[ubuntu-za] Workspaces and Devilspie

[Bill Cairns]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am interested to know it anyone has found a better way of using
>> Workspaces in Unity. Or are they just last year's technology?
>>
>> Bill
>
> It feels more like a push to prepare the market for tablet like devices.
>
> The reality is 99% of us won't own a tablet so why put up with a UI that
> hybrids this mythical device.
>
> Workspaces are still by far an efficient way to Get Things Done.
>
> Cheers
> Wes

In general I am quite happy with Unity. My problem is that I tend to
lose things - for example, I have (right at this moment) four copies
of Firefox open and each of them has between 3 and 6 tabs open. I know
one of them has the Scribd manual - but how do I find it? In Xubuntu
(where I am now) I simply go through the copies of Firefox one by one
and look at the tabs. In Unity it is much harder to do that because
they keep dancing around and I find myself looking at Emmanual Kant
(please don't ask why I have Emmanual Kant there) three or four times
until I find the right Firefox. I have similar problems if I have
multiple copies of writer open.

I know, I know. A bit of discipline would help a lot.

I also miss some of my applets ...

Bill