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1. notehead

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   11/05, 09:17pm | report spam | close reply

   more than eye candy?

   Yes, Spaces is slick, but is it much better than simply hitting Command-Tab to get into another open program? I'm just not sure it's a real enhancement to the workflow of the average user. Sort of a "solution without a problem."
   
   Anybody out there using Spaces and loving it? I'm happy to be wrong about this.

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1. LtCarter47

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   11/05, 09:49pm | report spam | close reply

   Re: more than eye candy?

   I'm loving it. Even on the 30", I find it to be quite convenient. I like to have iphoto, itunes, ical and mail always open, so they all have their individual space. chat and safari live on space 1. It's nice to be able to hit the spaces icon (or button four on the mouse) and quickly look at all of these programs un-minimized at once.

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1. iranfromthezoo

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   11/05, 10:23pm | report spam | close reply

   re: more than eye candy?

   I am using Spaces and loving it. It has really cut my workflow up. I am generally a busy user with Mail, iChat and Skype being in one space. Safari in the other. CS3 apps are all assigned their own "space" and it has really made things easier for me. Granted it takes some getting used to.

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1. henjin

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   11/05, 11:46pm | report spam | close reply

   Not sure

   I gave up using it. For some reason probably my fault.. after reboot it never kept its settings. So had to go through setting it all again.

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1. chucker

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   11/06, 06:44am | report spam | close reply

   re: more than eye candy?

   I'm loving it

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1. testudo

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   11/06, 07:51am | report spam | close reply

   Re: not sure

   The problem is you're thinking that Spaces is supposed to remember your application/window choices. It doesn't (it would be nice to have the option, but....). You need to go to the Spaces system preference and set up what space you want what app to default in.
   
   One of the things you cannot do, however, is tell it you want certain windows to appear in certain spaces by default.

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1. dynsight

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   11/06, 08:19am | report spam | close reply

   Spaces=Productivity

   I find spaces useful on my 17" Macbook Pro AND 23" screen. I keep I tunes and entertainment in one space, web development in another, email, etc in a third.
   
   Switching b/w is simple. From what I can tell, using istat pro, spaces does not use up significantly more resources (although I am too lazy to pursue this aggressively using ps-aux or other similar method.
   
   I will probably set up VMware fusion in it's own space as well!

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1. pottymouth

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   11/06, 11:59am | report spam | close reply

   RE: more than eye candy

   I agree. you can cmd+tab, or minimize, or hide...whatever. Spaces may be handy in some ways but for people who just want Safari, Mail, and iTunes open at the same time it is most definitely overkill. They will all live happily on the same montitor without the spaces hassle.
   
   And Spotlight? WTF? I give it a 0 still. Bring back 10.3's perfect, fast, and simple Find, please.

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1. aMackUzer

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   11/06, 02:27pm | report spam | close reply

   Spotlight

   ... but, even in "filename mode," Spotlight still can't find a file *anywhere* on the disk. Even lame Windows can do this. Unbelievable!
   
   

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1. Geobunny

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   11/06, 07:20pm | report spam | close reply

   Spaces is useful but

   Spaces is excellent in theory and looks quite cool, but it's been poorly implemented.
   
   Anyone who has ever used virtual desktops before will probably know what I mean. Spaces should not be allowed to change automatically onto whichever space the Operating System thinks I want to use. I've been using virtual desktops for years and always separate my desktops/spaces up in terms of real world tasks/projects I'm working on. Any one application can have windows on a number of different spaces. If I go to open a new window in Safari on space 2, it means that's the space I want to use it on - I do not want to be whisked off to space 1 simply because it already has a Safari window open there.
   
   Only if an application is tied to a particular space (via System Preferences) should Spaces whisk me off to that space when I activate that app. When it does it of its own volition, it's confusing, disconcerting and disruptive to my workflow and chain of thought.