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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Managing multiple desktops
From:       julian oliver <julian () selectparks ! net>
Date:       2005-05-15 12:06:25
Message-ID: 20050515120625.GB6799 () localhost
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..on Sun, May 15, 2005 at 12:51:48PM +0200, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> Dnia niedziela 15 maj 2005 03:35, Aaron J. Seigo napisa?:
> > On Saturday 14 May 2005 06:45, David Laban wrote:
> > > I try to keep one desktop for each of: net, chat, relaxation, mail,
> > > real work, and admin(generally has a root terminal on or something)
> > > however:
> >
> > in KDE4 i'd like to experiment with making it easier to make the
> > desktops "task/project oriented" so that you can make an "email" desktop
> > and all email things will happen there, for instance. i'm still working
> > on details of how this would work, but i have a suspicion that if done
> > right it would help make virtual desktops more accessible to the general
> > public.
> 
> Check FVWM. Apart from not-user-friendlyness it has the best window 
> managment possibilities.

superceded perhaps only by http://wmi.modprobe.de or ion3. for a power
user happy to learn some arcane shortcuts, these 'tab-based window
managers' really are quite an innovation, especially in that they
prioritise exploiting all available real estate. 
every window being a client that can be detached/attached to a 'frame' that
can itself be migrated to other 'workspaces' (desktops) makes for a very 
flexible production focussed environment (albeit better suited to heavy
console users). 

the wmii project is currently looking into the possibility of saving a 
variety of framed clients in a given configuration as session information. 
with a macro these stored configurations can be rolled out across
worksapces next login.

here's are examples of my toying with wmi-10 http://selectparks.net/julian/wmi

Julian Oliver

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