On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <
mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22/04/10 04:27, Robin Anderson wrote:
>> One important point I hope the design team is aware of and that gets
>> into discussions on this topic is that minimizing to the "notification
>> area" / "(not) system tray" is currently a very nice place to put
>> applications so they're accessible from all workspaces / virtual
>> desktops even if they aren't necessarily long-running. Ubuntu, for at
>> least the past several releases, has only had two workspaces on by
>> default so I take it there isn't much of a focus to get average users
>> (read: users that don't change default settings) to use them, but they
>> are quite useful and I'd go so far as to compare them to how a person
>> feels after using a dual monitor setup for a little while compared to
>> always using a single monitor.
>
> It's a good point. The workspaces experience has languished, and I'd
> like for us to climb in and improve it substantially. At the moment, we
> do a half-hearted job - we ship what's there but as you say, only
> configure two workspaces. I'd be inclined to say "ship without
> workspaces" so that we are at least definitive about the position for
> the moment.
>
> I'd welcome a discussion about how we could make workspaces *great*. If
> we can do that, then we would make more of them. And your contribution
> above is a useful start: great workspaces give you easy access to some
> apps regardless of the workspace you happen to be in.
>
> Mark
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