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  Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 01:56 +0000
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-03-08 22:24 -0700
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 16:43 +0000
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 09:21 +1300
        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 16:35 -0400
        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 20:53 +0000
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-09 22:51 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 00:23 +0000
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 00:43 +0000
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-09 20:29 -0500
                  Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 01:40 +0000
                  Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:24 +0000
                    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000
                    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-10 21:58 -0500
                      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-11 17:46 +0000
                        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-11 16:11 -0500
                          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-12 05:22 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 11:10 -0700
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 18:22 +0000
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 18:57 -0700
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 13:09 +1300
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 00:23 +0000
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 13:28 +1300
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 01:40 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-10 00:48 +0000
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-09 19:06 -0700
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:26 +0000
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 09:39 -0700
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 12:15 -0700
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 21:56 +0000
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 07:34 +0000
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 16:43 +0000
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 13:13 -0400
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 18:36 +0000
        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 15:25 -0400
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 23:23 +0000
        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-10 17:04 -0400

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#57813

In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
<Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> 
> > It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single
> > applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under
> > Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged
> > and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one
> > application to another for example).
> > 
> > Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always".
> 
> Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
> the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
> torrent etc ...

You can of course just Hide the current application when switching to
another ... or, and here's a novel idea, simply Quit applications
you're not currently needing to use.   :-)

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#57814

Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
> <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single
> > > applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under
> > > Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged
> > > and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one
> > > application to another for example).
> > > 
> > > Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always".
> > 
> > Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
> > the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
> > torrent etc ...
> 
> You can of course just Hide the current application when switching to
> another ... or, and here's a novel idea, simply Quit applications
> you're not currently needing to use.   :-)

:D


-- 
Howard

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#57816

In article <1li9no9.i9baao1j9v6dcN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
<Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
> > <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> > > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single
> > > > applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under
> > > > Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged
> > > > and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one
> > > > application to another for example).
> > > > 
> > > > Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always".
> > > 
> > > Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
> > > the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
> > > torrent etc ...
> > 
> > You can of course just Hide the current application when switching to
> > another ... or, and here's a novel idea, simply Quit applications
> > you're not currently needing to use.   :-)
> 
> :D

Damn! I knew I should have copyrighted and trademarked that idea before
posting it.  ;-)

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#57824

Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <1li9no9.i9baao1j9v6dcN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
> <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
> > > <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> > > > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single
> > > > > applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under
> > > > > Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged
> > > > > and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one
> > > > > application to another for example).
> > > > > 
> > > > > Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always".
> > > > 
> > > > Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
> > > > the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
> > > > torrent etc ...
> > > 
> > > You can of course just Hide the current application when switching to
> > > another ... or, and here's a novel idea, simply Quit applications
> > > you're not currently needing to use.   :-)
> > 
> > :D
> 
> Damn! I knew I should have copyrighted and trademarked that idea before
> posting it.  ;-)

Another great one gets away .... 

-- 
Howard

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#57818

In message <100320141309038255%YourName@YourISP.com> 
  Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
> <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
>> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > It's mostly* Windows refugees that want "full screen" / single
>> > applications on-screen. They've become used to working that way under
>> > Windows and want the Mac to work that way ... but the Mac is deisnged
>> > and works best in a multi-application way (drag-n-drop from one
>> > application to another for example).
>> > 
>> > Note for pedantic dimbulbs: that does NOT say "always".
>> 
>> Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
>> the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
>> torrent etc ...

> You can of course just Hide the current application when switching to
> another
Sure, but why? It's no faster than using Mission Control, and in some
ways inferior.

> ... or, and here's a novel idea, simply Quit applications
> you're not currently needing to use.   :-)

Why would I do that? that just means waiting for the to launch. Or
forgetting that I had something in a window I was going to check on
later.

There's almost never a reason to quit apps. The only app I run regularly
that I quit is World of Warcraft. Oh, and Garageband.

-- 
Instant karma's going to get you!

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#57828

In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
<Howard.not@home.com> wrote:

> Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
> the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
> torrent etc ...

run this in the Terminal app:

defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool false ; killall Dock 

When you select an app from the Dock, it will automatically hide all
other applications.

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#57842

On 2014-03-10, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
><Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
>> the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
>> torrent etc ...
>
> run this in the Terminal app:
>
> defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool false ; killall Dock 
>
> When you select an app from the Dock, it will automatically hide all
> other applications.

Good tip. This setting is also available in the lovely Secrets
preference pane (download link is at the top of the web page):

<http://secrets.blacktree.com/?showapp=com.apple.dock>

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#57847

In article <bo63tuFied7U4@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> >> Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
> >> the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
> >> torrent etc ...
> >
> > run this in the Terminal app:
> >
> > defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool false ; killall Dock 
> >
> > When you select an app from the Dock, it will automatically hide all
> > other applications.
> 
> Good tip. This setting is also available in the lovely Secrets
> preference pane (download link is at the top of the web page):

I have that preferences, but had forgotten that this feature is built
into it.  I'm going to have to review all the options there again.

