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[Robin Anderson <afisynte@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oops, sorry I didn't see this thread until after I hit "send". Please
consider my most recent email in the other thread to be part of this one.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 1:55 AM, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> > While I like the basic concept, there are going to be severe limits.
> > First off, what about vertical desktops? I have a 2x 2 setup, and its
> > worked wonders for me for keeping organized. I personally can't stand
> > the stick em all in the line organization.
>
> Can you please elaborate more on how vertical setups help your
> organization? I use a 2x2 setup too, but mainly for keyboard
> navigation purposes, something that would not be forbidden by
> the tab concept.
>
> > Secondly, do we want to implement adding workspaces on the fly?
>
> I do. :) One of the things that always bothered me about workspaces
> is how static they are and how they exist regardless if you are
> using them or not. It's a waste of resources and represents an idle
> empty thing which no purpose, which makes the user experience feel
> less tidy.
>
> > Third, I think the basic functionality here, while certainly not bad,
> > will be very neatly coded by Google Chrome OS and in Gnome-Shell, to
> > the point of why bother starting from scratch.
>
> Oh, I certainly support the idea of using as much as existing code
> as possible, but on the stage of brainstorming I avoid being
> constrained by that. :)
>
>
>
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