I use a laptop with an external monitor on a daily basis, I've upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 in hope of finding better multi-screen support but was quite disappointed.
My laptop has an Nvidia card and I was not able to activate my external monitor with unity 3D. [BUG 864784] HOWEVER, Unity 2D is surprisingly pleasant! I don't feel like I'm using second class software in the slightest. In fact, I rarely notice that I am using unity 2D. It's terrific, thank you guys! I miss the window snap function on the shared edge of the screens. Snap only seems to work on the far edges of the workspace. I would REALLY like display hot-plugging to turn on my external monitor when it's plugged in, but I've adjusted to using the nvidia-settings tool every time I boot my laptop. As for the questions posed by Bryce, here's my two cents as a user: > * Should Unity be mirrored across the monitors? I'd be much happier if unity reflected the application use on that screen. > * Should expo appear on all monitors, but only show windows for the > monitor it's displayed on? yes! > * Should the launcher be displayed on all monitors, and if so, how > should it be shown with a mouse? Perhaps as the mouse approaches the top left corner of the screen, it could slide out much like how the the window snap works. > * Should the dash, expo, spread view, etc, be displayed only on the > monitor where the mouse pointer is, or a window has focused? I think it makes the most sense to follow the mouse, rather than mirroring on both screens. ~Dereck “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” - Michelangelo On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Bryce Harrington <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 04:54:02AM +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > > One area that really needs extra attention, is multi-screen setups. > > There are currently numerous issues. Some are just plain bugs, whereas > > others need designed solutions. It is currently very inconsistent. > > > > For instance; the panel is displayed equally on both screens and > > indicators are shown on all screens. Notifications, however, are only > > shown on one screen.The dash, expo and spread views are only shown on > > one screen, but the other screen is also dimmed. The launcher becomes > > very difficult to use with a mouse on mutli-monitor setups since it's > > so very far away. In many cases, it will also appear between two > > monitors, which makes it difficult to show. > > > > A few questions: > > * Should Unity be mirrored across the monitors? > > * Should expo appear on all monitors, but only show windows for the > > monitor it's displayed on? > > * Should the launcher be displayed on all monitors, and if so, how > > should it be shown with a mouse? > > * Should the dash, expo, spread view, etc, be displayed only on the > > monitor where the mouse pointer is, or a window has focused? > > > > I'm sure there are many other, valid questions. > > http://people.canonical.com/~bryce/ExternalMonitor/results.html > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop >
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