The Linux problem, and a suggestion

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 05/03/2010 14:30, Peter Alcibiades wrote:
> Richmond, try it on a 22 inch or larger monitor.  See if you still feel the
> same.  You won't.  Or if you do now, you won't in five years.  And if you
> offer it to anyone without 20/20 sight, they won't.
>
> The problem is, the sensible way of working that we have gotten used to in
> Linux is multiple desktops.
RunRev isn't very well-behaved with multiple desktops on either Mac OS 
10.5 (native)
or Mac OS 10.4 (3rd party add-on).

I have 2 monitors connected to my Mac; which is all jolly good if your 
machine can do that
sort of thing.

> Not the end of the world not to have it, you
> might be able to overcome an apps limitations in this respect by going to a
> bigger screen.  I did, only because my old one blew up.
>
> But if you do, the size of the Rev app shrinks in proportion to the increase
> in screen size.  There is just no way around it.  I don't know what all
> other Linux apps do to avoid this, but they do something.
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