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Who uses Spaces?

Do you use Spaces?

  • Yes

    Votes: 157 62.3%

  • No

    Votes: 95 37.7%
  • Total voters
    252
I just use four, but since I almost always open the same apps, it helps to have them in the same location each time. Firefox in the top left, iTunes in the bottom left, Mail the top right, and anything in the hard drive in the bottom right.

Works for me, although I will occasionally drag things from one section to another.
 
I use two spaces. One for active tasks (Safari, Pages, Keynote, etc), the other for things I can leave in the background (iTunes, Mail, Transmission, etc).

Lord knows why anyone would need all 16 spaces available lol.
 
Four spaces for now... long time Linux user that switched to Mac. Chained-, shackled-, hog-tied-, call it what you will, but I'm needing my Spaces. :D
 
I have to say I haven't used spaces once since it was introduced by Apple, however I did use it many times in the past before it became an Apple product. I think it can be useful in certain circumstances but with a big enough screen I just find I spread things out better and still have the needed space on my one desktop.
 
Love them but...

I was using six spaces and loved it - so organized and COMMAND + number makes it so quick to navigate. It worked a dream... then I started using a few more applications frequently and wanted a couple more spaces. Since going to nine I seem to have a lot more problems - the one with the Word toolbar going around on its' own as mentioned in an earlier post is a nuisance and the reliability of an application starting in its' correct new space seems a bit hit and miss. Is this just me, or should I go back to using 6 spaces, or am I missing something. I have assigned the MS(spit) Office applics to one of the new spaces and google earth to another...
 
i never ever use it cuz i dont usually have many apps open and the whole virtual thing is troublesome.

troublesome as in if im working on like word and i want my itunes which is in another space, i have to go to another space and then all of a sudden my word app is missing then i have to go back to that space again. :D
 
I use it every day, been using multiple workspaces for years, I wouldn't have even considered OS X if there wasn't spaces.
 
I loves me spaces. Main one for my foreground stuff, most used (safari, photoshop etc) 2 for chat, 3 for mail, and another 3 for pages, keynote and other large window apps...
It was a little confusing at the start since you have to remember what space is for what app, but once I got it, I'm like Speedy Gonzales around Leopard
 
I love Spaces... or love the idea of Spaces.

However I dispise the execution of it in Leopard. It feels like another silly feature Apple decided to tack on without thinking about integrating it into the entire OS.

I feels cheaply put on. Why? A quick look at how Linux does its virtual desktop is why. The linux version is vastly superior. each space is neatly shown on the bottom "taskbar" with the windows obviously laid out. In Spaces you ahve to press an entire button, pausing your work flow to pause just to see which space has what content.

Setting a space restriction to programs is shoddy at best and Spaces seems to always take you to the action when you're trying to do work.

What I'd like to see in Spaces 2.0 for Snow Leopard:

Tighter program integration (Word 2008 currently has aboslutely no support for spaces)

More information when switching spaces... instead of showing me a crappy grid graphic (the black grid that shows). Show me thumbnails of each space and label them. Animate the white box in the grid moving rather than instantly showing (the background moves right? Why isn't the box moving? Bad UX design if you ask me. Animating the box moving will greatly enhance the spatial paradigm of spaces)

Less annoying switching actions. I know these is an option to turn auto switch spaces off, but I like it on because when I open a program it switches to the appropriate space. Give me a small arrow indication that a certain space needs my attention. It's really annoying when I'm installing something in Space 3, reading the news in space 1 and then suddenly it takes me to space 3 for my password.

Addition of a number beside each open application (whether it's next to the icon or in the hover text) to indicate which space they're on (or whether they are spanning multiple spaces)

Different wallpapers for different spaces! Big issue here, I want this fixed immediately.
 
I don't think I could use OS X without Spaces. I switched in January, so I've always had Spaces available.

I use it constantly, multiple times each time I sit down at the computer. I made the scroll button on my mouse use the F8 shortcut to expand out to all my spaces (I currently have 6, and normally use at least 4 of them at a time.)
 
I use spaces. Well, actually 4.
Control - Arrow Keys to move about.

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It makes using a whole bunch of apps at the same time easier. I find my Mac is just a lot more organised with Spaces. :)
 
Not me. I use Tiger at home but Leopard at work. I tried Spaces there but Archicad (a badly designed programme as it is) gets confused if you switch windows. Open windows disappear and reappear without warning. Also, I agree - it is badly implemented and I dislike nearly all of the flashy graphics features of OSX, with the exception of Expose' (top-right corner operation), which is fantastic and all I need.
 
I love spaces. The organisation thing is a big issue for me. I switched 3 weeks ago and whenever I go back to XP I miss both spaces and expose. I dont know how I used a computer without using these, they are essential.

I also like the speed with which everything works. If Microsoft tried to do anything like spaces or expose I have a feeling that it would be laggy as all hell.

It is a pity that Word still plays up though. that is the program I use the most and it is very frustrating. I wish Microsoft would re-write the whole thing and send it out as a free update...
 
I use Spaces. Not extensively. One space runs most everything while I run VMWare in the second. Good idea, but I just don't do enough to benefit from it.
 
Tried it once, didn't care for it. A girl in my art history lecture last semester was like obsessed with it though. She went through spaces like crazy. She was pretty spaced out.
 
I can't live without Spaces. I have completely incorporated it into my workflow. When I use a Mac without it, I always find myself trying to switch Spaces (say to go to Mail or iTunes).
 
Find it a bit confusing. As well, I don't have so many applications open at once to really need several desktops...
 
Everybody who uses it keeps telling me how genious Spaces is. But I never have understood this. Why should I be using spaces exactly?
 
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