Re: Named/tagged virtual desktops

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On Thursday, June 9, 2016 7:34:57 AM CEST Yonas Yanfa wrote:
> I would love the ability to make use of named/tagged virtual desktops.
>=20
> A "named virtual desktop" is a virtual desktop that has a unique title,
> like "Work desktop". Each virtual desktop would have only one unique name.
>=20
> A "tagged virtual desktop" is a virtual desktop that has been assigned
> one or more tags, like "work", "sports", "gnome coding", etc.
>=20
>=20
> Here are a few ideas on how applications could make use of them:
>=20
> - mail clients (eg. Thunderbird) could load your work email accounts for
> your "Work" virtual desktop
> - web browsers (eg. Firefox) could load work and sports related
> bookmarks for virtual desktops with the tags "work", and "sports", as
> well as work-related add-ons for your "Work" virtual desktop
> - text editors could use four space indentation for virtual desktops
> tagged "gnome coding", and three space indentation for desktops tagged
> "personal coding".
>=20
>=20
> Tags could be added or removed at any time, allowing you to quickly
> customize all applications placed on a virtual desktop without
> restarting the applications.
>=20
> Tags could be shared across multiple virtual desktops (i.e. they are not
> restricted to one virtual desktop).
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> Once the API is published, application vendors could add support for
> named/tagged virtual desktops, or allow plugin developers to implement
> this in their own creative ways.
>=20
> The difference between this and Qubes OS is that Qubes OS completely
> separates applications into their own "domains" as a security feature.
> Named/tagged virtual desktops isn't about security or program isolation
> - applications should be able to access the same filesystem, clipboard,
> etc, as usual, but simply store and present application data and
> preferences uniquely per named/tagged virtual desktop for users that
> choose to make use of the feature.
>=20
>=20
> Does this appeal to anyone else?
>=20
> Has anyone already began work on this?

=46rom what you describe that sounds a lot like KDE's Activity concept, see=
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https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kactivities/html/index.html

Cheers,
Martin

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