Spaces: I just don't get it...
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From: Gregory Weston on 20 Jun 2008 17:08 In article <200620081444548649%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>, Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: > What advantages is there to using Spaces? I flip between apps all day > long, and find it easier to work in a single space. And others find Spaces easier. Or just prefer a less cluttered screen. It's completely personal. If Spaces has no appeal for you don't use the feature. I don't. My wife considers it a godsend in her work environment, but doesn't use it at home. -- "Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
From: Andy Hewitt on 20 Jun 2008 17:47 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <uce-7AD325.17082520062008(a)newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>, > Gregory Weston <uce(a)splook.com> wrote: > > > And others find Spaces easier. Or just prefer a less cluttered > > screen. > > I don't use Spaces and don't have a cluttered screen; I use command-H a > lot, or option click on the Dock. I'm the same here, Command-H is my most used key combo I reckon. Spaces might be useful if I could expect all windows relating to an application to stick in that space, but they end up all over the shop. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: salgud on 20 Jun 2008 18:14 On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:34:17 -0700, Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article <200620081444548649%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>, > Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: > >> What advantages is there to using Spaces? I flip between apps all day >> long, and find it easier to work in a single space. > > Me too, but a friend of mine says that Spaces is almost worth the $129 > by itself. She groups related apps in their various Spaces. I tried > it, and can't see any advantage. I don't use it much because my iMac's at home, where I don't do a lot of complex multitasking. I do multitasking at work, and I use virtual desktops on my PC. It's nice to have my email, browser on one desktop, while I have XL and Word and whatever other software I'm working in on a separate desktop. I agree with Michelle, that with the "Hide" option on Macs, there's less need for virtual desktops. One place it really helps is if you command tab (Alt-tab on Windoze) from app to app. If you have a dozen apps open on one desktop/space, you have to tab through them all sometimes, kind of tedious. But with virtual desktops/spaces, you only have to tab through the ones in that desktop/space.
From: TaliesinSoft on 20 Jun 2008 18:19 On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:44:54 -0500, Dave Balderstone wrote (in article <200620081444548649%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>): > What advantages is there to using Spaces? I flip between apps all day > long, and find it easier to work in a single space. I tend to think of Spaces as providing a service similar to the tabs in a browser such as Safari, allowing me to quickly switch amongst a number of applications, each application having its own set of windows open without there being any confusion with the open windows of another concurrently open application. I will admit that I had to force myself to become accustomed to Spaces, but will now say that I'd be lost without my current twelve spaces. I keep the Spaces icon in my dock and click on it when I wish to transfer to a different space. This gives me a visual image of all of my spaces and I can quickly select the desired space from those images. A really nice thing about Mac OS X is what I'll dub "different strokes" and I'll readily accept that Spaces might be fine for me but not for many others. -- James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft(a)mac.com
From: TaliesinSoft on 20 Jun 2008 18:31
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:14:23 -0500, salgud wrote (in article <vbcnws67zbey$.137w1froslvg1.dlg(a)40tude.net>): [commenting on Spaces] > I agree with Michelle, that with the "Hide" option on Macs, there's less > need for virtual desktops. One place it really helps is if you command tab > (Alt-tab on Windoze) from app to app. If you have a dozen apps open on one > desktop/space, you have to tab through them all sometimes, kind of > tedious. But with virtual desktops/spaces, you only have to tab through > the ones in that desktop/space. I just now did a "command-tab" test and the applications presented were all open applications regardless of which space they were in. -- James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft(a)mac.com |