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On 2008-10-12, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Cons: |
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>> * You can't drag a window from one display to the other. |
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> This is pretty much a requirement for how I like to do things |
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> at work |
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Two displays is probably not an option for you. |
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> The rest of your pros and cons either suit me just fine or |
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> don't feature at all. As for multiple desktops on a screen, I |
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> would just dispend with this. |
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I guess I don't know how anybody can get along conveniently |
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with just one desktops. Perhaps other people don't get |
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interrupted while working on one task and have to switch to a |
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different task. Once I've got a desktop set up for the task at |
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hand, I find it much easier to switch to a new desktop when I |
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need to open up a bunch of new windows/programs to handle an |
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interruption. |
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> The one thing I really do want to do is launch a reply window |
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> from kmail and drag it to the second monitor, where I use it |
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> like it was a big sticky note scratch-pad. I do the same thing |
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> with wiki pages, pdfs and other reference docs while working |
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> on the main monitor (which itself tends have many windows |
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> open on it). |
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That's what I do: I usually have PDF documents, e-mails, web |
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pages, etc. open on one screen while I work on code on the |
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other. At other times I have code and build windows on one |
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display and test-driver programs on the other. |
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But, Instead of dragging things from one monitor to the other, I |
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just open them where I want them. |
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> I don't think I would be able to do this with your setup, |
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> please correct me if I'm wrong? |
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I'm not entirely sure what "this" is. I usually know where I'm |
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going to want a window and I open on the appropriate display. |
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Grant |