Re: [Ayatana] workspaces and multimonitor

2011-11-05 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Connor Carney (ccar...@gmail.com) wrote: > I agree that deliberately putting a window across multiple monitors and > then switching workplaces is probably pretty rare, but it has to do > *something*, and it's difficult to come up with something that isn't > intrusive. You see the same problem in

Re: [Ayatana] workspaces and multimonitor

2011-11-05 Thread Connor Carney
I agree that deliberately putting a window across multiple monitors and then switching workplaces is probably pretty rare, but it has to do *something*, and it's difficult to come up with something that isn't intrusive. You see the same problem in the UDS demo video at the end, where the tester ex

Re: [Ayatana] workspaces and multimonitor

2011-11-05 Thread Josh Strawbridge
that's the way i understood it to. those are some good points but why would anyone put a window across multiple monitors if they aren't planning on using those monitors for that window without a lot of interruptions? i personally wouldn't have a problem with having a monitor's worth of my window

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Serious issues

2011-11-05 Thread Josh Andler
> Ink scape! +10 As an inkscape developer who is bug testing all the time, I have to say that as frustrating it is for me, I can't imagine how frustrating it is for users trying to be productive (not that bug testing isn't being productive). I also hit this issue in GIMP and a handful of other app

Re: [Ayatana] workspaces and multimonitor

2011-11-05 Thread Connor Carney
If I'm understanding correctly, GianZap's alternative arrangement sounds similar to the way workspaces behave in XMonad: Every monitor shows one workspace, but they share the same set of workspaces. If you have workspace 1 on monitor 1, and open some windows, and then switch monitor 2 to workspac

Re: [Ayatana] workspaces and multimonitor

2011-11-05 Thread Josh Strawbridge
i don't use multiple monitors yet but it's unlikely that i'll get more than 2, 3 at most. still, i think the suggestion made by GianZap sounds better than what's i'm seeing in the video. the video setup seemed to have 24 workspaces by default due to the number of monitors. if someone told me they

[Ayatana] Fwd: Serious issues

2011-11-05 Thread staticd
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Michael J Daniel < michael.j.dan...@comcast.net> wrote: > ** > What about moving everything on the screen to the right when the launcher > appears. > And move it back when the launcher goes away? > > Sounds cool. better than accidental launches that stay on screen.

Re: [Ayatana] Are Workspaces the right model?

2011-11-05 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Thorsten Wilms (t...@freenet.de) wrote: > On 11/01/2011 06:18 PM, Omar B. wrote: > >Isn't the "sets" idea similar to kde-activities ? > > > >http://maketecheasier.com/use-kde-plasma-activities/2010/09/01 > > > >http://lifehacker.com/5668873/use-kde-activities-to-create-different-desktops-for-work

Re: [Ayatana] workspaces and multimonitor

2011-11-05 Thread Owas Lone
I think that I noticed the launcher hint which apps are available on which monitor/workspace so I don't think apps will get lost. Finding out where a particular app is will be just a click away AFAIK. On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 5:21 PM, GianZap wrote: > Hello everybody. > I have watched the nice vide

[Ayatana] workspaces and multimonitor

2011-11-05 Thread GianZap
Hello everybody. I have watched the nice video [1] on the planned multi-monitor support for Unity 5.x. I think it is *wonderful*, and would love to use it with my two monitors. Still, I have a small concern and a brief proposal :) If I understand it correctly, the planned behavior as shown at UDS-