First desktop for work/study related windows another for research/info related windows and third one for chill/media related windows, sometimes you work on more than two documents at the same time and researching theme with timeouts for chill so multiple desktops is very useful
I can barely keep track of my one desktop what are people doing with multiple desktops?
bruhduh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
sanguine_artichoke@midwest.social 2 months ago
It’s good if you have sets of apps open for different tasks. I used to have one for programming (text editor/browser/console) and one for graphic editing (gimp/console/image viewer/blender), and one for general browsing/time wasting, all on two monitors. Pretty handy to keep your focus.
Piwix@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s like having a second or third monitor but instead of moving your eyes to the other monitor you move the desktop you’re currently looking at.
RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Using multiple desktops may help you keep all those open programs more organized. :)
I use only use them at work. One desktop is for e-mail, chats, and my music player, the other has all the stuff I need for whatever I’m actually working on at the moment. If I’m switching back and forth between two unrelated tasks, I might use a third to keep everything for the two tasks separate.
bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 2 months ago
music can stay on one workspace
work on another
messenger on another.
my alt-tab is always in the right order, and accessing specific functions like music or messaging is a whole other key sequence and muscle memory.
frezik@midwest.social 2 months ago
I used to use them a lot when monitors were smaller and I put one full screen window on each desktop. With bigger monitors and multiple windows open on just one, I don’t really use them anymore.
DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For every desktop there is a desk-bottom, so one is wise to be cautious ʘ‿ʘ
misspacfic@lemm.ee 2 months ago
for work i have to have like 3 PDFs open, my IDE, a browser, etc.
it’s nice being able just switch to a clean desktop to browse the internet or write an email without messing up my window placement or getting lost in a bunch of layers.