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Mac OS Spaces… Y U SO SHIT ON MULTISCREEN!?!
Title explains all, methinks.
I love Spaces on Mac OS. Really, really love, but I have one little (but actually quite significant) hangup about them. When you’ve got more than one screen connected, the way they work is just downright crap.
For a brief explanation to anyone who doesn’t have a Mac/doesn’t use Mac OS, this is what spaces are: (Hopefully, I haven’t disclosed too much from this screenie…)
When you connect another monitor, the behaviour I would expect is something along these lines:-
- You’ve shown a list of screens and a list of spaces. You can drag any space to a screen.
- You can drag one space to multiple monitors.
- Perhaps drag a space across multiple displays at once to make it a double/triple/whatever width space.
This is not the behaviour I receive. This irritates me.
The behaviour which I do receive:-
- Spaces are double/triple/whatever width.
- Spaces move on all monitors if changed on one.
- If app is in full screen, it displays only on the primary monitor and the rest of the monitors show the lovely background of Mission Control, effectively making paperweights out of my two £1000 Thunderbolt Displays. (The two displays I wish I had, not the ones I do have… I don’t actually have any. :( If you feel like buying me one or two, please go ahead… :P)
It is wrong at the moment. Fix it please, Apple. There are very, very few design mistakes in Mac OS, but this is definitely one of them. Fix it.
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A self-written Q&A about my role as a Microsoft Student Partner.
So, you are an MSP. What does that actually mean?
Basically, I’m the “Microsoft guy” and you’ll hear about what I do and can do for you later on. There are just under fifty of us distributed around the UK and I’m here to sort out the areas around my home in Warrington and my college (Sir John Deane’s) in Northwich.
So what will you be doing?
I will have many responsibilities such as promoting what Microsoft is up to and doing talks, etc. about technology. I’ll be updating this blog nice and regularly with advice, new information and opportunities.
What can you do for me?
If you want to make Microsoft aware of something (something nice, preferably) just let me know and I’ll do my best to make sure the message gets passed along to the appropriate team. I will also be trying to teach (in an interesting and fun way, of course!) you about new and existing technology.
Is there anything I can get involved in?
As a matter of fact, yes! I’m looking to put together one/many team(s) for the Imagine Cup. It’s about creating a piece of software or a game to help towards something. The theme for this year is “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.”
How can I get in touch with you?
If you go to my college (SJD) then you can find me there. Otherwise, my email address is james.billingham@studentpartner.com.
Want to get involved with the Imagine Cup 2012?
Take a look at the details and then email me if you’re still interested.
Thanks for reading this. Make sure you check back as I’ll probably update it fairly regularly.
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Rather funny. Jobs & Bill.
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Woo!
Getting ready for my first meeting as a Microsoft Student Partner. Excited! :)
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R.I.P. Steve Jobs.
Quite a shock to wake up to find that someone who has directly improved your quality of life and the quality of the technology world so significantly has died. He will be missed.
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Ooooooh… tech blogging.
So I’m a Microsoft Student Partner now. I guess I’ll have to start blogging about some technical things. I’ll be applying a tag to all tech based stuff. Amazingly enough, this tag will be “tech”. Clever, eh?
Just click the “tech” link in the navigation bar, or go to… http://life.jamesbillingham.com/tech
