Ask HN: does an Expanding Desktop exist?

1 points by the_cat_kittles 13y ago ↗ HN

I imagine something that you open windows in, arrange however you want, and then you can slide left and right, up and down, and maybe even zoom out and in. Os X has discrete spaces, i want something that would be the equivalent of laying a bunch pieces of paper on an infinite (real) desktop, and moving your head around to focus on one area. Does a UI like this exist?

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PythonDeveloper 13y ago ↗

Like this?

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/get-infinite-scrol...

qbrass 13y ago ↗

X11 has (had?) a virtual desktop setting that you could make larger than your monitor and either share between different monitors or scroll around using a single monitor.