20th
Spaces - I don’t get it
In Leopard, Apple introduced Spaces, a multiple desktop tool. So far, I have not been able to figure out what it is really good for. Most often when my monitor(s) become(s) cluttered, it is because I have too many Finder windows open, some needed for one task and one application, some for another. I can distribute these windows over several spaces but as soon I close all windows in one space and then click back into the Finder to open a new one, I’m switched to another space where there are still open Finder windows. So, Spaces is useless for the task of distributing Finder windows.
In contrary to ubiquious apps like Finder, Terminal, Mail, or Camino, some apps are only used for one task. They could be assigned to one space. Or a combination of two apps could be assigned to one space. Yes, that actually works, but instead of switching between spaces I can just hide and unhide apps, thereby creating my own virtual spaces. What is the point of Spaces if clicking on one app moves you to that app’s space and therefore hides all other apps? Geez, I can do this with alt-click on the app as well. If you could distribute different windows of the same app over multiple spaces, without being transported back to the space with the last-used open window of that app when in fact you want to create a new window for that app in your current space, Spaces would be usefull. Right now, it is pretty useless and just provides a fancy way of hiding and unhiding groups of apps.
