Initially, during testing, I wasn’t sure about the new dynamic workspace indicator but I’ve come to like it a lot.
It clicked for me after some period of use that:
- Which workspace am I on? It’s the number of dots to the left of the pill + the pill itself. No dots on the left? 1st workspace. 1 dot on the left? 2nd workspace. And so on.
- How many workspaces am I using? It’s the total number of dots, not counting the pill.
It takes me just a glance, and no counting effort, to know both. I usually have between 2 to 5 workspaces in use. If you’re using a lot more this may not work as well.
During testing the dots faded from light to dark gray the farther away from the pill they were. The current version has all the dots the same light gray, which I think works much better with the above.