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Who uses Spaces?

Do you use Spaces?

  • Yes

    Votes: 157 62.3%

  • No

    Votes: 95 37.7%
  • Total voters
    252
It's been said already Blue Velvet, but I will reiterate just in case.

1.) you can have the Application appear in all spaces. So that when you change spaces the app window will always be there.

2.) It won't change your dock, but there are apps that allow you to have more than one dock, and there is always the Stacks option which I have adopted. Keeping my trivial stuff in Stacks, and the professional stuff in the dock.

3.) I have actually found spaces useful even with large displays. My home machine with 23" ACD has spaces active, but my 17" MBP doesn't simply because I won't have too much windows open other than FCP and Aperture and maybe Photo Mechanic.
 
I've got two columns and three rows. Space 1 is for Finder, Space 2 is for iTunes, Space 3 is for Mail, Space 4 is for Safari (or Webkit in my case), Space 5 is for "Toys" like Torrent clients and other small windowed programs, and Space 6 is for Logic and Photoshop and iWork and the likes.

It allows me to keep both my dock and my screen clear.
 
I still haven't found a reason to use Spaces. I prefer to just hide anything I'm not using. I might try it again, but one of my main reasons for using it would be Word 2008, bit unfortunetely it seems that won't really work.
 
The way I see it, Spaces (and virtual desktops in general) is a replacement for having multiple monitors. For example I've got three screens connected to my PC. A HDTV for videos/games, then a main monitor with the taskbar, desktop icons etc for main programs and yet another monitor for e-mail, IRC, RSS feeds and other often updating stuff. This way I can just glance at the second monitor rather than switching apps.

Spaces allows similar functionality. I'd have the e-mail, IRC, RSS feeds and other things on one space, use another one for my main programs and so on. This way instead of switching between single apps, I can quickly check several apps.

For my uses the more real screen estate there is, the less useful Spaces becomes.
 
I use spaces alot. For me, It makes it easier to stay focused on one thing, as it keeps everything neat and separate.

I use one for VMware on full screen, one for iTunes, one for Stickies, one for Safari, one for Word... and leave one blank.

I do this on my Macbook. It's almost a necessary feature for portables, when screens are small and you can't always have dual monitor set up. Love it.
 
I run XP in Fusion full screen in Space 2 so I can do schoolwork.

Everything else is in Space 1.
 
Nope, I've been using OS X for years when there was no such thing as Spaces, so like the OP I'm accustomed to not using it. I don't even use Exposé much, having used the OS since before even that was available.
 
I use spaces to keep iTunes separate, but other than that, coming from Tiger, I've been used to Exposé, so I tend to use that more often, by habit if nothing else.
 
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Nope, I've been using OS X for years when there was no such thing as Spaces, so like the OP I'm accustomed to not using it. I don't even use Exposé much, having used the OS since before even that was available.
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I have been too. Been using Macs professionally, and knowledgeably since Panther and dabble in OS9 occasionally.

Once Expose came it was a Godsend being able to flip through my windows. Dashboard not so much but it was nice not having to open dedicated apps for a calculator and dictionary which are the only two I use constantly.

Once Leopard came I was more interested in the much improved networking and added features for Mobile Me and such, but have found Spaces a nice thing on my home machine which gets crowded with tiny little apps being open all the time.
 
I use it for work-related apps, web apps, and music. But sometimes it frustrating when you open one app that you are using in a space and want to use it in another. You have to hunt the app and move it to the work space.
 
I use almost all of Leopards features, Including Spaces Mind you I switched right when Leopard came out. I really like it, great for when you have lots of CS4 stuff open.
 
I use Spaces most of the time when I have more than 1 application open at a time. I think its much easier to just press Command and the arrow keys to switch applications instead of having to find the app on the dock.

You should try it if you are not using it yet. I have made a post on my blog to show you how to set up Spaces and organize it. Check it out:

http://abatesblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/spaces-on-leopard.html
 
I think Spaces is great.

I currently use two spaces. I use space 1 is for my Leopard stuff and space 2 for Fusion 2 with a Vista VM running full screen. I found running the Vista VM in a window to be a problem. The user experience is much better at full screen.

When I start application development on my Mac Pro, I am sure I will add two more spaces. One for the development environment and one to run programs in.

I would be very unhappy if someone took Spaces away from me!!

S-
 
I do not use spaces.

In my opinion, and for my day-to-day routine on my mac, using Spaces is to much of a hassle.
I bet for people who multi-task alot more than me, and have WAY more apps running at the same time will find it more useful, but for someone who doesn't spend THAT much time on his computer at one time..it's not needed.
 
I'm a recent mac switcher so I always had spaces on a mac. Although I made a huge leap from a 15" screen to a 23" one, I can't even begin to imagine my mac without spaces.

The only apps that have problems with spaces are MS Office 2008 and (sadly) the entire CS4. But nothing too serious. As far as I know, though, it's not Apple's fault but MS/Adobe's (Adobe clearly states that they don't support the Spaces feature of OS X)

At the moment I have 4 spaces.
Top left is the browser almost full screen with a little "gap" on the right for having a video playing or a messenger window while browsing.
Top right is for Xcode and the occasional Photoshopping.
Bottom left is general purpose, with 2-3 finder windows and VLC almost always open.
Bottom right is for background stuff i.e. iTunes, DL Manager, Torrent client and MSN (I pause/start iTunes with a Gadget).
I also have the terminal app set to "All spaces" since when it's open I need it to be accesible constantly.

I think if you plan how you'll distribute your workflow among the spaces it can be a real timesaver since you'll always know where to find what.
 
I CANT BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT USING SPACES

thats the only comment ill do

i use the caps so every people who dont use it would see it


i was wanting to say all the people that dont use it are dumb

but many people wouldnt got that its a joke so ill let it that way
 
Jeffsabres said:
I CANT BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT USING SPACES

thats the only comment ill do

i use the caps so every people who dont use it would see it


i was wanting to say all the people that dont use it are dumb

but many people wouldnt got that its a joke so ill let it that way
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You write like that and call us dumb? :confused:
 
I use Spaces all the time. Sometimes one Space is my leisure Space, another is a for a work project, etc. That way if I use Exposé on the work Space, I only see the windows for that project + iTunes which I set to follow me around to whatever Space I'm on.

Virtual desktops has been a feature of many UNIX UIs for ages, but then Apple came along and nailed it first try!

I can see why some people might not use Spaces though. Exposé makes it simple to manage a large volume of windows on a single screen.
 
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