[Bug 162900] New: Why are there activities and virtual desktops?

[A.M.P.Boelens]

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           Summary: Why are there activities and virtual desktops?
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: aboelens engin umass edu


Version:           4.00.80 (KDE 4.0.80 >= (KDE 4.1 Beta1) (using 4.00.80 (KDE 4.0.80 >= (KDE 4.1 Beta1), Debian packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-1-686

I get a bit confused by the fact that there are activities and virtual desktops and the way you navigate between them. For the desktops there is pager and for activities you have to zoom in and out. This does not seem to be very consistent.

Why aren't activities and virtual desktops the same? Having Different virtual desktops with the option to have widgets which are specific to one desktop, or which can show op on all virtual desktops, makes more sense to me.

Other than that, I am enjoying KDE 4.1 a lot!

Cheers,

Arnout