Subject: Re: [Witch Talk] Re: show chrome profile icon

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 07:53:40 -0800

On Nov 5, 2020, at 7:37 AM, David Rees <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Thanks for the update. I am using multiple Chrome instances to get separate icons now so its pretty important to me, but maybe its less important for others.

So far, you're the only one to ask for such a feature—doesn't mean it's not important to others, but that they haven't bothered to ask. But more importantly, as noted in the first response, even if there were a lot of demand, it's probably not something we'd do. Adding custom code to support specific apps—especially browsers—is a coding and support nightmare.

regards;
-rob.

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From: David Rees <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 07:37:06 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for the update. I am using multiple Chrome instances to get separate 
icons now so its pretty important to me, but maybe its less important for 
others.

On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 8:03:57 PM UTC-7 Many Tricks wrote:

> On Oct 30, 2020, at 6:55 PM, David Rees <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> > For comparison, contexts.co shows chrome profile in parens at the end 
> of the window text, but I think a different icon would really make it clear 
> when switching between windows. I sometimes use two Chrome app instances 
> (work and personal) to try and get that icon difference and it really helps 
> when switching quickly.
>
> In order to work with as many apps as possible, with the minimum amount of 
> custom code (which tends to break quite often as apps are updated) as 
> possible, Witch gets its list of icons from the system; whatever it 
> provides us is what we show (or a document preview, if you have WItch set 
> that way).
>
> I'll add this to our list of possible features, but it's not something 
> that would be happening in the near future—we're a small company with one 
> coder and one "everything but coding" person, so our plates are pretty full 
> with Big Sur, ARM Macs, and regular app updates. I hate to disappoint a 
> user, but I'd rather tell you the truth than promise something that may 
> never happen.
>
> regards;
> -rob.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:03:54 -0700

On Oct 30, 2020, at 6:55 PM, David Rees <[email-masked]> wrote:

> For comparison, contexts.co shows chrome profile in parens at the end of the window text, but I think a different icon would really make it clear when switching between windows. I sometimes use two Chrome app instances (work and personal) to try and get that icon difference and it really helps when switching quickly.

In order to work with as many apps as possible, with the minimum amount of custom code (which tends to break quite often as apps are updated) as possible, Witch gets its list of icons from the system; whatever it provides us is what we show (or a document preview, if you have WItch set that way).

I'll add this to our list of possible features, but it's not something that would be happening in the near future—we're a small company with one coder and one "everything but coding" person, so our plates are pretty full with Big Sur, ARM Macs, and regular app updates. I hate to disappoint a user, but I'd rather tell you the truth than promise something that may never happen.

regards;
-rob.

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From: Denise Dellia <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 02:01:09 +0000 (UTC)

Is this to hide or switch accounts 

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On Friday, October 30, 2020, 6:55 PM, David Rees <[email-masked]> wrote:

On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 5:43:14 PM UTC-7 David Rees wrote:

Would it be possible to show the Chrome profile icon for each window rather than the Chrome app icon? Thx!

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From: David Rees <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:55:06 -0700 (PDT)

For comparison, contexts.co shows chrome profile in parens at the end of 
the window text, but I think a different icon would really make it clear 
when switching between windows. I sometimes use two Chrome app instances 
(work and personal) to try and get that icon difference and it really helps 
when switching quickly.

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From: David Rees <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:43:14 -0700 (PDT)

Would it be possible to show the Chrome profile icon for each window rather 
than the Chrome app icon? Thx!