Nice thing is that it works only when selecting an app from the Dock. 
If you do need to have two or more apps open at the same time, you can
open them from the Finder or with Spotlight.

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#57849

Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
> <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> 
> > Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
> > the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
> > torrent etc ...
> 
> run this in the Terminal app:
> 
> defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool false ; killall Dock 
> 
> When you select an app from the Dock, it will automatically hide all
> other applications.

Interesting option....

However after thinking about it for a while ... it is really no faster
or quicker than a flick of the wrist to the top right corner of the
screen and choosing the desktop.
Also my dock has a LARGE number of very small icons in it .. and finding
the right one each time would be difficult.

But a nice alternative nevertheless.


-- 
Howard

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#57859

In article <1liaznj.8ifv0c1o6syyoN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
<Howard.not@home.com> wrote:

> However after thinking about it for a while ... it is really no faster
> or quicker than a flick of the wrist to the top right corner of the
> screen and choosing the desktop.

I don't follow.  The top right corner of the screen is the Notification
menu.

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#57873

Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <1liaznj.8ifv0c1o6syyoN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
> <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> 
> > However after thinking about it for a while ... it is really no faster
> > or quicker than a flick of the wrist to the top right corner of the
> > screen and choosing the desktop.
> 
> I don't follow.  The top right corner of the screen is the Notification
> menu.

No. I have it set (In Hot COrners in Mission Control) to open the
Mission Control along the top of the screen. 

So when I flick to the Top Right Corner... a line of Spaces appears
across the top and I can see the contents of each and click on it to
move to that Space and the Application I have matched it with. And it
remembers it all after reboot.



-- 
Howard

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#57764

In message <1li7xcp.ellphj1o9eukuN%Howard.not@home.com> 
  Howard <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> New to Mavericks:

> Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces.  I
> cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not
> sure what this means.

> Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a
> time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ?

Make the apps full screen (double arrow in the upper right).

Almost all, if not all, Apple apps work in FSM, and most (but certainly
not all) third party apps do as well.

I find FSM very useful on a laptop and less useful on the desktop, but I
do keep iTunes, iPhoto, Garageband, and Pages in FSM mode. It helps to
have multiple screens, and I use Mission Control all the time on my
desktop.

-- 
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

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#57783

Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <1li7xcp.ellphj1o9eukuN%Howard.not@home.com> 
>   Howard <Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
> > New to Mavericks:
> 
> > Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces.  I
> > cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not
> > sure what this means.
> 
> > Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a
> > time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ?
> 
> Make the apps full screen (double arrow in the upper right).
> 
> Almost all, if not all, Apple apps work in FSM, and most (but certainly
> not all) third party apps do as well.
> 
> I find FSM very useful on a laptop and less useful on the desktop, but I
> do keep iTunes, iPhoto, Garageband, and Pages in FSM mode. It helps to
> have multiple screens, and I use Mission Control all the time on my
> desktop.

Tks for the help Lewis.

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14155 is the best instrctions ... thanks
again. No need fr full screen.

-- 
Howard

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#57785

On 2014.03.08, 20:56 , Howard wrote:
> New to Mavericks:
>
> Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces.  I
> cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not
> sure what this means.
>
> Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a
> time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ?


Side comment.  On large screens (24, 27") iMacs, esp. with a 2nd monitor 
(my case), I find that Spaces is more distraction than benefit.

My 'focus' (what I'm working on) is on the iMac screen (2 or 3 apps at a 
time is typical) and the 2nd screen has ancillary stuff like mail, 
newsgroups, reminders, messages, and so on - off to the side - less 
distraction.

Spaces seems to me more useful on smaller, single displays.

-- 
   Those who have reduced our privacy, whether they are state
   or commercial actors, prefer that we do not reduce theirs.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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#57790

Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> On 2014.03.08, 20:56 , Howard wrote:
> > New to Mavericks:
> >
> > Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces.  I
> > cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not
> > sure what this means.
> >
> > Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a
> > time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ?
> 
> 
> Side comment.  On large screens (24, 27") iMacs, esp. with a 2nd monitor
> (my case), I find that Spaces is more distraction than benefit.
> 
> My 'focus' (what I'm working on) is on the iMac screen (2 or 3 apps at a
> time is typical) and the 2nd screen has ancillary stuff like mail, 
> newsgroups, reminders, messages, and so on - off to the side - less 
> distraction.
> 
> Spaces seems to me more useful on smaller, single displays.

