Re: [Usability]Re: Taskbar should show tasks on all workspaces by default

[Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>]

On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 04:03, Pat Costello wrote:
> Is the task display per workspace really a problem? Has anyone reported that 
> users find this to be a problem? Have any users reported difficulites with the 
> Workspace Switcher? If there has been no reports about this being a problem, how 
> do we know that we aren't dis-improving usability by either: 
> 
> - Not including the workspace switcher in the bottom edge panel by default.
> - Including all tasks in the tasklist in all workspaces by default. 
> 
> For what my opinion is worth, the first suggestion removes a useful piece of 
> functionality that users might otherwise not find for some time, and the second 
> suggestion defeats the purpose of the workspace switcher, which is to allow 
> users to corral work in clearly distinct areas. 

I agree with Pat here. If people are really having trouble "losing"
their windows due to workspace switching, the obvious solution to me is
not to bury the feature. It is one of the nice aspects of *nix desktops
not found (usually) on windows and MacOS. If there is evidence of a real
problem I suspect we can find other ways to cue the user as to what's
going on.

-Seth