I actually use Metacity rather than Compiz solely because it allows me
to use the scroll wheel on the pager, so you can count me among the
people who find this super useful.
Also, thought I'd mention, there is a bug in Gnome bugzilla about this
complete with patch to make the functionality work wi
Don't know if anyone (other than me) still cares about the original
issue re: mousewheel + workspace switcher in Compiz, but I tested the
first patch on the ticket in Gnome bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520779) at it works for me in
both Compiz and Metacity. I would love to se