I agree, multiple desktops should offer more than just simple context switching. In particular, I would like to assign different color schemes to my desktops. Now before you laugh, let me explain why this is not as frivolous as it seems. I do a lot of photographic work that requires a neutral gray background so as not to skew my perception of color. But when I am using my computer for other purposes, I want to have a colorful scheme just like everyone else. If I could set up a "photo editing" desktop configured with an appropriate color scheme, that would solve this problem very nicely. Even for someone without this special requirement, different colors on each desktop would provide an extra visual cue as to which desktop one is viewing at any given moment.
Right now I am manually switching between color schemes using the KDE control center, which is a pain, and of course changes everything on all desktops. I have not found a way to script this. A search of KDE-Look did not turn up anything useful in this regard. If anyone knows of a way to change color schemes automatically when starting or stopping a particular application, or when switching between desktops, I am interested in hearing about it.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Toccata" (Nov 23rd 2007, 3:05pm)