mac "spaces"

[Erika Epstein]

Would any care to share how they are using spaces on the mac?
thanks in advance,

[Karl Ottenstein]

Pretty simple usage for me. I have dual monitors and have the space below my main desktop set up to be where my Parallels Windows XP VM lives. (You can assign applications to any space [default] or one particular Space.) I have my Stickies set up to show in all Spaces, so that my desktop looks the same in both.

I may run apps in either space... but of course, ArchiCAD doesn't work with Spaces (see other threads), so I have to be careful about switching spaces if AC is running, depending on what it is doing. I would probably use spaces more if AC behaved properly. (There are some reports that some erratic spaces behavior are issues on Apple's side, in GS's defense.)

Cheers,
Karl

[Dwight]

Sometimeiusethemtokeepwordsapart.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Dwight wrote:
Sometimeiusethemtokeepwordsapart.

[Erika Epstein]

Karl wrote:

Dwight wrote:
Sometimeiusethemtokeepwordsapart.

[Eduardo Rolon]

Mostly Arranged by tasks

S01= AC, SketchUp
S02= Modo, C4D, Artlantis
S03= Adobe CS 3
S04= Mail, Yojimbo, Yep, MailSteward
S05= Safari, NetNewsWire, Firefox
S06= iWork, Office
S07= Things, On the Job, Superdupper!!
S08= Fusion, Final Cut Studio
S09= Activity Monitor, Console, Terminal

all spaces= iTunes, Quicktime, Finder, VLC, Nice Player, Preview

[Dwight]

So real answer now:

Spaces: Not at all. They seem closed off from one another.

I have so much going on right now with an Archicad project, a public art pitch [Word], the Artlantis book with writing [Word], illustrating [Artlantis and Photoshop and Bridge] and laying out each book article [InDesign]. Then there's research and communication where I'm extracting things from Safari and Mail. It is a big mess on the desktop - the one space I'm using has around fifty windows open.

I manage all this mess with Command-Tab. This function spreads open application icons in a band across mid-screen - twenty-two open right now. It makes it easy to toggle between the last used application that is a frequent demand of mine. It USED to be that when an application came forward ALL of its windows did, but now individual windows interleave beautifully.

[vistasp]

Are you guys referring to what Win/Lin users call "virtual desktops"?

[Eduardo Rolon]

Yes.

[Chazz]

Dwight wrote:
I manage all this mess with Command-Tab.

This feature was stolen by Apple from Windoze, yet I'm amazed at how few users of either platform actually use it. Command-Tab rocks.

I'm a fellow non spaces user, and proud of it.