On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 02:33:39AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-09-20 19:01:32 +0100 Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.plus.com wrote:
A task orientated desktop where each (of several clearly defined) task groups is assigned to a virtual desktop.
In the past, I tried this. I also tried having a panel which flipped between maximised application windows in a style similar to a TV channel changer, for a while. Neither really works any better than having one desktop and keeping it tidy. Again, the metaphor is too close to the real world, it seems.
I most definitely do this (have several desktops) at work and have done for many years, it works very well for me. I have four desktops (the default on Solaris' CDE), called 'Mail/News', 'Dev A', 'Dev B' and 'Console'. Mostly fairly obvious what they do I think, but I also run Mozilla on the console desktop. I have my terminal windows (where most development is done) set to 80 columns wide and can thus have two side by side without overlapping. On my development desktops I have two 80x25 terminal windows for running builds, checking logs, etc. and a big 80x60 one for editing. Many of the windows I bring up by default when the system starts up in the morning.
I use a similar desktop layout at home but not so complex as I don't do much development work there.