I hated that concept too when I first switched to Xmonad, but after a few months I've come to appreciate that behavior. It allows me to keep one screen static w

I hated that concept too when I first switched to Xmonad, but after a few months I've come to appreciate that behavior. It allows me to keep one screen static while working on another. This allows me to dedicate a workspace to communication (email, IM, etc), server, development, documentation, etc and move among them easily.