Since making the switch to a Mac and Unity one thing I keep on wishing OS X had was “multiple desktops”. Yeah, you can do the Expose thing, but when I’m bouncing between a text editor, Unity and Blender, it can be a pain.
Apparently, OS X 10.5 will support multiple desktops or you can buy a utility now that will add this to 10.4, but I can’t see spending money on something I’ll replace when Panther arrives, so I kept looking and found this:
I’ve only been running “VirtueDesktops” for a couple hours, but I’m liking it already. In fact, I’ve got Thunderbird, Safari, Unity and Blender all running full screen on separate desktops as I write this. Too cool!
Do you get the feeling I haven’t a clue when it comes to OSX? What the heck is 10.5 called anyways? Ok, Leopard. Hey, I was close, at least I knew it was a cat!
… and I got the notification of your post while I was in Unity and didn’t even have to minimize or anything. Just hit the hot keys, clicked on my “browse” desktop and bingo, I was in Safari. A static “pager” at the bottom of the desktop (as found in KDE and Gnome) would be nice, but I guess I’ll have to wait for P-a-n-t-h-e-r for that. What do OSX upgrades usually cost?
Very cool. (I like the colored-folder thing they link to, also.)
US$129 is full price for a major OS X update (in-between versions like 10.4.7 are free), but Amazon always has OS X for under $100 so nobody should be paying full price (And students/educators pay US$69 I think. Lucky bums.)
Wow what’s next in the OSX name lineup? Lynx is swanky :lol: how about Bobcat, Lion? Dangit they’re almost running out of Cats. Hmmm maybe they’ll have to dig up the Thundercats names, come on Tygra!
