Muti-Desktop Icons-Bob?

[Cyber Source]

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:

> 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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> > -- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com 
> > <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>
> >
> >
> >  
> >

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Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
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