Eh? that's only true if you're running kde <= 4.4. Upgrade to 4.5 or 4.6 and KWin hides windows that aren't on the current activity.
On Fri 25 February 2011 11:39:51 Kun Zhang wrote: > I have been trying to use activities in my daily work and found some > problems. I have set up two activities: > - the "work" activity is a folder view without any other widgets, which I > use for coding. > - the "browse" activity is a desktop containing a lot of social and news > widgets, which I use for leisure browsing. > > I also have some windows (such as IDEs, editors, konsoles) for "work", and > some other windows (such as browsers) for "browse". Because windows are not > managed by activities, I have to put them in two virtual desktops. So every > time I switch activities, I also have to switch virtual desktops, which is > inconvenient to me. > > I understand currently activities and virtual desktops are totally > disassociated. Virtual desktop manages windows, while activity manages > widgets -- they are two universes and have no business with each other, but > this setting doesn't solve my case. IMHO, widgets and windows are not > orthogonal, neither are activities and virtual desktops. > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Aaron J. Seigo <ase...@kde.org> wrote: > > On Thursday, February 24, 2011, Hans Chen wrote: > > > What I want to know is the following: Are there any plans or > > > outlines > > > regarding how to proceed with virtual desktop (and activities)? Are > > > they > > > > they are orthogonal concepts and i don't think we should at this time > > get > > too > > worked up about them. > > > > for those who don't use virtual desktops now -> not an issue > > for those who don't use activities -> not an issue > > for those who use both happily -> not an issue > > > > people who know virtual desktops but who are learning and using > > activities are > > the only ones really affected, and i think it's likely to be a "growing > > pains" > > issue as they adjust. it may just as well work itself out naturally. > > > > we don't know what their resulting work flows will be yet. that would be > > a matter for a field study or we can just wait and see. if/when we do > > know what > > the resulting work flow typically is for a virtual desktop and > > activities > > user, we can then take this topic up if we wish to. > > > > but imho right now it's "not an issue" :) > > > > -- > > Aaron J. Seigo > > humru othro a kohnu se > > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > > > KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Development Frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Plasma-devel mailing list > > Plasma-devel@kde.org > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel -- Ryan Rix == http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com | http://rix.si/ == == http://rix.si/page/contact/ if you need a word ==
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