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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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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