There is definitely one very important function missing in Windows and that is Workspaces.
Workspaces are "virtual desktops" that you can switch on fly. For instance Workspace 1 can have your browser open, Workspace 2 your applications and Workspace 3 your music player and so on. This makes managing multiple windows alot more simpler and faster.
It didn't take long googling to find this desktop manager called "VirtualWin". VirtualWin is a free software licensed under the GNU General Public License. It works on many Windows operating systems (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7)
It looked interesting and i wanted to give it a go.
Setting up application was easy, no need to configure anything if you want to go with default settings. By default VirtualWin has 2x2 workspaces that can be changed to whatever you want in Setup screen. You can bind your own hotkeys for swapping workspaces, default is Control-Alt-Arrows combination, same as in Ubuntu for example!
For me windows was hiding application icon that tells my current Workspace, so i had to change icon behaviour.
Moving windows between workspaces works with Alt-Windows-Right/Left, it feels bit weird since it moves you with the window to next workspace, this can be also changed by changing the bind command from "WIN: Move to next desktop and follow" to "WIN: Move to next desktop".
What a great piece of software, i can only wish that i would have discovered this earlier!
VirtualWin project page
Workspaces are "virtual desktops" that you can switch on fly. For instance Workspace 1 can have your browser open, Workspace 2 your applications and Workspace 3 your music player and so on. This makes managing multiple windows alot more simpler and faster.
It didn't take long googling to find this desktop manager called "VirtualWin". VirtualWin is a free software licensed under the GNU General Public License. It works on many Windows operating systems (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7)
It looked interesting and i wanted to give it a go.
Setting up application was easy, no need to configure anything if you want to go with default settings. By default VirtualWin has 2x2 workspaces that can be changed to whatever you want in Setup screen. You can bind your own hotkeys for swapping workspaces, default is Control-Alt-Arrows combination, same as in Ubuntu for example!
For me windows was hiding application icon that tells my current Workspace, so i had to change icon behaviour.
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Moving windows between workspaces works with Alt-Windows-Right/Left, it feels bit weird since it moves you with the window to next workspace, this can be also changed by changing the bind command from "WIN: Move to next desktop and follow" to "WIN: Move to next desktop".
What a great piece of software, i can only wish that i would have discovered this earlier!
VirtualWin project page
