On Thursday, June 9, 2016 7:34:57 AM CEST Yonas Yanfa wrote: > I would love the ability to make use of named/tagged virtual desktops. > > A "named virtual desktop" is a virtual desktop that has a unique title, > like "Work desktop". Each virtual desktop would have only one unique name. > > A "tagged virtual desktop" is a virtual desktop that has been assigned > one or more tags, like "work", "sports", "gnome coding", etc. > > > Here are a few ideas on how applications could make use of them: > > - mail clients (eg. Thunderbird) could load your work email accounts for > your "Work" virtual desktop > - web browsers (eg. Firefox) could load work and sports related > bookmarks for virtual desktops with the tags "work", and "sports", as > well as work-related add-ons for your "Work" virtual desktop > - text editors could use four space indentation for virtual desktops > tagged "gnome coding", and three space indentation for desktops tagged > "personal coding". > > > Tags could be added or removed at any time, allowing you to quickly > customize all applications placed on a virtual desktop without > restarting the applications. > > Tags could be shared across multiple virtual desktops (i.e. they are not > restricted to one virtual desktop). > > Once the API is published, application vendors could add support for > named/tagged virtual desktops, or allow plugin developers to implement > this in their own creative ways. > > The difference between this and Qubes OS is that Qubes OS completely > separates applications into their own "domains" as a security feature. > Named/tagged virtual desktops isn't about security or program isolation > - applications should be able to access the same filesystem, clipboard, > etc, as usual, but simply store and present application data and > preferences uniquely per named/tagged virtual desktop for users that > choose to make use of the feature. > > > Does this appeal to anyone else? > > Has anyone already began work on this?
From what you describe that sounds a lot like KDE's Activity concept, see https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kactivities/html/index.html Cheers, Martin
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