Quoting message written on Monday 2014-05-26 23:29:13 by Yury: > I don't remember well what was that thingy > called in openwin/ol[v]wm/Xview. > It had the (default) 3x3 matrix of virtual > desktops and the windows' movement was reflected > there live. > It looked like a pinnacle of usability w/r to > the virtual desktops concept. Why an equivalent > seemed never to exist in the open-source?
Probably nobody who knew how to write it never felt the need for it or never got the time to write it. > That 64x64 field (or even 48x48 or 32x32, eh?) > might be not so useful, and would take an > expensive screen estate. That's what I dislike > in many WM-styled apps. Yes, 64x64 with the support for four workspaces and for the next four there are arrow buttons. I am not sure if this mailing list rules permit the attachments but I'll attach two small images anyway. :-) > I'd imagine "an ideal xview-like pager" popping > up only if window crosses the desktop border > and/or when some screen edge is hit with mouse > pointer. I see. -- Josip Deanovic
