Virtual Desktops for OS X

There is a constant mess on the 12\” desktop of my iBook. One way to come along that problem is to rearrange the icons, remove this or that tiny file containing just a note or codesnippet etc. or – the second way – to extend the destop area. Going for both variants leads to the best compromise.

Regarding the destop-extension I had that idea of looking for a virtual desktop as one knows it from Linux etc. There are about four solutions for OS X I would like to point out:

– Desktop Manager, http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net
– Space.app, http://space.sourceforge.net
– CodeTek VirtualDesktop, http://www.codetek.com/ctvd/
– Windowshade X (minimize-in-place), http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/wsx/

Currently I am working with the opensourced Desktop Manager. Unfortunately the files and folder can not be moved to virtual desktops; I have to reread the manual but that is what I initially was looking for…

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