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Desktops
22.Aug.08 | 1 Comment
The Windows Sysinternals folks released a new utility today: Desktops. It is probably no secret to most readers here that I like to play with virtual desktop apps. In fact, I bet I had this one running within 5 minutes of reading the announcement.
If I had to guess, I’d suspect that it is the logical [...]
Randoming
17.Aug.08 | Leave a Comment
Regarding VirtuaWin (last mention): I’m still using VirtuaWin daily on my XP laptop. This weekend I realized it works for Vista too so I now have it running on my home desktop as well.
This is the first time I’ve stuck with a virtual desktop product for windows for this long. With the addition of the [...]
VirtuaWin and Virtual Desktops
23.Jul.08 | 6 Comments
Eleven months ago I looked at three options for Virtual Desktops for Windows machines. Shortly afterwards I switched to Vista and never pursued (nor needed) to explore virtual desktop options. I basically just forgot about the whole thing and moved on (I do that all too often, really)
Since then, however, I’m back to XP for [...]
DeskSpace and Virtual Desktops
21.Sep.07 | 4 Comments
I have this odd addiction to virtual desktops for Windows. You know, the ability to have multiple programs scattered about multiple desktops that you can view on demand. The *nix guys swear by these (although I sure know a lot who never leave desktop “1″!).
Earlier this week I saw Hanselman’s look at DeskSpace, a fancy [...]
Three Options for Virtual Desktops on Windows
14.Aug.07 | 17 Comments
Sometimes, one desktop just isn’t enough. When adding more monitors isn’t an option, look at virtual desktops instead. Working on multiple projects or tasks at once? Tossing each in its own virtual desktop to help reduce clutter and logically group apps/windows together can help keep you productive.
Here are three for the Windows users that [...]
On the other hand…OSX is a...