[ge-talk] Multimonitor support

[Ian Nowland]

I actually love the way leopard handles multiple monitors with workspaces.

I would appreciate if I could easily send applications to other spaces, though.

--Ian

On Nov 12, 2007 8:23 AM, all4god <all4god at web.de> wrote:
> Cause i was upset how the new Leopard handles multimonitor (out of the
> box), i thought about a better way for haiku.
> I think it would be intuitiv, if you can choose a Workspace to be
> rendert to a extarnal Monitor.
> e.g. by default Workspace 2 is shown on the first external Monitor,
> Workspace 3 on the second and so on.
> I think this is how the user would expect it.
>
>
> Switiching the workspaces will only work on the "first" the main Monitor.
> So if the main Monitor shows Workspace 1 the hole System works kind of
> an expanded Desktop. If the User switch to Workspace 2 it works like a
> mirrored Deskop.
>
> I guess this will be hard to implement.. but i think it will be such a
> pleasure.
>
> There must be some aditional settings, eg. if you wanne show the Deskbar
> on the external Monitor and also to set the main Monitor.
>
> For the Mediaplayer it would be intuitiv, that it start Video on the
> exteranal Monitor, if one is connected. (beacuse normally this means
> someone attached a better Monitor.. and want to look on this Monitor
> videos (like beamer or so.)) The Controlpanel still can sit on the Main
> Monitor.
>
> This are just my ideas, i am not so shure if someone already had made
> this suggestions...
> Sorry for my bad english :)
>
> Gby
> Paradoxon
>
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