On 04/30/2011 01:17 PM, James Wilkinson wrote:
Chris Kloiber wrote:
I run 8 workspaces, 4 across, 2 high. Email on screen 4 (upper right) personal stuff on 8 (lower right) and up to 6 different work tickets on the others. It's important for me to directly access any of them with a click on the panel so I can jump back and forth from ticket to ticket as needed. From what I have seen and heard so far, I'm screwed. Please prove me wrong.
I understand it is possible:
- to assign keyboard shortcuts to take you to a particular workspace: (Windows / Super / Menu) plus number has been suggested.
- to use the Windows key to bring up the overview mode, which may be faster than going to the top left corner then the right-hand side of the screen.
- to install gnome-shell-extensions-auto-move-windows, which: Lets you manage your workspaces more easily, assigning a specific workspace to each application as soon as it creates a window, in a manner configurable with a GSettings key.
As other people have indicated, you may find that having as many workspaces as needed, rather than being artificially limited to six, is a major bonus. You may also find that the overview graphical preview of your workspaces is much more useful than the Gnome 2 one, since it will show you a lot more clearly what is in each workspace.
Hope this helps,
James.
Thank you, but I'll pass. I have since found that the magic incantation in fallback mode is to use ALT when right clicking on the Gnome-Panel will give me all the old options like adding things, moving things, etc. Now all I need to discover is how to change the system theme to not be what appears to be "black on black" so I can get the colors correct. Then Fallback mode may just be usable. Let Gnome3 simmer for a few releases to see if all the pointy edges (read: painful changes) get fixed.
Oh, and I don't do a "Windows" key. My keyboard was made in Feb.1988 for a PC-XT, and has been upgraded to PS/2 or USB as needed. I like the IBM Model-M "clicky" keys, and the idea that it's built solid enough to deflect bullets. (a little bit anyway... B^)
BTW- How would "gnome-shell-extensions-auto-move-windows" handle that I want a different Firefox window in practically all of my workspaces, and I want the same Pidgin to show up the "current" workspace, and follow me around? And if I want Thunderbird in workspace #4 before setting up magic workspaces 2 and 3?