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I know this is going to sound like gratuitous snark but it's crazy that "multiple virtual desktops" are considered a plus in 2015. It's quite telling about the

I know this is going to sound like gratuitous snark but it's crazy that "multiple virtual desktops" are considered a plus in 2015. It's quite telling about the fact that Windows is not a developer platform anymore.

scholia 11y ago
Virtual desktops have been a free download since the last century. Very few people use them, so there was never much point in shipping them with the OS. Not sure there is now.... https://www.brandwatch.com/2015/08/react-why-thousands-of-people-love-and-hate-windows-10/ https://www.brandwatch.com/2015/08/react-why-thousands-of-pe... And the idea that Windows is not a developer platform is extremely ill-informed....
- lenkite 11y ago
  The sysinternals virtual desktops free software is highly buggy (crashes on creating new desktop many times when connected to external monitor needing a reboot), hogs memory, never worked well with the Windows 8.1 start menu, never worked well with Windows Store Apps and Alt-Tab. I am glad that virtual desktops are now natively supported.
  - scholia 11y ago
    Mmm, Desktops v2 seemed to work OK, though I never tried it in Windows 8. And there were always third-party alternatives. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881 I am glad that virtual desktops are now natively supported. No argument there ;-)
sremani 11y ago
Of course it is Snark. The advantages of Multiple virtual desktops diminish in a multi-monitor environment, which most of the developers use any way.
- VeejayRampay 11y ago
  I would disagree with that. Virtual desktops also offer something priceless: the ability to group applications semantically and reducing the friction in finding said applications (i.e. if I need my browser, I know it's always on desktop 2, I don't have to cycle or anything). I agree that having a multi-monitor is a great step in that direction, but it's not quite the same in my opinion. Note that Microsoft has offered multiple virtual desktops in the past (in the form of what I think was called Power Toys), but never integrated that in their OS.

scholia 11y ago

Virtual desktops have been a free download since the last century. Very few people use them, so there was never much point in shipping them with the OS. Not sure there is now.... https://www.brandwatch.com/2015/08/react-why-thousands-of-people-love-and-hate-windows-10/ https://www.brandwatch.com/2015/08/react-why-thousands-of-pe... And the idea that Windows is not a developer platform is extremely ill-informed....

lenkite 11y ago
The sysinternals virtual desktops free software is highly buggy (crashes on creating new desktop many times when connected to external monitor needing a reboot), hogs memory, never worked well with the Windows 8.1 start menu, never worked well with Windows Store Apps and Alt-Tab. I am glad that virtual desktops are now natively supported.
- scholia 11y ago
  Mmm, Desktops v2 seemed to work OK, though I never tried it in Windows 8. And there were always third-party alternatives. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881 I am glad that virtual desktops are now natively supported. No argument there ;-)

sremani 11y ago

Of course it is Snark. The advantages of Multiple virtual desktops diminish in a multi-monitor environment, which most of the developers use any way.

VeejayRampay 11y ago
I would disagree with that. Virtual desktops also offer something priceless: the ability to group applications semantically and reducing the friction in finding said applications (i.e. if I need my browser, I know it's always on desktop 2, I don't have to cycle or anything). I agree that having a multi-monitor is a great step in that direction, but it's not quite the same in my opinion. Note that Microsoft has offered multiple virtual desktops in the past (in the form of what I think was called Power Toys), but never integrated that in their OS.