14.04 Questions

[O. Sinclair]

On 17/04/2015 13:44, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Bill Vance wrote:
>> 1st, what happened to the little cubes down in
>> the panel, the ones you click on to go to
>> different desktops?
> 
> Different desktops are replaced by different activities in the default 
> settings. Please don't ask me in which way that is an improvement, I 
> have only had troubles with activities. Anyway, you can use several 
> desktops again if you go to systemsettings -> Workspace Behavior -> 
> Virtual Desktops. There you can increase the number of desktops from 1 
> to the number you prefer. I'm not sure if you also have to add a widget 
> to the panel to switch desktops or if it appears automatically.
> 
you will likely have to add a panel widget, "pager" I think it is
called. I remove every trace of activities myself as they do not
represent how I normally handle my workflow

personally I think the whole Activities concept is a bit overambitious
ala Akonadi

I use 2-3 desktops geared towards work, personal, social. But I see few,
if any, advantages in opening these in some kind of "frozen as you you
left them" state. Note this a personal opinion, I may misunderstand the
whole concept.