Show off !  LOL

-- 
Howard

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#57792

On 2014.03.09, 14:36 , Howard wrote:
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 2014.03.08, 20:56 , Howard wrote:
>>> New to Mavericks:
>>>
>>> Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces.  I
>>> cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not
>>> sure what this means.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a
>>> time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ?
>>
>>
>> Side comment.  On large screens (24, 27") iMacs, esp. with a 2nd monitor
>> (my case), I find that Spaces is more distraction than benefit.
>>
>> My 'focus' (what I'm working on) is on the iMac screen (2 or 3 apps at a
>> time is typical) and the 2nd screen has ancillary stuff like mail,
>> newsgroups, reminders, messages, and so on - off to the side - less
>> distraction.
>>
>> Spaces seems to me more useful on smaller, single displays.
>
> Show off !  LOL

I don't think so...

In recent years screens are cheap and video boards can easily handle at 
least 2 or 3 screens.  My side screen is the cheapest monitor on sale 
that day that had at least 900 vertical pixels... (no colour accuracy 
requirement).  It's 1600x900.

Certainly for work, power users (engineers, PM's, draughtsmen, 
designers, accountant/clerks) who work with a lot of data sources, 
drawings and information are using 2 or 3 screens.  One fellow I know 
has 6 screens running all of the time (a s/w engineer / project 
manager).  He hates paper.

-- 
   Privacy has become an essential personal chore that most
   people are not trained to perform.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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#57807

In message <nNednayqJ5KGPIHOnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@giganews.com> 
  Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.03.08, 20:56 , Howard wrote:
>> New to Mavericks:
>>
>> Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces.  I
>> cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not
>> sure what this means.
>>
>> Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a
>> time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ?


> Side comment.  On large screens (24, 27") iMacs, esp. with a 2nd monitor 
> (my case), I find that Spaces is more distraction than benefit.

> My 'focus' (what I'm working on) is on the iMac screen (2 or 3 apps at a 
> time is typical) and the 2nd screen has ancillary stuff like mail, 
> newsgroups, reminders, messages, and so on - off to the side - less 
> distraction.

> Spaces seems to me more useful on smaller, single displays.

Not really.

For example, on my desktop Mac I have 3 or 4 spaces on the left (small)
screen and 5 or 6 on the main screen.

The left spaces have things like terminal, IRC, twitterrific, Messages,
maybe TextEdit. I often have Safari over there if I am using it for
reference.

The main window will contain BBEdit, iTunes, Safari (if what I'm doing
is browsing) or whatever app I am actually working in at the time.

I don't spend a lot of time positioning windows. If I find that, for
example, there's too much clutter on the screen, I'll just grab the
current app and throw it into a new space.

When I am playing games I will hav the game full screen on the iMac
screen and will switch my secondary screen between the IRC/Terminal
space and the safari space.

-- 
NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT MY SCIATICA Bart chalkboard Ep. AABF09

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#57863

On 2014.03.09, 19:23 , Lewis wrote:
> In message <nNednayqJ5KGPIHOnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@giganews.com>
>    Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2014.03.08, 20:56 , Howard wrote:
>>> New to Mavericks:
>>>
>>> Trying to find out if I can get Mavericks to behave more like Spaces.  I
>>> cam across instructins to "Show One Application At A Time" ... but not
>>> sure what this means.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to have Mavericks show one application on screen at a
>>> time and keep each one in a separate dashboard ?
>
>
>> Side comment.  On large screens (24, 27") iMacs, esp. with a 2nd monitor
>> (my case), I find that Spaces is more distraction than benefit.
>
>> My 'focus' (what I'm working on) is on the iMac screen (2 or 3 apps at a
>> time is typical) and the 2nd screen has ancillary stuff like mail,
>> newsgroups, reminders, messages, and so on - off to the side - less
>> distraction.
>
>> Spaces seems to me more useful on smaller, single displays.
>
> Not really.
>
> For example, on my desktop Mac I have 3 or 4 spaces on the left (small)
> screen and 5 or 6 on the main screen.

Different ways of working.  I recently used 1 space while transferring a 
lot of data between several drives.  Once that activity was completed I 
was back to 1 space (2 screens).

>
> The left spaces have things like terminal, IRC, twitterrific, Messages,
> maybe TextEdit. I often have Safari over there if I am using it for
> reference.
>
> The main window will contain BBEdit, iTunes, Safari (if what I'm doing
> is browsing) or whatever app I am actually working in at the time.
>
> I don't spend a lot of time positioning windows. If I find that, for
> example, there's too much clutter on the screen, I'll just grab the
> current app and throw it into a new space.
>
> When I am playing games I will hav the game full screen on the iMac
> screen and will switch my secondary screen between the IRC/Terminal
> space and the safari space.

That wouldn't be efficient to my way of seeing/doing things.

The windows on my 2nd screen are carefully dimensioned and located and 
stay like that for ... months.  On my main screen adjusted as needed on 
the fly.

To each his own...

-- 
   Privacy has become an essential personal chore that most
   people are not trained to perform.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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