought it was just lag. It's a horrible default setting in my opinion, since when I hold alt+tab, I don't expect to have to wait. As default, it seems to make my experience less smooth.

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  • why don't you just change it? it's a defualt value anyway like the size of the icons, the size of the windows, the volume being muted whne freshly installed..etc, something like 1.000 it's pretty responsive May 19, 2011 at 9:43
  • Thanks for the tip! I thought it was just my setup! I've made a Q+A so people can adjust this setting at least: askubuntu.com/questions/43875/how-do-i-adjust-the-alt-tab-speed May 19, 2011 at 15:12
  • Yeah, I realized we can change the default setting, but it makes it slightly more annoying to use and can be misinterpreted as 'lag'. A better default setting would be like 0.1, or something. That small of a difference matters in terms of usability. May 21, 2011 at 9:23

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When quickly switching between two applications, you don't necessarily want to see a popup. That is what the 0.2s is for. You can decrease the actual window switch delay by changing the speed from 4 to ~1. This is probably the setting you are looking for - I don't see any reason for delaying the pop-up.

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