Show preview: Add delay

[XInTheDark]

Possibly add a delay to the "show preview of window" option. In Windows 10, there is a ~1s delay before showing the live preview, where the cursor has to stay focused on the window thumbnail. The same feature could be implemented.

[lwouis]

Hi @XInTheDark,

I like the idea, but I think it's yet another preference slider. There are already too many (see #351).

Do you see a way to handle this without having another slider in the preferences?

Thank you

[XInTheDark]

Hmm, the best method I've considered so far is only showing a slider/text box when the option is checked. Would that be neat enough to make it into the preferences pane?

[lwouis]

It's better for sure. My worry is that we can always add more sliders and niche preferences. It's way harder to cut them out, and decide what is worth having as a preference, and what is probably best hardcoded and be satisfying for 99.9% of users.

[daybreaker]

I like the idea of copying the VSCode settings.json method for advanced options.

Would it be too much of a cop out to just have some basic options that most people will need in Controls/Appearance, and then an expandable/collapsible "Advanced Settings" section at the bottom of each one?

[lwouis]

Hidding some "advanced" settings somewhere where only serious users would dig for it is a legitimate approach to serve both casual and serious users. An issue though, is that is doesn't reduce the complexity of supporting all the various settings and their combinatory explosion.

Take a look at the various scenarios that AltTab is engaged in. It's really easy to forget interactions between the numerous part of the operating system, and AltTab, and other apps, and Mission Control, and the Dock, and accessibility features, and login/logout, etc.

So yes, advanced settings have been considered, but I would like overall to reduce the amount of settings, because settings are complex to maintain at every level, including making sure they don't break over time with the new macOS releases, other code changes, new features of macOS, etc.

See the rich discussions in #351

[daybreaker]

Thanks for the reply! I'll check that issue out.

I just found this app and its fixed the biggest "minor annoyance" I've had on MacOS. So thanks for all the hard work you've put in on it!

[angusjoshi]

+1 on this issue. I just installed alt-tab today for the first time and thought this as well immediately. Makes the UX feel a lot less jarring when quickly switching between windows.

[L-Hugh]

+1 for that