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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by dm319 on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @08:07AM (#16324105)
Yes, this is something I do to on linux, and it's great particularly when you're doing something that gets quite messy with lots of windows open - when you're working with lots of files, or you the program (like GIMP) opens up several windows. If you need to do something else it's so nice to just leave it all and move onto a nice clean workspace without having to minimize everything.
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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by lou1306 on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @10:37AM (#16325084)
You do have multiple workspaces on Windows 10... Though if you mean "automatically assign application X to workspace Y", which many Linux WMs are able to do, you're out of luck.
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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by klibertp on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @04:36PM (#16328234)
I used to use VirtuaWin[1] on Windows, which adds virtual desktops to it. It's possible it doesn't work in the most recent Windows (although, given Win compatibility, it could just as well work), but until Windows 7 (when I stopped using Windows) it was a life-saver. I used Enlightenment (E16) on some of my computers back then and after working with multiple desktops I just couldn't live without them. I mostly use 3x3 layout, with the main application I work with at the center, and other applications to the sides. Works great for me!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtuaWin

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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by digi_owl on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @02:10PM (#16327128)
Sadly the workspaces are very much mouse oriented (want to switch between workspaces? Thats win+ctrl+number!).

And there is no proper UI element for checking if you have anything open in a different workspace without opening the switcher.

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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by jhasse on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @02:33PM (#16327317)
You can switch with Ctrl+Win+Left/Right, too.
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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by digi_owl on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @05:43PM (#16328655)
While true, it does not alleviate the finger yoga...
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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by jhasse on Thursday February 08, 2018 @02:40AM (#16330799)
Not to different from most Linux DE's Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right.
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Re:Designing Windows 95’s User Interface by digi_owl on Thursday February 08, 2018 @01:35PM (#16334393)
At least any sane DE allows me to define them to be less gymnastic.
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