On 09/08/2012, at 3:00 AM, macports-users-requ...@lists.macosforge.org wrote:
>> I'm using snow-leopard and everything works perfectly: gnome-terminal, >> wireshark, gimp, wget, latex ... >> After watching the woes unfold here why would I upgrade, what does lion >> offer that I don't have? (facebook connectivity etc is rather like a lead >> balloon) > > One thing I find extremely useful in Lion is multiple desktops. This was > available > formerly as "areas", but rather half-baked compared to my previous > multi-desktop > setup on KDE and Linux. > > On Lion, multi-desktop is much better. I can keep programming, course > preparation, > personal finance, email and browsing on separate desktops and quickly swipe > the > trackpad with three fingers to do a switch whenever something comes up (e.g. > a phone > call where I need to look up some piece of information). Or I can set > selected apps in > the dock to switch desktops automatically when clicked. Ian thanks for the opinions. Just for the record snow-leopard does multiple desktops IMHO slightly easier than KDE, gnome or lxde and slightly harder than fvwm. In any event they are on par with the best. James _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
