[X-Newbies] Virtual Desktops and multiple clips.

[Steven Rogers]

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