On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:35:19 -0400 Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote: (...)
For me, it has *not* been difficult to view text in one window, and associated graphics in another. These days, working with a single monitor, I make *extensive* use of multiple virtual desktops. Each application I use, I run in its own separate virtual desktop. Then, to switch between applications, I switch desktops. That's easier (and more "logical" to my mind) than bringing different windows to the foreground in the same desktop. But I REALLY REALLY miss using the extra "real estate" of two monitors -- for example, I use a large enough font that to view both this response and your original post, I have to "scroll" back and forth. SO MUCH EASIER if I simultaneously had your post on one screen, and was composing my text on another screen, with BOTH of them viewable simultaneously.
mikus
I know first hand how difficult it to go from multiple screens as in X to one screenful for the whole session. As an fvwm user I have a modest one desktop with 3*4 screens, and given the stability of Linux, usually have most if not all of them full with this or that project or something I want to leave as-is until I get back to it. Usually by the end of the week I am forced to do a grand clean-up because I've run out of room on all twelve screens. I am, however, an office worker and 8-5 Windows user. Being stuck to one screen _really_ pinches. I'm looking forward to life with two monitors. -- This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force. -- Dorothy Parker