[X-Newbies] Virtual Desktops and multiple clips.

[Mike]

Take a look at YouControl Desktops:
http://www.yousoftware.com/desktops/
On Nov 2, 2005, at 8:37 AM, Steven Rogers wrote:

>
> On Nov 2, 2005, at 7:38 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
>
>> For some reason OS X doesn't provide virtual desktops and multiple 
>> clipboards like Linux. Is this a BSD thing or an OS X thing? What 
>> have the lists knowledgeable readers done about this issue? There 
>> seem to be shareware alternatives for the missing operability's but 
>> are any worth recommending?
>
> Generally, I would say the best approach is to not have multiple 
> desktops. I've used that kind of feature under Solaris, HPs CDE, and 
> other systems, and unless you're a developer who regularly needs to 
> live in multiple environments with lots of different applications and 
> windows, it is not a helpful way to look at organization.
>
> If you have two different environments that you want to keep track of 
> in a very separate way, then make two accounts and fast user switch 
> between them - say home and work, or something like that. In that way, 
> they can be backed up and reloaded separately, for mail, web prefs, 
> and all the other things that go with a user space. If the two 
> environments aren't *that* separate, then use the dock and other 
> finder facilities to manage your apps and windows.
>
> SR
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