Re: (Virtual Dimensions) Re: Possibly PuTTY, possibly something else. It's still hate.

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From: Hakim Cassimally
Subject: Re: (Virtual Dimensions) Re: Possibly PuTTY, possibly something else. It's still hate.
Date: 19:59 on 24 Jan 2007
Yup I tried the xp powertoy one too. I forget the details of why it
was hateful, i think something to do with moving windows to other
desktops. have you used it and found it less hateful?

osfa

On 24/01/07, Yoz Grahame <yoz@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> On 1/24/07, Hakim Cassimally <hakim.cassimally@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> > On 24/01/07, Andrew Black - lists <andrew-lists@xxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xx> wrote:
> > > DO I get the feeling that virtual dimensions is worth avoiding.
> >
> > As per muttley's conundrum, I'm not sure whether to hate Virtual
> > Dimensions or XP.  Allegedly XP now supports virtual desktops.  Yay!
> > we all cry.  Windows could now have something that Linux has usably
> > had for years, without having to go through the hackery that made the
> > various widgets that emulated it (buggily) on WinNT.
> >
> > I tried EvilDesk (nice, but ultimately annoying) and a couple of other
> > alternative windows managers which all sucked in various ways.
> > Finally I installed Virtual Dimensions, on the basis that it more or
> > less leaves the default Windows desktop the same, and therefore should
> > break less.
>
> You've tried the virtual desktops Powertoy, yes?
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
> -- Yoz
>
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