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This thread was #1 on my Google search for "most configurable windows manager." I'm looking to find a windows/desktop manager that meets my criteria. I'm not asking for a complete replacement of the WIMP desktop metaphor, just trying to find something that fits the way I (should) work. My criteria:
No desktop icons, no clutter of files dropped on the desktop as a convenient place. The desktop should
Currently running applications like LibreOffice writer displayed in one window, a media player in another window, files that I've opened for cutting-and-pasting into my writer document--a separate window for each.
A navigator window that is user-configurable to show, for instance, only applications and application launchers or only frequently used applications or mp3 files and to maintain these filters persistently as a clickable list. Ideally, the navigator should also maintain a system-wide real-time index to speed things along.
A "pigeonhole" virtual cabinet where I can stick items I will be working on eventually (but not now) that I can use to drop things into rather than the desktop. This pigeonhole system should periodically prompt me to clean out items that need a permanent home or that should be deleted. I think Frontgate does something like this.
Anyone know of a manager that would accomplish this?
This thread was #1 on my Google search for "most configurable windows manager." I'm looking to find a windows/desktop manager that meets my criteria. I'm not asking for a complete replacement of the WIMP desktop metaphor, just trying to find something that fits the way I (should) work. My criteria:
No desktop icons, no clutter of files dropped on the desktop as a convenient place. The desktop should
Currently running applications like LibreOffice writer displayed in one window, a media player in another window, files that I've opened for cutting-and-pasting into my writer document--a separate window for each.
A navigator window that is user-configurable to show, for instance, only applications and application launchers or only frequently used applications or mp3 files and to maintain these filters persistently as a clickable list. Ideally, the navigator should also maintain a system-wide real-time index to speed things along.
A "pigeonhole" virtual cabinet where I can stick items I will be working on eventually (but not now) that I can use to drop things into rather than the desktop. This pigeonhole system should periodically prompt me to clean out items that need a permanent home or that should be deleted. I think Frontgate does something like this.
Anyone know of a manager that would accomplish this?
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