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[Anzan Hoshin Roshi <anzanhoshinroshi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 22 April 2010 03:49, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> 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, I'm puzzled. What isn't already great about workspaces?

I tend to use six to eight depending upon my uses on a particular machine
with one assigned to internet, one running Terminator with htop and iotop,
one for Nautilus, one for Gedit, one for music (GNOME-mplayer currently),
one for OpenOffice, and sometimes a few more for the Gimp and a scratchpad
space for quick work using something else. I use ALT+1 etc to jump between
them.

What are the problems you see with workspaces? What kind of improvements do
you think are needed?

Anzan