Multiple Desktops?

[John Ferrell]

I currently open a particular folder to work on a given subject or
project. My question is "can a single user have multiple desktops"?

John Ferrell W8CCW

 

[ray]

I currently open a particular folder to work on a given subject or
project. My question is "can a single user have multiple desktops"?

John Ferrell W8CCW

I generally work with four desktops - but then I run Debian.

 

[Percival P. Cassidy]

I currently open a particular folder to work on a given subject or
project. My question is "can a single user have multiple desktops"?

John Ferrell W8CCW

http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net

I use three desktops.

Perce

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I currently open a particular folder to work on a given subject or
project. My question is "can a single user have multiple desktops"?

John Ferrell W8CCW

Look here,
http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/

Also consider Googling for virtual desktops or multiple desktops.

 

[Char Jackson]

I currently open a particular folder to work on a given subject or
project. My question is "can a single user have multiple desktops"?

Are you somehow implying that it's messy to have more than one folder
open at a time? In other words, you start off by saying you open a
folder to work on its contents, and then you abruptly segue into
asking about multiple desktops. What does one have to do with the
other?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Are you somehow implying that it's messy to have more than one folder
open at a time? In other words, you start off by saying you open a
folder to work on its contents, and then you abruptly segue into
asking about multiple desktops. What does one have to do with the
other?

He'd rather open another desktop than bring the folder to the front on a
crowded desktop.

Two desktops, each with its own subset of apps arranged to suit, can be
a pretty clean way to work. I like it, but not quite enough to install
such an app.

 

[James Silverton]

I generally work with four desktops - but then I run Debian.

But isn't this ng alt.windows7.general?

 

[Ken Springer]

I currently open a particular folder to work on a given subject or
project. My question is "can a single user have multiple desktops"?

John Ferrell W8CCW

LOL More complaining about your question than a real answer.

Yes, a single user can have multiple desktops. It's one of the default
features of OS X that I've fallen in love with.

MS has a freebie, desktops.exe, that is part of the System Internals
Suite. I've got it install in Win 7 Home 64 bit, XP Pro fully updated,
XP Pro fully updated virtual machine, and Vista Ultimate fully updated
virtual machine.

If you'd like a screenshot of what I have, the email address above is valid.

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 12.0
Thunderbird 12.0
LibreOffice 3.5.2.2

 

[ray]

But isn't this ng alt.windows7.general?

By golly, you're right!

 

[Char Jackson]

He'd rather open another desktop than bring the folder to the front on a
crowded desktop.

Two desktops, each with its own subset of apps arranged to suit, can be
a pretty clean way to work. I like it, but not quite enough to install
such an app.

I guess I don't get it, which is no one's problem but mine.
Thanks.

 

[John Ferrell]

LOL More complaining about your question than a real answer.

Yes, a single user can have multiple desktops. It's one of the default
features of OS X that I've fallen in love with.

MS has a freebie, desktops.exe, that is part of the System Internals
Suite. I've got it install in Win 7 Home 64 bit, XP Pro fully updated,
XP Pro fully updated virtual machine, and Vista Ultimate fully updated
virtual machine.

If you'd like a screenshot of what I have, the email address above is valid.

Thanks to all.
Ken has shown me the solution I was after.
John Ferrell W8CCW

 

[Stefan Patric]

I guess I don't get it, which is no one's problem but mine. Thanks.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you've never used them, that's understandable.

I've been using multiple workspaces since my Amiga days, circa '87, which
continued after I abandoned it, and switched to PCs and Linux some 12
years ago. I've always found Windows' single desktop confining,
inefficient, and counterproductive, if you need to do more than one thing
at a time.

Stef

 

[Char Jackson]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you've never used them, that's understandable.

It's not that I haven't seen or tried multiple desktops, it's just
that I have, and found no value (to me) in doing so. When I'm working
on multiple things I have no problem bringing the respective window to
the front and it doesn't matter to me that there are about 30 windows
open or minimized behind the active window. What am I missing?

I've been using multiple workspaces since my Amiga days, circa '87, which
continued after I abandoned it, and switched to PCs and Linux some 12
years ago. I've always found Windows' single desktop confining,
inefficient, and counterproductive, if you need to do more than one thing
at a time.

I was an Amiga person, too, starting with an A500 in '87 and finally
ending when I sold the A4000 in '96. The Amiga had a slightly
different way of doing things, but it didn't result in making me feel
confined or inefficient when I switched to Windows.

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:12:47 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
[snip]

Two desktops, each with its own subset of apps arranged to suit, can be
a pretty clean way to work. I like it, but not quite enough to install
such an app.

I guess I don't get it, which is no one's problem but mine.
Thanks.

It is just a manner of organising work.

For example, I have some apps that are open all the time. I am
careful to minimise them when I am not using them. If I minimise an
app, I save first if it is that sort of app. This works for me. Other
people may have other preferences.

With Firefox, I have several tab groups. This is similar to
multiple desktops.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Ken Springer]

For example, I have some apps that are open all the time. I am
careful to minimise them when I am not using them. If I minimise an
app, I save first if it is that sort of app. This works for me. Other
people may have other preferences.

If I understand you correctly, to switch between apps takes you two
clicks on the mouse, or two keyboard shortcuts, one to minimize app A,
another to open app B.

With alternate desktops, you can do the switching with one keyboard
shortcut.

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 12.0
Thunderbird 12.0.1
LibreOffice 3.5.2.2

 

[Hot-Text]

By golly, you're right!

You need to try a windows 7 virtual machine,
and work with four desktops..

But we see you like that show moving Debian...

 

[Ken Blake]

For example, I have some apps that are open all the time. I am
careful to minimise them when I am not using them.

Why do you minimize them?

 

[Sam Hill]

Why do you minimize them?

Because my email client is quietly looking for new mail every 30 minutes
(or other varied amounts of time depending on the various addresses I
use), and there's no point in having it taking up screen space while I'm
not reading or composing mail. That's just one instance of "open but
minimized".

 

[Char Jackson]

Because my email client is quietly looking for new mail every 30 minutes
(or other varied amounts of time depending on the various addresses I
use), and there's no point in having it taking up screen space while I'm
not reading or composing mail. That's just one instance of "open but
minimized".

I very rarely minimize anything. Instead, I simply bring what I want
to work on to the front, maximized.

 

[Ken Blake]

Because my email client is quietly looking for new mail every 30 minutes
(or other varied amounts of time depending on the various addresses I
use), and there's no point in having it taking up screen space while I'm
not reading or composing mail. That's just one instance of "open but
minimized".

An app you are not using can simply sit on the screen behind whatever
app(s) you are using. Minimized or not, an app takes up no screen real
estate unless you want it to.

I normally have ten apps open all the time. Six of them are never
minimized. Four of them quietly sit behind two other apps (one on each
of my two monitors), with just a small corner showing, on which I can
easily click to bring them to the foreground whenever I want to.