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From: cully when on 29 May 2010 06:16 Yrrah wrote: > "Dexpot creates additional workspaces you can quickly switch between. > Take, for example, Desktop 1 to listen to your favourite music, surf > the web on Desktop 2, use Desktop 3 to handle your daily word > processing (...)" 64-bit compatible. > May 28th 2010: updated to v. 1.52. > Install "powered by OpenCandy"! > http://dexpot.de/index.php?id=home > Portable: > http://dexpot.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1847 > > Any users here? Who can comment on this program? > > Yrrah > I have used it for about a year. Easy to use once setup. Not a problem with it so far; it just works. There are lots of options you can play around with; probably more than most people would ever care about. Just set it up with the number of desktops you want.
From: Bill Day on 29 May 2010 09:31 On Sat, 29 May 2010 01:36:06 +0200, Yrrah <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> wrote: >"Dexpot creates additional workspaces you can quickly switch between. >Take, for example, Desktop 1 to listen to your favourite music, surf >the web on Desktop 2, use Desktop 3 to handle your daily word >processing (...)" 64-bit compatible. >May 28th 2010: updated to v. 1.52. >Install "powered by OpenCandy"! >http://dexpot.de/index.php?id=home >Portable: >http://dexpot.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1847 > >Any users here? Who can comment on this program? > >Yrrah I have had it for several years, and found it quite powerful, but never got into the habit of using it daily. . I currently have removed it from 'startup', but intend to try it again soon. It does take a lot of configuration to get it personalized. -- remove nonsense for reply
From: Gary R. Schmidt on 29 May 2010 11:26 Bill Day wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 2010 01:36:06 +0200, Yrrah <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> > wrote: > >> "Dexpot creates additional workspaces you can quickly switch between. >> Take, for example, Desktop 1 to listen to your favourite music, surf >> the web on Desktop 2, use Desktop 3 to handle your daily word >> processing (...)" 64-bit compatible. >> May 28th 2010: updated to v. 1.52. >> Install "powered by OpenCandy"! >> http://dexpot.de/index.php?id=home >> Portable: >> http://dexpot.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1847 >> >> Any users here? Who can comment on this program? >> >> Yrrah > > I have had it for several years, and found it quite powerful, but > never got into the habit of using it daily. . I currently have removed > it from 'startup', but intend to try it again soon. It does take a lot > of configuration to get it personalized. I've used it for a couple of years - it works, but occasionally gets a bit confused and puts windows on every "screen", particularly CMD boxes started programatically and the components in the Control Panel. Cheers, Gary B-)
From: David Catterall on 29 May 2010 12:28 Bill Day wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 2010 01:36:06 +0200, Yrrah <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> > wrote: > >> "Dexpot creates additional workspaces you can quickly switch between. >> Take, for example, Desktop 1 to listen to your favourite music, surf >> the web on Desktop 2, use Desktop 3 to handle your daily word >> processing (...)" 64-bit compatible. >> May 28th 2010: updated to v. 1.52. >> Install "powered by OpenCandy"! >> http://dexpot.de/index.php?id=home >> Portable: >> http://dexpot.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1847 >> >> Any users here? Who can comment on this program? >> >> Yrrah > > I have had it for several years, and found it quite powerful, but > never got into the habit of using it daily. I found the same. A handy feature was the ability to set different Desktops to different screen resolutions. As this became less useful I began to explore 360Desktop instead. http://www.360desktop.com/ David
From: Craig on 29 May 2010 15:32
On 05/28/2010 07:49 PM, Zombie Elvis wrote: > I prefer Windows Pager myself -- simple and efficient. > > http://windowspager.sourceforge.net/ +1 Been running it on Win7. It can act a little weird when used with ill-behaved apps but never a show-stopper. -- -Craig |