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See How Virtual Desktops Let You Get More Done in Less Time

1 points by nickjj 10y ago

herbst 10y ago
IMO it's like Conky or Compiz. When you get it you are amazed, then optimize it to purposely create a better work flow and soon after that it wears off and you get back to your "classic" approach. As Linux user i never had no workspaces, and honestly i used it more when windows managers still looked like windows 98 (Gnome 2, KDE, XFCE, ...). But since Window Managers evolved into something much more usable (New KDE, Gnome 3, Unity...) i barely find a use case where it makes sense. It may is worth it on a mac tho, i "lose" windows here way to often.
- nickjj 10y ago
  I've been using them for about 6 months now and I don't see them as a novelty that wears off. I still use them constantly because it's way better than not. They save a non-trivial amount of time every day. If anything, I use them because most window managers are pretty bad. Virtual desktops are a great way to give you a glance-able view at many tiled window set ups without having to use a tiled window manager. It's very similar to a t-mux set up where you might have a few work spaces, except you're not limited to terminals or using buggy tiled window managers.
  - herbst 10y ago
    Ok now we are going a bit far ;) i use tiled wm-plugins/terminals/editors to have more in my view, what workspaces certainly do not provide. I used my Compiz cube for over a year (I dont know if you know compiz, but back in the glorious days of linux there was a 3d cube where each side was a workspace/virtual desktop). And i remember making fun of my windows friends for not having workspaces. Maybe its really just Gnome 3 that made it somehow redundant for me so i don't use it anymore. The way it groups windows passively and the different ways to access those is just (IMO) much more comfortable, and you never happen to create situations where you want to use both workspaces at once, because you only have one.
    - nickjj 10y ago
      Workspaces give you a way to have multiple screens of "things". So instead of tiling 9 windows on a single screen and being crazy distracted, I can tile 3 things on a single screen and switch between workspaces when I'm ready to context switch. I remember compiz cube from way back and seeing the youtube videos haha. The animation is gimmicky but the idea of workspace separation isn't. What does Gnome 3 offer that make workspaces redundant? I use xfce with xubuntu.
      - herbst 10y ago
        Its hard to explain properly (doesn't help that english is not my first language). Its small little gimmics that make the whole experience. The way windows present themself next to each other when your press the Super key and the way how this sorting is somehow consistent. They way how the sort order can change based on the focused window. The way ALT+TAB offers grouping if wanted. Its really worth the try. I never felt as focused before and my mac at work feels like a bad joke UX wise.
        nickjj 10y ago
        Thanks. I'm a huge fan of xfce but I'll spin up a Gnome 3 based VM later to test it out first hand. I'm not convinced it'll replace virtual desktops, but hopefully I'm proven wrong!

1 points by nickjj 10y ago

IMO it's like Conky or Compiz. When you get it you are amazed, then optimize it to purposely create a better work flow and soon after that it wears off and you get back to your "classic" approach. As Linux user i never had no workspaces, and honestly i used it more when windows managers still looked like windows 98 (Gnome 2, KDE, XFCE, ...). But since Window Managers evolved into something much more usable (New KDE, Gnome 3, Unity...) i barely find a use case where it makes sense. It may is worth it on a mac tho, i "lose" windows here way to often.

nickjj 10y ago
I've been using them for about 6 months now and I don't see them as a novelty that wears off. I still use them constantly because it's way better than not. They save a non-trivial amount of time every day. If anything, I use them because most window managers are pretty bad. Virtual desktops are a great way to give you a glance-able view at many tiled window set ups without having to use a tiled window manager. It's very similar to a t-mux set up where you might have a few work spaces, except you're not limited to terminals or using buggy tiled window managers.
- herbst 10y ago
  Ok now we are going a bit far ;) i use tiled wm-plugins/terminals/editors to have more in my view, what workspaces certainly do not provide. I used my Compiz cube for over a year (I dont know if you know compiz, but back in the glorious days of linux there was a 3d cube where each side was a workspace/virtual desktop). And i remember making fun of my windows friends for not having workspaces. Maybe its really just Gnome 3 that made it somehow redundant for me so i don't use it anymore. The way it groups windows passively and the different ways to access those is just (IMO) much more comfortable, and you never happen to create situations where you want to use both workspaces at once, because you only have one.
  - nickjj 10y ago
    Workspaces give you a way to have multiple screens of "things". So instead of tiling 9 windows on a single screen and being crazy distracted, I can tile 3 things on a single screen and switch between workspaces when I'm ready to context switch. I remember compiz cube from way back and seeing the youtube videos haha. The animation is gimmicky but the idea of workspace separation isn't. What does Gnome 3 offer that make workspaces redundant? I use xfce with xubuntu.
    - herbst 10y ago
      Its hard to explain properly (doesn't help that english is not my first language). Its small little gimmics that make the whole experience. The way windows present themself next to each other when your press the Super key and the way how this sorting is somehow consistent. They way how the sort order can change based on the focused window. The way ALT+TAB offers grouping if wanted. Its really worth the try. I never felt as focused before and my mac at work feels like a bad joke UX wise.
      - nickjj 10y ago
        Thanks. I'm a huge fan of xfce but I'll spin up a Gnome 3 based VM later to test it out first hand. I'm not convinced it'll replace virtual desktops, but hopefully I'm proven wrong!