When Compiz first came out I had a widescreen laptop with a GNOME panel fixed to the right hand side. With some compiz whizzery I was able to show different pan

When Compiz first came out I had a widescreen laptop with a GNOME panel fixed to the right hand side. With some compiz whizzery I was able to show different panels for different cube sides, so I had my media side, internet side, programming sides and so on. Why modern operating systems don't do stuff like that I have no idea. It was great.