Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk wrote:
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 07:37:50PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
[...] Often I forget which virtual desktop I left one of the many apps I tend to have open and so end up switching through all of them. [...]
Surely any half decent virtual desktop system provides you with some sort of clue what's running on which desktop in the desktop selection pane doesn't it? [...]
<p class="controversial"> Is any virtual desktop system half-decent? Personally, I find that computer desktops are similar to real desktops: you have to be very careful to keep them uncluttered, else you can't find what you want when you want it. Desktop controls with easier ways to tidy up beat virtual desktop systems every time.</p>
GNUstep applications have an invaluable "hide" menu command which packs all the application's windows away until you double-click the icon to unpack them again. What other good "clean-up" controls are out there?
Regards,