Originally posted by birdie
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Like Sonadow, I disagree with that (probably to a different extent). If you have multiple windows open, picking your window in the activities overview (more appropriately named "window picker" in Gnome 40) when its position has changed almost every time means you need to spot it first then and only then select it. Which is a less slow hassle with the mouse.
If pinned on a dock or task bar though, it's always on the same place and reachable with a consistent short mouse movement. Especially when you've configured the cursor to be a tad faster. Beats the overview anyway, at least in my workflow.
On a different note, when using the overview/picker you don't minimize the now-in-the-background window, and your foreground window has a lot of clutter in the background which might lead to confusion/illusion on window borders (with inactive windows) and that doesn't feel too convenient to me. I prefer to keep it clean. And a dock is fast to do just that.
Which is why, on both these aspects, I am of the opinion that it's faster with Dash-to-Dock than it'll ever be with the window picker. Maybe with Dash-to-panel too but I've never used it. Now of course if the window picker is more convenient for you and you feel like it's faster for you, it's your workflow and you need to feel confortable with it. Whatever floats your b/goat.
N.B.: The you is a general you, not addressed specifically to the person in the quote I reply to.
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