Virtue versus Desktop Manager

I'm used to use 'Desktop Manager' as a screen pager for Mac OS X. I've recently switched to Virtue, which has several pros and cons (As far as I have explored for the moment) :

Pros :

• Virtue is in active developpement (last updated dec 2004) whereas Desktop Manager hasn't been updated since july 2004
• When you switch (command-tab) to an application, you also switch the pager (opt)
• You can have a shortcut to switch to the 'north' or 'south' pager
• Works ok with dual screen
• Works well with Exposé

Cons:

• No easy way to move windows between pagers just using the keyboard (I currently minimize the window, switch, then maximize, but you can also use 'windows operations' or inspectors
• No option to permanently display a pager in the corner (or in the menu bar)

You get a new 'Virtual Desktops' in your home directory but I've no idea of its use ;(
You can get Virtue on sourceforge

Comments

[Víctor R. Ruiz]

Wow. This is really cool. Virtual Desktop didn't work for me. It crash whenever I try to open Preferences dialog.

To move windows between pagers using the keyboard, try Alt+Option+O to open dialog and then Option+1 or Option+2, etc.

[Yann]

Option+1 and Option+2 are used by GeekBind on my setup :)

Anyway, it's not as convenient as Alt+Option+Arrows like I was used to with Desktop Manager :(

Too bad

[Víctor R. Ruiz]

Yann: You can change the key bindings in the preference screen (they call it "triggers").