Post by Edenen » 01.08.2015 08:15:20
I suggest that automatic profile saving be implemented (in addition to manually saving the profile or saving on exit).
I use Customize Desktop Icons > Create a separate folder for each desktop. So each desktop has its own icons.
Dexpot starts with my PC and my PC does not go down very often (once or twice a week), but sometimes when it does go down it is because of a crash. Dexpot does not recover from crashes well, especially if it crashes on Desktops 2,3 etc - icons on all desktops are out of order or just plain left-aligned.
Loading a previous profile fixes most of this and will re-align icons appropriately, but since profiles are only saved manually or when dexpot exits, a profile can be weeks old, and icons can change a lot during this time.
I think a simple solution would be to have an option to make the current profile re-save at a set interval, like every X minutes.
A more advanced solution would be to create a rolling cache of previous profile saves, such as the last X automatic saves, so that the current profile is not overwritten with each automatic save (unless desired by the user). (If you like this better, please make the saved profile names or files have the time and date in them!)
I suggest that automatic profile saving be implemented (in addition to manually saving the profile or saving on exit).
I use Customize Desktop Icons > Create a separate folder for each desktop. So each desktop has its own icons.
Dexpot starts with my PC and my PC does not go down very often (once or twice a week), but sometimes when it does go down it is because of a crash. Dexpot does not recover from crashes well, especially if it crashes on Desktops 2,3 etc - icons on all desktops are out of order or just plain left-aligned.
Loading a previous profile fixes most of this and will re-align icons appropriately, but since profiles are only saved manually or when dexpot exits, a profile can be weeks old, and icons can change a lot during this time.
I think a simple solution would be to have an option to make the current profile re-save at a set interval, like every X minutes.
A more advanced solution would be to create a rolling cache of previous profile saves, such as the last X automatic saves, so that the current profile is not overwritten with each automatic save (unless desired by the user). (If you like this better, please make the saved profile names or files have the time and date in them!)