https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341143
--- Comment #194 from mc <mfcoo...@gmail.com> --- I add to this painful debate with huge caution. I use 3 screens, 6 virtual desktops (obviously of 3 screens each) On three of the virtual desktops I have a dual screen virtual machine, and each of the 3 dual screen VMs has 4 virtual desktops. I keep track of where I am by wallpaper. I move between the virtual desktops with mouse scroll. I move stuff between the virtual desktops, also with mouse scroll. Mostly I am moving data between the desktops so data from one can be input to or compared with another. Sounds complex but the VMs simply contain the risks and the multiple virtual desktops metaphor allows me to move things around easily to visualize and see patterns. I agree with @Janet #21 and @Nathanael #22 on usability. I really tried activities multiple times, I wanted to love them. But, and it may be a reflection of my poor upbringing, just hate them. I may have a longer memory than most, (except @loop.rw #38 and @zeke123 #94 who raised the same point) or may just be older, but we had the same issue in going from the beautiful, magic kde3 to the initially non-functional kde4: devs also then attempted to force users to use activities and did not have different wallpapers / desktop So I did not upgrade from Kubuntu 8.04 until 12.04, when kde4 finally reached feature parity with kde3. I bought another machine last week, and installed kubuntu 14.04 on it, not 16.04, *only* because of this. So now I am on kubuntu 14.04, and obviously will be staying with it quite a while longer Hopefully not past 14.04's end of life, but I will if I have to. How I work is too important too me to mess with, and I can manage the security. Plus the beauty of kde4, like the beauty of kde3 before it, is really hard to part with. finally, @David Edmundson, you are a hero - not just for getting stuff done but for the feedback to users. Hope this has been a positive contribution. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
