because … - sjk

Spaces' automatic workspace switching can be over-eager for people who'd prefer more explicit control over it.

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Tuesday, November 13 2007 @ 03:30 PM PST

Cuz... Cuz... Cuz... - elastic.implosion

Sometimes you might want to open a new window for an app that doesn't reside in the space you're working on without having Spaces flying all over. That way you don't have to drag the new app window back to where you were working. Now, if you could just have both features: 1) Making Spaces stand still when you switch apps 2) Making Spaces switch spaces when you click on the the app's dock icon.

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Tuesday, November 13 2007 @ 04:20 PM PST

Why.. Why.. Why.. - nickanderson

For apps you're likely to want to access in any space at any time, just set those apps to open in "every space" in Spaces prefs. You can then access those apps whichever space you're in, no zipping about needed.

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Tuesday, November 13 2007 @ 05:27 PM PST

Why.. Why.. Why.. - wildcardIV

By automatically switching to the space with the frontmost application/window, Spaces is making assumptions about what the users wants. Lets say I have Mail and Safari open in two different desktops. If I quit mail, Spaces automatically switches to the desktop with Safari active. What if I wanted to open a new application in the same desktop that Mail was open in and NOT go to Safari? Because Spaces automatically switched me, I now have to manually go back to the other desktop before opening my new application. I believe that this type of application should only respond to specific user input (i.e. switch desktops) and not make any presumptions about what the user wants to do or where the user wants to be.

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Tuesday, November 13 2007 @ 05:34 PM PST

Why.. Why.. Why.. - AikiDavid

I think the present behavior of Spaces is just fine. I just group all my applications that use the internet together (like Mail, Safari, etc.) in the same space (so if I click on a link in Mail, I don't have to move to another space to see the link open in Safari). I put all my music related into another space (like iTunes, Hijack Pro, etc), and all my business related into another space (Numbers, Merlin, Pages, Word (sorry, evil I know) etc.)
I hope they don't change it to *force* it to not change without specific input, as that would be a major pain in the a$$ to have to do another step to move to another space!!
BTW, if I ever do want to use this, how about upgrading it to work on PowerPC's also, I have 2 17" PowerBooks & a G5 Quad, but no Intel chip Macs yet?

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Tuesday, November 13 2007 @ 07:33 PM PST

Why.. Why.. Why.. - jcm314

I'm with ya Kevin. I can't stand the default behavior of Spaces. I have Firefox windows in other spaces, and I want to create a new window in the current space, and Spaces yanks me back to the space where I first launched Firefox. Yuck.

I tried your application. It doesn't seem to be working. I relaunched the Dock, but it still has the same behavior as the old Spaces. I tried to switch between applications by using the Dock, Command-Tab, and Quicksilver.

Any suggestions?

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Wednesday, November 14 2007 @ 03:51 AM PST

Re: Why.. Why.. Why.. - Daniel_Stødle_768

I'm the author of TripleS. To use it, just click the "Fix spaces!" button. The "Relaunch the Dock" button is only there for people who dislike the new behaviour ;-) The mod currently does not stick between Dock relaunches. To verify that it works, simply start TextEdit in one space and Safari in another. Switch between the two, noticing how Spaces over-eagerly switches space. Then click the Fix spaces-button. If it works, you will notice that now, when switching between TextEdit and Safari, no Spaces-switch occurs.

-daniel

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Wednesday, November 14 2007 @ 04:55 AM PST

Re: Why.. Why.. Why.. - jcm314

Awesome. That was it, thanks. It works great.

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Wednesday, November 14 2007 @ 06:57 AM PST

Why.. Why.. Why.. - coyote4til7

Uhm .... NO .... the idea with a virtual desktop manager is that you assemble items related to a project in the current window. Virtual desktop managers are supposed to be project/task centric _not_ application specific (like spaces).

Clicking on an application in the Dock should draw _it_ into the current project _not_ whip you off to another project. If I want to pull up something on the web related to my current project, I want to see it _here_ not flip between spaces.

If I have a skype call come in, I want to bring skype _here_ not go somewhere else. "Oh... hey Joe... thanks for calling... give me a moment while I juggle my workspace around and fix that Spaces thing"

Spaces is the only virtual desktop manager I've ever used (I've used several on OS X, MS' poor excuse and a slew on Linux) where the designers simply did not get the concept.

Unfortunately, the under-the-hood changes on Leopard have broken Desktop Manager, so hopefully TripleS will fix spaces.

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Thursday, December 27 2007 @ 01:48 PM PST