Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2008 mails)

[Will Stephenson <wstephenson@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 15 April 2009 21:36:57 Klistvud wrote:
> Dne nedelja 12 april 2009 ob 19:49:51 je jdd napisal(a):
> > I just wanted to ask here what do you have in kde3.5 and don't find in
> > kde4 and you would like to have. Not to say you will have it but to
> > give info to devs...
>
> Believe it or not - it's the individually configurable virtual desktops. To
> separate areas of work/leisure/communications/background tasks/etc I have
> no less than 8 virtual desktops on my KDE3.x system, each configured with
> different colors and wallpapers, so as to be distinguishable at a glance;
> they are also configured so as to be reachable via simple key combos. Once
> you have more than 10-15 applications open at once, alt-tabbing through
> them becomes progressively a no-no. Multiple desktops are the most
> productive solution I've found so far.

Fixed in KDE trunk - each desktop can have its own settings now, including 
wallpaper and applets.

Will