-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On 06/07/10 05:07, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Luke Morton > <luke.mor...@internode.on.net>wrote: > >> On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 18:54 +0200, Maciej Piechotka wrote: >>> Working with workspace is harder. When I had gnome-panel I had about 8 >>> workspaces constantly opened and I had 1:1 relationship between tasks >>> and workspaces. Now I use one workspace. >>> >>> The problem is the change from 'array' approach to 'linked list' >>> approach. Also I cannot rearrange them or insert workspace in the >>> middle. >>> >>> I also cannot rearrange freely the workspaces. I had the set up where >>> all programming tasks was next to each other etc. >> >> I had a similar problem until I adapted my workflow. Now I only have as >> many workspaces open as I need at any given time. If I'm about to start >> a new task, I open another workspace. (Note, if you drag an application >> icon to the add workspace button in the Activities Overview that >> application will open on a new workspace.) >> > > I had to do something similar. Overall it's okay. I tend to open terminal > windows willy nilly since I do a lot of sysadmining stuff so I like to keep > state on whatever other work I'm doing in other windows. What makes it hard > is that I do that in whatever workspace I'm in and then try to move it to > another workspace. > > Now I do what you do for the most part. A little getting used to though. >
As I said - it's not that it is impossible - it is just harder. <RANDOM IDEA>Maybe a list of workspace on auto-hiding sidebar[1] which would allow drag&drop and renaming of workspaces? If there is an API for modifying workspaces it could be a plug-in.</RANDOM IDEA> Regards > >> It's true that workspaces can't be rearranged (that would be sweet), but >> shuffling applications from one workspace to another isn't that hard or >> time consuming if you really care about their order. >> >> > Huh, I never thought about shuffling workspaces around. Never found a use > for it. I tend to keep those fixed once they are set. Of course if there > are workspace on demand then you really don't need it. There needs to be a > little adjustment in the sensitivity of workspace switching in linear mode. > It makes moving windows to other workspaces a big pain. (bug filed) > > sri > When I had static workspaces in metacity I had: General Programming 1 Programming 2 Programming 3 Work 1 Work 2 Programming 4 Admin Now I had dynamic so I might have - - General - - Work 1 - - Programming 1 - - Admin Now if I want to add programming task I can do it only at the end - - General - - Work 1 - - Programming 1 - - Admin - - Programming 2 instead in proper place: - - General - - Work 1 - - Programming 1 - - Programming 2 - - Admin [1] With all the transparent effects & stuff to look wonderful on screenshots and presentations ;) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAwAGBQJMMsbJAAoJEJIdee2Vr4aPrC8P/Ruu7exhbZSv0Ej1pSGL8Mgc 81TOKPuqa0pTXqJEVqcJakUbaPp+TjHCefjfXW3/1hf2MvIkh7mp0rYcJmLewwz+ W+aLqE4F/lwHClAdR6l0G7bDrMrbGwjfrlaImqnNbtKDRwHai7MCKQioL25nfvAA 1qplxTiWmSquwPLiL5BKeGeWqxtMBXlGzextnkX1l3fcUY3tb+SJRK9wGJt1t0mY eKJ1ri71D7UexV8yurZX8/r3+ncDBoPSEg7vFVjNd1CowPUBvcw0QzkuV0tk3v+G zRnRwHfFL2SLxw7PQUuP+xdgUexp/B9KkEGvfDYjIhTN0zTty4vcvlyR/2nTnL8G lN72l70FhVt4xerW1nW3nMz5v/EFCJXsJIJvCFzU7RyALWFgYG/td3Fx2PqOrX7r CL241XdvcWM/EBPvDBs98FOPdKxPt/iJtgUWeBsxjdsr755X15BOwAz3am3wEk+t nlVnYdRZuSX9G9lvnE8uTmSQrFJG2UDx8x1vCn8Lbn3+mZsU8o0zcth0B+z9i7JK iTxRtnGS6m5TuWA79AeAcuH0ubC9tQdtOgYEK7s7IFR/PwFecXaHqNujPjNSYqy1 4oW/lA1CHzraO5h8+ua84bAV37Pkg8xZZyi5regyJjuDAtFaOZYTzxR3XpKPitfn ylZoWAkJewWkb22MLHI5 =/PMK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list