virtual desktops?
Dear LJ brain trust,
I'm looking for virtual-desktop software for Windows XP with the following
properties:
- Supports six or more desktops. Microsoft's Virtual Desktop Manager
fails here, being limited to four. - Can switch desktops with a single click on a grid (or something similar);
I'm not interested in apps that run only on hotkeys or require cycling.
VirtualWin fails here, requiring me to cycle through them by repeatedly
clicking on something in the task bar. - Doesn't get confused by multiple windows from the same app being on
different desktops. (I usually keep a few Firefox windows around.)
Cool Desk appears to fail here; it's making my second Firefox window
sticky when I don't want it to. This will probably get some more testing,
as the app is otherwise decent (once you swap out the default skin). - Doesn't interact badly with some unknown OS update that landed in the
last
two months (sigh). JSPager, which I've been using happily for years, is now
implicated in unplanned Windows restarts. ("Implicated" is the wrong word
in that it's probably not really JSPager's fault, but my attempts to debug
it have all failed, including the ones involving hardware.) - Commonly-found features that I care about: can make windows sticky
on demand; can send windows from one desktop to another easily; task
bar for a desktop shows only that desktop's windows. - Nothing that would obviously bar it from being approved by a corporate
IT department (unverifiable executables from Russia or Iran, for
instance).
Features I do not care about: per-desktop wallpaper, per-desktop desktop
shortcuts, live preview, changing resolution for different desktops,
support for multiple monitors.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
