The Regular Virtual Desktop Effect (was Re: The Cube Efffect)

[Brendan G]

> It's much easier to keep programs of various sorts grouped in to
> viewable segments than having to manually minimize and maximize
> windows as you work, or just leaving a ton of windows open and cycling
> though them.  In one VD you can have your music player open with the
> library available to navigate and in another VD you can have a full
> screen web browser open and in yet another you can have your word
> processor open where you are writing a report for college (or where
> ever) and that's three VDs in use and organized with no window
> swapping.  each screen can stay just how you like it and no matter how
> much work and other programs you run on another VD your music player
> and browser are right where you left them, and uncluttered.  With a
> simple keycombo I can switch between VDs faster than cycling though a
> bunch of windows to find the one I want because I know what the last
> active window in each VD should be.  Once you pick up on separating
> your workflows by VDs you will increase productivity because you
> aren't interfering with one project with the windows of another.
>
> Jon.
>

That makes a lot of sense, actually.  I guess I don't really think
about my desktop in terms of workflows.  I usually have windows that
are relevant to the task at hand, and a few others (music player, for
example).  Maybe if I did more multitasking, the virtual desktop idea
would make more sense to me.  This discussion has made me want to give
it another go....