>>>On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 5:32 pm +0100, Simon Troup wrote: >>> >>>>>> Are you (or Simon) using Codetek Virtual Desktop? >>>> >>>>I am. >>> >>>Ah. Well, I can't explain 'subhash's experience, but I'm using CTVD, and >>>Cmd-H has never worked for me in PM. >>> >>>Actually, that's not quite true: it won't hide the mail browser, but it >>>will hide the window I'm now writing this message in. But I've got out >>>of the habit of using window-manipulating kbd commands in PM because >>>CTVD seems to screw up so many of them! >> >>Thanks for the feedback - that's very interesting. I don't have this >>problem with any other applications. I'm not sure what that means but >>none the less it's a clash of some kind, how do you go about logging it >>as a "bug", and is it likely to receive any attention? > >I think plenty of people (including me) have told Codetek about it over >the last couple of years, but I'd be pessimistic about anything being >done. I believe their main developer(s) left around the end of 2004(?) >and it seems to have been pretty much in maintenance mode ever since. > >(If anyone's come across a good replacement, btw, I'd love to hear about it!)
There are plenty of "virtual Desktop" applications but none of them seem to have the "per application" abilities of CTVD. After what you say I'm beginning to think it may be wise to abandon it and try a different method of working with multiple application windows. I'm going to swich it off for the day and see what happens ... -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art
