VirtuaWin – Your Digital Workspace
August 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
Think of a wood shop when you think of VirtuaWin. In a wood shop you typically have several areas that the work will flow through. The pieces will pass through an area to get cut and drilled, then move into an area where they receive detailing by sanding and other methods, and then end in the assembly area. Each of these areas is a different workspace, having its own unique purpose and tools. To combine these processes into one workspace the woodworker would incur extra time from setting up and tearing down the equipment. Having separate workspaces allows the woodworker to quickly move the piece through all the different processes.
VirtuaWin is the concept of workspaces digitized. It allows you to move work through your different workspaces without incurring setup and tear down time. VirtuaWin lets you setup multiple virtual desktops, each having their own unique purpose and set of tools. Navigating through the different workspace is as quick as a simple key stroke.
One drawback to VirtuaWin is that it can become counterproductive if you don’t stick with the workspace mentality. If an individual opens applications randomly on different virtual desktops, extra time could be wasted searching for the correct application. Even then, VirtuaWin does have some added functionality that will allow you to bring any open application on to your current virtual desktop.
Overall this is a great program that can give you more desktop space by creating multiple desktops. If you would like more information, here is a link to the program’s site: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ Best of all its free!
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