Virtual Desktops

Place Chrome windows on virtual desktops using a tiling grid

Total ratings for Virtual Desktops

2.92 (Rating count: 12)

User reviews summary

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Pros

great functionality
useful once habit is built
lots of potential

Cons

poor and unintuitive instructions
lack of shortcut keys to switch between desktops
disappearing non-primary desktops after signing out

Most mentioned

poor and unintuitive instructions
lack of shortcut keys to switch between desktops
lots of potential

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Recent reviews for Virtual Desktops

Recent rating average: 2.50

All time rating average: 2.92

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Date	Author	Lang	Comment
2021-01-07	lito pagon		i don't know how it works:[
2019-07-25	Joshua Tatro		I'll second what another reviewer mentioned, i.e. that it works, however, the instructions are not only poor but also unintuitive. The gist is that Shift+Alt+D opens the extension, from which point you can move the open window to the next virtual desktop. To actually switch between desktops, it's Shift+Alt+D to activate the extension, then with no hotkeys/modifiers press Left or Right to switch. The provided instructions suggest you'd need a modifier to switch even after activating the extension, but that's decidedly not the case. From a functionality point of view, it would be good to also have some sort of expose-style view that provides an overview of what's open on each desktop (similar to what's available in macOS or Windows 10), but I also understand that's asking a lot of a free extension - especially one that seems like it will be obsolete by the end of the year as multi-desktop support is already in beta channels of Chrome OS and Chrome.
2019-06-20	Gabriel Raphael Garcia Montoya		Lots of potential, but the lack of shortcut keys to switch between desktops really hinders productivity. The actual plugin works great and does what it is intended to do, but having multiple virtual desktops is supposed to boost productivity. Having to go to the plugin everytime to switch desktops hinders more than it helps. Looking forward to an update to this plugin :)
2019-05-06	Larry Dailey		It needs better instructions, for sure! Alt+Shft+d opens the extension. To make a new desktop, click on an open window, press Alt+Shft+d to open, the Ctl+right arrow to place the new window in its own desktop. Then Alt+Shft+d, right or left arrow to switch between desktops. Its useful, once the habit's built. The interface could be more intuitive. But the functionality is good, once you get onto it! Google should build this into Chromebooks, imho. It needs better instructions, for sure. That said, I use it almost every day.
2019-02-10	Dylan Lippencott		I don't know how it works. Ctrl-Shift-D bookmarks all tabsQ :(
2018-04-16	SMK MD Fathahillah		GOOD
2017-11-25	A Google user		Pas clair du tout. Manque d'explication, vraiment, sur la façon de passer d'un bureau virtuel à l'autre, et les fonctions bizarres d, w, etc. Rien compris.
2017-11-25	A Google user	fr	Pas clair du tout. Manque d'explication, vraiment, sur la façon de passer d'un bureau virtuel à l'autre, et les fonctions bizarres d, w, etc. Rien compris.
2017-10-20	binary cat		please work on this more, would like to see what this could become.
2016-04-19	Yutong Cho		A lot of potential, but after signing out of my chromebook user and signing back in, the non-primary desktops disappeared (though the windows on those other desktops was preserved).