Mac OS X and Virtual Desktop Functionality?

Mac OS X and Virtual Desktop Functionality?

Tuesday November 04, 2003 02:11 PM EST
Written by Arnold Kim

Mac Rumors

Appleinsider claims that Apple will be building in Virtual Desktop support into Mac OS X in 2004.

Appleinsider points to an Exposé hack that shrinks all windows into a small window as evidence of ongoing work on this feature.

"Virtual Desktops" is a feature that was popularized in Unix windows managers, allowing users to invoke any number of virtual screens for improved window management. CodeTek currently offers a trialware application called VirtualDesktop which implements this functionality on Mac OS X.

Another curious Mac OS X Exposé hack is described here -- the Exposé "blob".

Update: Reportedly, the "blob" hack was simply an early way to activate Exposé during developer testing.

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