Muti-Desktop Icons-Bob?

[Asheville Joe]

Cool.   When I get my new computer with Redhat on it, I'll use gnome.  I 
may even try it on Mandrake.

Joe

Cyber Source wrote:

> In Gnome, at least the version that comes with RedHat 9, only the 
> respective items per workspace show in the panel (taskbar), i.e. 
> Desktop 1 with Mozilla open, go to Desktop 2 with nothing open, 
> nothing in the panel either. It would be better to show you at a 
> meeting, rather than taking screen shots.
> On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 11:02, Joe wrote:
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>>/Peter,
>>       I have been sticking with kde so far because I got it to work 
>>almost the way I wanted and so I haven't experimented with gnome much 
>>yet.  What you describe sounds intriguing, but I don't really get it.  
>>Can you elaborate or show some screen shots etc.?
>>       The main thing I don't like about kde is that when I open more 
>>than 4 windows, the window area of the task bar piles up and I can't see 
>>what's there without clicking on things.  I was hoping that switching to 
>>another desktop would have an effect on this, but it didn't.  Does what 
>>you're talking about have anything to do with this?
>>       Under Windows, I built a bunch of desktops for special purposes 
>>just like Josh is talking about.  It was really cool and kept them from 
>>getting impossibly cluttered with unrelated applications.  It would be 
>>great to be able to do that in Linux.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>Cyber Source wrote:
>>
>>> IMHO,
>>>   I think this is all just a matter of how we look at things, that is 
>>> to say that after I have been working with Gnome for a while, a few 
>>> things have become clear as to how intuitive this desktop is. For 
>>> instance,
>>> 1. The multiple desktop window, or workspace switcher. I often 
>>> wondered why Gnome did not include a show desktop button. If you use 
>>> the workspace switcher for this, it works even better. As simple as 
>>> that is and being so ingrained with the way windows worked, this never 
>>> occurred to me to use it this way. I know with the Gnome that comes 
>>> with RH9, they include a show desktop button but I think that was to 
>>> appeal people that don't think this way. It still doesn't work as one 
>>> would expect, yes it will minimize all open windows but when you open 
>>> one again, they all open. I find this a strange way to behave but I 
>>> think it falls in line with the way you should think of using the 
>>> workspace switcher.
>>> 2. Bob has a good idea, a workspace for a given task, email, graphics 
>>> stuff, etc. And Josh has a good idea with different icons on different 
>>> workspaces. This is all thought of as being limited because the 
>>> different workspaces cannot show respective icons, however, if we do 
>>> not think of using the desktop icons as our only shortcuts, then we 
>>> can bypass this limitation. The drawer icon that can be added to 
>>> Gnome's panel, could be used in such a way, even renamed, or with 
>>> different icons, etc. This way you could add many drawers with 
>>> different names/icons for use with the different workspaces, even 
>>> naming your workspaces and drawers the same to keep things simple.
>>>
>>> Just some thoughts.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 08:17, Robert Meyer wrote:
>>>
>>>>/Nope, no way to do that, either.  I suspect that it has to do with being able
>>>>to change the number of desktops.  You could wind up losing applications if you
>>>>could do that.  I agree that it would be a good idea though.  You could have
>>>>your graphics desktop, your Email desktop, etc.
>>>>
>>>>I don't think that Gnome will do that, either.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers!
>>>>
>>>>Bob
>>>>--- "Joshua R. Altemoos" <joshua at navyjosh.us> wrote:
>>>>> Well Not That i mean like on desktop1 i have my app icosn desl2 urls etc
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Friday 29 August 2003 12:30 am, Robert Meyer wrote:
>>>>> > As far as I can tell, the only thing that you can change between desktops
>>>>> > is the background since the icons are part of the theme itself.  I think
>>>>> > that this is for a very good reason.  Imagine a new user that is on a
>>>>> > system where the icons keep changing everytime they click on that funny
>>>>> > looking thing in the task bar :-)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Cheers!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Bob
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --- "Joshua R. Altemoos" <joshua at navyjosh.us> wrote:
>>>>> > > Hey,
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > In kde on mandrake 9.1 is there a way to make it so each desktop has
>>>>> > > differnt
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > icons? If so how?
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Thanks Much
>>>>> > > --
>>>>> > > Best Regards,
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Joshua R. Altemoos
>>>>> > > joshua at navyjosh.us
>>>>> >
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>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Joshua R. Altemoos
>>>>> joshua at navyjosh.us
>>>>
>>>>
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