Tushman Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 (edited) I've been using this little nifty application for the past few months and I really like it. Has tons of features and lets you customize each desktop (upto 20) with many settings.Dexpot v1.4Of course Linux users are probably laughing at me now... "yeah we've had that feature for years. haha" Edited July 25, 2009 by Tushman Quote
Ed_P Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 Isn't this similar to simply having multiple users? What's the advantage? Quote
Tushman Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) Isn't this similar to simply having multiple users? What's the advantage?No it's really not the same. Logging onto a machine with multiple users creates different SIDs, not to mention the fact that those users may or may not have the same privileges. Although I suppose from an appearance perspective it "look" similar, there's more to it than having different wallpapers. It's about having different desktop work environments.I'll have to say that it's not for everybody and the vast majority of home users have no need for it. It all depends on what you use your computer for. Edited July 26, 2009 by Tushman Quote
Ed_P Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 Yes, I meant from an appearance stand point, not a functional one.Thanks for the clarification. Quote
Urmas Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 It's about having different desktop work environments.Yes indeed. is a YouTube video about multiple workspaces [penguinese for virtual desktops ]. The quality is far from perfect, but the essential stuff (about the ability to make a mess on another desktop :"> ) is there. If you're doing a Gazillion things simultaneously (browser, email, image editor, music player etc. up and running), the taskbar of a single desktop gets cluttered. The Abominable Tab Mess Syndrome :"> . So... setting up one desktop for the net, another for email a third one for image editing etc. makes things MUCH more manageable.Also: imagine you're running an application (an image/video viewer, a virtual machine, a game etc.) FULLSCREEN. Without multiple workspaces/virtual desktops, you'll need to get out of full screen mode in order to get back to your desktop/other applications. But if you run your "fullscreen app" in its own, "dedicated" worskspace/virtual desktop, all you need to do is to use the keyboard shortcut (in Linux it's <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Arrows>) for getting of the "fullscreen workspace"... and back into it again. :"> Quote
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