Muti-Desktop Icons-Bob?

[Cyber Source]

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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