> Perhaps a better solution would be to only allow two columns? I've > never used more than two, and I imagine most others are in the same > boat. The complexity of controlling things is increased by the > ability to have more than two columns: We have this whole left/ > right non-wrapping navigation now, which is a pain. If we cap it at > two columns, we can replace the left/right with a simple "other > column" command or something similar. Instead of having to move > left or right, perhaps two or more times, changing columns is > always the same command, and always used just once.
I hope you don't mean to make this a hard (non-configurable) limit. I work on 2 monitors on a daily basis, and a change like this would be bad enough to make me switch back to fluxbox... I average 3 or 4 columns per workspace.
How about this instead: Kill the idea of unique columns per workspace, and instead make "columns" a way to show multiple "workspaces" simultaneously, one "workspace" per column, with default, stacked, and maximized views for columns like we have for rows?
That might be a more flexible solution...
You could then use a command to switch a visible column to the "workspace" with the same tag. A bonus is that since workspaces can contain floating windows. I could have the Gimp on the left 80% of my screen, aterms on the right, and the gimp would be unable to spawn any crap over my aterms. It also simplifies the metaphor a lot, as we no longer have any concrete idea of separate workspaces... It's just one constantly mutating meta-workspace.
Personally, I like the base idea, but I'd like to reformulate it a bit... I don't want to lose my separate workspaces. However, maybe think of each column as a view, so that a tag can be viewed on multiple workspaces, as well as one workspace containing multiple tags. Dave -- Lead Programmer G33X Nexus Entertainment http://games.g33xnexus.com/precursors/ v3sw5/7Hhw5/6ln5pr6Ock3ma7u7+8Lw3/7Tm3l6+7Gi2e4t4Mb7Hen5g8+9ORPa22s6MSr7p6 hackerkey.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wmii
