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IMHO,<BR>
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, <BR>
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.<BR>
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.<BR>
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Just some thoughts.<BR>
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On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 08:17, Robert Meyer wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>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@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@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@navyjosh.us
> >
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