Any good utility to add Space functionality to Lion?

[hajime]

Hello, I use Space in SL often. Right now, I am considering to upgrade to Lion. However, I heard Space is replaced by Mission Control which has been causing inconvenience to some uses who use Space. Is there any good utility/App to add Space functionality in SL to Lion? Thanks.

 

[Schtumple]

This is the best I could find on Google:

http://mattgemmell.com/2011/07/27/using-spaces-on-os-x-lion/

 

[hajime]

This is the best I could find on Google:

http://mattgemmell.com/2011/07/27/using-spaces-on-os-x-lion/

Thanks. The things that I do often are:

1. Press F8 to get a global view of all the spaces and application windows.
2. drag application windows across the spaces/windows

 

[KnightWRX]

Thanks. The things that I do often are:

1. Press F8 to get a global view of all the spaces and application windows.
2. drag application windows across the spaces/windows

Those are available in Lion's Mission Control.

 

[thundersteele]

Imho the most important thing for me was to disable the automatic rearrangement. That was just confusing for me and not helpful at all.

I somewhat miss the 2D layout of spaces... I used to have a 3x3 grid of desktops, now it's just one long chain. Other than that, I like mission control.

 

[robgendreau]

This isn't specific to Lion Spaces per se, but take a look at dockView. It allows you to preview an application's open windows by hovering your mouse over the application's dock icon. This makes it easy to go to the Space with the window you're seeking.

Rob

 

[Krazy Bill]

Thanks. The things that I do often are:

1. Press F8 to get a global view of all the spaces and application windows.

Yes, you can do that in Lion. But once you have your windows on screen your keyboard is useless. May as well just start out with a gesture to begin with because you'll have to take your fingers from the keys anyway.

2. drag application windows across the spaces/windows

Expose/Spaces in SL has the ability to show *all* non minimized windows and all spaces on a single screen (to drag around as you please). Not so in MC.

There is no 3rd party app that brings back the functionality of Expose and Spaces you have in SL. You'll have to stay with SL or learn to adapt.

I find MC nice for casual browsing... useless for everything else.

 

[hajime]

Yes, you can do that in Lion. But once you have your windows on screen your keyboard is useless. May as well just start out with a gesture to begin with because you'll have to take your fingers from the keys anyway.


Expose/Spaces in SL has the ability to show *all* non minimized windows and all spaces on a single screen (to drag around as you please). Not so in MC.

There is no 3rd party app that brings back the functionality of Expose and Spaces you have in SL. You'll have to stay with SL or learn to adapt.

I find MC nice for casual browsing... useless for everything else.

Thanks for the clarifications. Do you expect there will be 3rd party app that brings back the functionality o Expose and Spaces we have in SL?

If I have several windows playing videos at the same time, can we watch those videos perhaps in small thumbnails at the same time under MC?