On Saturday, August 06, 2011 08:46:20 AM Anton Aylward wrote: ...
I'm also looking for a good reason. I use multiple 'virtual desktops' in KDE. They act as the 'places' for different activities; reading mail, web browsing, editing.
As far as the "necessary and sufficient" goes, they are. No need for 'KDE activities'.
Oh, I see the note about different widgets, but I can't see how that is of value to me.
If you don't see use for widgets, then you don't need activities, just as someone using desktop in Windows fashion doesn't need virtual desktops. I know that those using Windows will have problem to find use for virtual desktops, they have workflow that doesn't need them. Is that more efficient workflow? It depends how many applications you need at once, how many windows you have to see next to each other. how much time you have to switch between tasks, and probably more factors. In general, more application windows opened will raise need for virtual desktops.
Perhaps some tangible examples. and by that I mean something fully differentiated rather than just a move from virtual desktop to activities What can I do with activities that I can't with virtual desktops?
And 'different sets of widgets' doesn't count. Sorry.
Well, it does. :-) That is the whole point behind widget based activity organization as opposed to application based workflow, and any combination of two. Activities and widgets usefulness will be discovered by new users that don't have strong usage habits and have flexibility to discover the way to use two layers of application visibility, where widgets create background, and windows foreground, and switch is as easy as with virtual desktops. There is of course many possible uses, by now I use some widgets. plus panel to keep them in one place, to start Kate session that I want without going trough intro screen with selection, start Konqueror session , Konsole session, have overview of network and computer activity. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org