workspace switcher

[raymond house]

Hi Eric and Darcy, thank you for your inputs. Very good video from Jorge
Castro, I am getting the hang of this feature now and I like it a lot. I am
using it all the time. Thanks guys.

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Raymond,
>
> The Workspace Switcher switches between virtual desktops.  They've
> always been there, but Unity makes them a bit more prominent in the UI
> in Natty.
>
> I never used them much before Natty, but with Unity, I'm finding I use
> them all the time.  Mostly because I like to keep most windows
> maximized.  Right now, I have my browser maximized in the first
> worlkspace in the top left.  To the right (ctrl-alt-right arrow), I
> have Gwibber and a terminal window running an IRC client.  Below that
> (ctrl-alt-down) I have audacity for editing a podcast thing I'm
> working on.  To the left (ctrl-alt-left), there's my music player.
>
> If I need to open up a new terminal, I'll tap the Super key and type
> "term" and hit enter.  That's enough to run a terminal. Then I'll
> "throw" the window to the right workspace with ctrl-alt-shift-right
> arrow.
>
> I don't really use the actual "workspace switcher" button in the
> launcher bar much.  I just kind of remember where I've put things. Or
> use the button for an application I've lost track of.  Hitting the
> Firefox button will automatically take me to the workspace that has
> Firefox running.
>
> Like I mentioned early, I'm really liking Unity. :)  Even with the
> occasional crashes.
>
> If you're interested in more, Jorge Castro talks a bit about
> workspaces and how he does multitasking stuff in this video:
>
> http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-i-multitask-in-unity-5015448
>
> Darcy.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:31 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > That sound good Eric and I could use that but how do you do it?
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Eric <1ballistic1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> forgot the actual term for it, but they're "virtual"
> >> desktops....basically a good place to send something thats working in
> >> the background and that youwant out of the way, but still want running
> >> (BOINC and Folding and it's ilk come to mind)
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:34 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi everyone, in Natty, what is the function of the " workspace
> switcher
> >> > " on
> >> > the left of the screen? for multiple monitors ? or dividing work
> between
> >> > computers ? This may sound basic but I can't figure it out, I like
> >> > Ubuntu in
> >> > all of it's forms but I am only a "user", hence the weird questions.
> >> > Many
> >> > thanks.
> >> >
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