My first thought is that actually, I do like switching both monitors together. I keep different tasks on different workspaces, and while some things only need one screen, for a lot of stuff I’m working on both at once. Once you’ve gotten used to the space of two monitors, it’s hard to give it up.

I wonder if this could be tied in with the Activities concept – where activities can be tied to one or more workspaces.

Could you tie Activities to ‘Screens’ instead of workspaces? An activity that just needed one screen could then be swapped on just one monitor.

An activity that needed two screens would mean both monitors swapping together.

… but would you now need a ‘workspaces’ breadcrumb menu on each monitor

… oh and I’m all out of ideas for activities that need 3 or more screens and so span multiple workspaces lol

It has to be said, it opens up a lot more possibilities when you can switch screens independently, and I’m looking forward to seeing what you guys think of

I can see me wanting a 3rd screen now though:
– 1 screen always showing emails, etc
– 2 screens that I use for tasks, and use for switching between workspaces.

Ross

PS. Hopefully this won’t scare you or your student off attempting this

Those projects sound great, i think Gnome is heading in a way better direction compared to KDE4.

Hmm, I disagree, I actually like the fact that I can totally switch out my ‘distractions’ workspace (email, IRC, etc) to a blank slate to get to work.

I hope it’ll still be able to keep the current behaviour?