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View hidden desktop in Codetek Virtual Desktop Apps
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There is a hidden desktop in Codetek Virtual Desktop. You can access it by clicking on the rightmost desktop of the pager and dragging to the right. Release the mouse button when the pointer exits the pager. The current desktop will then change to the one named "Easter Egg".

As far as I know, you can't move existing windows to that desktop, but you can create new windows in it.

[robg adds: This Easter egg is also present in the demo version of the program...]
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Authored by: omnivector on Sep 26, '03 03:15:42AM

I'd count this as a bug more than an easter egg.

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Authored by: Mongoose on Sep 26, '03 06:15:46AM

If the desktop it changes to specifically says 'Easter Egg', I'd count it as an Easter Egg.



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Authored by: dcclark on Sep 26, '03 03:00:40PM

Having talked to the good people at CodeTek since VirtualDesktop was new, I can assure you that it really is a bug that they capitalized on. Basically, the "Easter Egg" desktop is the result of some weird malfunction which they haven't been able to track down. So instead of wasting time on an essentially harmless bug, the named it Easter Egg and called it good!



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Authored by: cluthi on Sep 26, '03 08:52:48AM

I really can't see the point of an easter egg desktop. Isn't 10 enough ? Does someone need 11 ?

Moreover I haven't been able to drag anything to the right of the rightmost desktop. I'm using version 2.3.11, maybe the easter egg is fixed in this version :-)



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Authored by: zacht on Sep 26, '03 12:46:40PM

You can actually get 100 desktops (10x10 grid)... But if you really need that 101st, it's there for you. :-)

Also, this is a little nit-picky, but you don't have to start with a click in the rightmost desktop of the pager---just click anywhere in the pager except on a window, then drag off the right edge.

Nice little Easter Egg! Thanks for posting it!



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Authored by: @1 on Nov 16, '05 03:55:50AM

Definitely a bug. Once I get the Easter Egg Desktop I can't switch to any other desktops, I'm effectively locked into it.



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