Comments by "eDoc2020" (@eDoc2020) on "KDE Virtual Desktops Still Broken After 20 Years" video.

@RadikaRules The XP PowerToy wasn't a native part of the OS, so it doesn't count. There were many third-party virtual desktop manager for Windows before then.
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@tablettablete186 Are you sure the PowerToys virtual desktop used kernel objects? I thought it just moved windows offscreen. Unfortunately I don't think I have it installed anymore.
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@Pyro-Moloch The problem with minimizing on the taskbar is it only does one window at a time. If each task has multiple windows it can get old quickly, especially when you have multiple instances of the same application. On smaller screens I might use adjacent workspaces for reference materials and the active working file. Alt+tab works fine for quickly swapping between the two but when a third window (such as a calculator or terminal emulator) is added a quick Alt+tab starts jumping to the wrong window. Switching workspaces is one click yet can restore dozens of windows at once.
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@Pyro-Moloch The smaller the monitor, the more you need to switch views. With only one virtual desktop you have all your windows on one taskbar and it's annoying to pick out the specific window you want. All browser windows look the same, all PDFs look the same, all file managers look the same, etc. It doesn't take much time to find the right one but it interrupts stream of consciousness. It's much easier if you can press one button without thinking and be shown the window you want to see. Virtual desktops makes that easy. Even if you still use taskbar switching it eliminates extra taskbar icons to keep it clean. Then there's also the idea of having one workspace per task. You can have one for one work project, one for checking on personal communications, and one for work email.
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@MacroAcc I disagree, while multi monitors can reduce the need for workspaces and vice versa they most definitely do not eliminate the need. Multi-monitors (or one huge one) is needed to see more than one thing at once and workspaces put more than one thing in the same spot. It's not uncommon for me to have four or more workspaces active and four monitors are expensive and take up too much physical space.
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@softwarelivre2389 I would've expected that if you change desktops on one screen its half of the window would stay up and the other would disappear. But then I can see how this would be terrible to use. Your suggestion makes more sense from a user perspective.
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I hated KDE 3.5, I remember it being slow and clunky. Maybe it was the underpowered hardware I was using.
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Makes sense.
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@BrodieRobertson If the displays are different sizes it should be obvious why you can't. An 1152x864 layout doesn't fit on an 800x600 display.
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@BrodieRobertson Everything gets moved to the sides and corners and it's annoying if you have lots of windows open.
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