Separate activity for each desktop in 4.5?

[Reinhold Rumberger]

On Sunday 15 August 2010, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday, August 15, 2010 05:20:27 pm Reinhold Rumberger did 
opine:
> > On Sunday 15 August 2010, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > > On 15/08/2010 22:17, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > On Sunday, August 15, 2010 08:15:04 am Ric Moore did opine:
> > > >> On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 22:13 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > >>> Thank you Reinhold, it works, unforch it sets all 8
> > > >>> screens alike.  I was hoping I could finally separate
> > > >>> them&  use a different image per screen.
> > > >> 
> > > >> I just did that Gene. Each screen has a separate wall
> > > >> paper. You just have to do it one screen at a time, in
> > > >> each one. Ric
> > > > 
> > > > I did that Ric, set screen one to the wallpaper from  my
> > > > /usr/pix tree, then switched to screen 2, and changed it. 
> > > > All 8 were changed.  So there must be another checkbox I've
> > > > missed.
> > > > 
> > > >  Someplace...
> > > 
> > > As much as I hate to burst the bubble....but this absolute
> > > desire to have a different wallpaper for each desktop is
> > > nothing but a phobia simply because you think that you *must*
> > > have a different wallpaper for each desktop or your life is a
> > > total miserable failure.
> > 
> > While I agree that this isn't a major feature, the underlying
> > design decision was stupid and short-sighted. Also, there are
> > some people around with rather bad eyesight for whom this
> > feature is rather crucial.
> 
> I wasn't going legitimize his rant by replying, but perhaps the
> reasons, if stated, might make Basil rethink his rant.
> 
> I have had, over the years, 9 children by 2 women.  3 with my
> first wife, who had a stroke & passed at 34.  The 2 girls she
> gave me have both passed in the last 15 years from the big C.  My
> next wife came with 3, 2 of which have since passed from MD, and
> I made 3 boys with her.  I would like to have the pix I took of
> them as wallpapers.  And that includes the 5 boys I have left.
> 
> This computer is not an income producing device, so it really
> isn't any skin off Basil's nose what I choose to do with it.  I
> am another user, just like he is.
> 
> I OTOH, am now 75, and those pix help me to keep their memories as
> fresh as the pictures, some of which are now 40+ years old.

Would setting the background to slideshow be a workable compromise?

  --Reinhold