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Virtual Desktops

So, I’m at my desktop at my internship and I forgot how crappy it was to actually work on a windows machine. I found the setting to turn on anti-aliased fonts (although, it isn’t as good as GNOME’s AA support), but I still miss virtual desktops. My mind works better when my work is abstracted into neat little piles of cruft. If anyone has any suggestions for software that will do this for windows, I’d really appreciate it.

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By Bryan Forbes – June 18, 2004

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  1. ian says

    Nvidia some software to do this as long as you have one of their cards.

    Anyway, I just wanted to show you this:

    http://restate.homeip.net:7...

    makes it hard to navigate the coaster site :(

    Sorry to post this here but there was no site maintaner listed.

    June 18, 2004, 4:29 PM
  2. Davyd says

    There is a Windows XP powertoy to do Virtual Desktops. It mostly kind of works, sort of.

    June 18, 2004, 10:57 PM
  3. anon coward says

    use Blackbox for windows. Get it at http://bb4win.com

    The powertoy really sucks…

    June 18, 2004, 11:23 PM
  4. Dave says

    Yeah the powertoy does suck but it’s probably the best option if you’re looking for something for windows.

    http://www.microsoft.com/wi...

    You want the "Virtual Desktop Manager" from the list of apps on the RHS of the page./

    – Dave

    June 19, 2004, 2:19 AM
  5. Eddy Mulyono says

    If you feel a bit bolder, you can try LiteStep. It gives you Virtual Desktops and more.

    (Actually, an AfterStep + WindowMaker look and feel).

    Good luck,

    -Eddy

    June 19, 2004, 2:54 AM
  6. Stefan says

    Try VirtuaWin (http://virtuawin.sourceforg...). I’m pretty happy with it at work (using NT4).

    June 20, 2004, 3:42 AM
  7. david says

    <frustration>

    I’m missing virtual desktops too at work. Terrible! With the upgrade to XP IT locked even the possibility to make the taskbar twice the size to cope in some kind with the problem…

    </frustration>

    I’m using desktopplus. It’s okay, but not _the_ solution. (http://www.desktopplus.com)

    Cheers,

    david

    June 21, 2004, 2:55 AM

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