The best virtual window manager I have used is VirtuaWin(http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/). It is lightweight and have a plugin architecture. I have tried Virtual Dimension. But I still prefer the VirtuaWin for some reasons I don't remember.
If you really need a *NIX l&f, you can try the bblean shell replacement. It is the closest clone I have seen on Windows to mimic blackbox closely. Zhichao On 4/23/07, Bernd Strohhäcker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A. S. Budden schrieb: > On 23/04/07, Matthew Winn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:48:58 +0200, "A.J.Mechelynck" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > - virtual desktops. This may need some explaining to Windows-only >> people: On >> > Windows there is one desktop, period. On X11, at least with some >> window >> > managers, you may have up to 20 virtual desktops (you choose how >> many), >> > arrange your windows at one or two per desktop in an uncluttered >> way, and >> > switch desktops with one mouseclick or keypress. There is a small >> widget for >> > each defined desktop in the taskbar, next to the buttons for the >> currently >> > running tasks. >> >> People who like virtual desktops but are forced to use Windows should >> look into installing MSVDM. It's a Microsoft PowerToy that provides >> four virtual desktops for Windows XP. > > There's also "Virtual Dimension", which (in my opinion) works much > better than Microsoft's version. > > http://virt-dimension.sourceforge.net/ > > Al > There's another alternative: Vern. http://www.oneguycoding.com/vern/ cu, Bernd
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