Virtual desktops

[strobe]

This has nothing to do with multiple monitors versus virtual screens. Virtual screens is a bad idea in and of itself.

[AdmiralAK]

Some may like em,
other like strobe may not,
and others like me dont really care for them.

Whether one likes or dislikes em from a UI interface point of view or a theoretical point of view is their business. It's just like the apple menu, or the three button mouse, or even the dock.

Everyone thinks, acts, and likes different things, it's normal.
If one of ou in here has a Ph. D. in Computer science and knows what he is talking about in a theoretical manner, and is for or against virtual desktops, let him come forth and explain his arguments, if it's just a preference issue, just deal with it people, One of yous likes chocolate, the other vanilla, and the other strawberry, it's all in the ice cream box, everyone's happy. Period.


Admiral

[jove]

Strobe,

"Virtual screens is a bad idea in and of itself."

Wow, that is truly a convincing argument. Many individuals have sighted real life examples how they find Virtual Desktops useful. Why, beyond the theoretical, are Virtual Desktops and thier kin a bad idea? Alternatives?

Jove

[rharder]

Jove, don't ask a question. You'll just encourage more ridiculous responses.

There's no need for anyone to justify their preferences to Strobe. If he doesn't like how we use our computers, that's too bad for him. I just hope he doesn't give himself a heart attack freaking out about other people's business.

-Rob

[AdmiralAK]

Haaa haaa haaaa.....

I guess this would be a bad time to tell you guys that I put some whipped cream and a cherry on top of my monitor everytime I use OS X.

LOL :P


Admiral

[iamnoel]

lol

F cked up. ;)

[kilowatt]

I've got my G3 with a rage orion card as well as the onboard video, and it works great with two monitors.

Now, occasionally, If I go down to 800x600, I do get the wierd video-mirroring-on-half-the-screen effect. But if I just bump it back up, maybe move the other screen a bit things get back to normal (1600x1200 and 1152x768, I think).

I gota agree about the virtural desktop stuff. I mean, there is no doubt that it is usefull. But, it is a personal thing. My old dad likes his PowerBook g3 at 640x480, so he can read it. True, you can hardly see from the tool bar in netscape to the lower status line, but atlease he can read it ;-).

Wana see something funny in windows? Make a vb program (or C, whatever you perfer) that will load 300 copies of calc.exe. Talk about cluttering windows! The task bar is now utterly useless. So, I guess it all just depends on what you are doing.

[jmo]

Spaces is great, but it is not as well integrated as the multiple desktops of CDE. CDE allows you to have different windows from one application in different desktops. Spaces requires that all the windows of one application be in the same desktop. That is limiting.

But still I love Spaces.... Otherwise I'd have to buy a much larger monitor much sooner. The idea that OS X has no need for multiple desktops.... well, that's one perspective.

---John