Workspace Switcher?

[Jim Byrnes]

Markdv wrote:
> Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> Running Ubuntu 9.10.  Either its not working right or I don't understand
>> how it supposed to work.
>>
>> 1. I have 6 work spaces setup but whenever I click or hover the mouse
>> over an empty one it always says "Workspace 1".
>
> If you enable "visual-effects"/compiz you only have _one_ workspace.
> _One_ workspace that is N times the size of your physical screen.
>
> What we then perceive and use as N "workspaces" are in fact what they
> call _viewports_ showing a screen sized part of the single large workspace.
>
>> 2. If I hover the mouse over an occupied workspace it says "click to
>> dragging "what ever app".  I click and drag it to another workspace but
>> it remains where it is.
>
> Sadly it only supports dragging between workspaces, and not viewports.
> The tooltip should have been disabled when only one workspace exists.
> It's useless, annoying and confusing.
>
> To see the most noticeable difference between having multiple workspaces
> and a single large one with multiple viewports try to put a window
> halfway one and the next workspace/viewport with and without
> visual-effects/compiz enabled.
>
> Regargs,
> Mark.
>

Based on other replies the functionality of Workplace Switcher must have 
changed but I haven't been using Ubuntu long enough to know how it used 
to operate.

Thanks for the explanation of workspace vs viewports. I read through the 
help but didn't see any mention of them.

As to compiz I haven't knowingly turned it on.  About the only 
customization I have done is to add a couple of viewports and try the 
"extra" visual effects on the desktop.

Regards,  Jim