Re: Testing & A Suggestion :)

["Michael T. Babcock" <mbabcock cytech on ca>]

Robert Schonberger wrote:

> > I wonder if people use viewports / desktops and organize window using
> > that. Maybe we should advertise that feature more. Another thing that
> > should be give more publicity is that you can change task bar size...
> > and in general, that you can configure your interface to suit your
> > needs (I hope this to keep on in the future as new options are added,
> > not new fixed things).
>
> Yes, I do. Problem is that the human memory isn't perfect, and as such
> - well - I have to search all viewports workspaces to find something,
> or middle click sawfish. But that is a little annoying as I have to
> decouple from the Keyboard, and go to a mouse. (I'm not an average
> user though, so mousing isn't a problem)

I do as well with Enlightenment 0.16.5 -- the shrunk-down desktop views in the selector
allows you to see which programs are running where, and the zoom-when-mouse-over option
is nice to see exactly which window it is too ... ;-)   The other nice E option is to
pull desktops aside (slide them) to see the desktops under them to move data / windows
back and forth easily.

> > Maybe you should use workspace in a logical manner, ie: this for
> > Netscape, that one for wordprocessing (or any other system your mind
> > like: colors, first letter of window title, order of launch...).
>
> I do: but it's difficult to remember. it's nice to have as pleasant a
> fallback as possible.

The one feature of the Blackbox WM I always liked was that it allowed me to name my
virtual workspaces ... its irrelevant to me now because E lets me specify which desktop
I want a given program to open in (if I care) -- so GIMP always opens on my 3rd desktop
and Netscape in my first.  Eterms and other programs for the most part open on the
desktop I'm using at the time.

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Michael T. Babcock (PGP: 0xBE6C1895)
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