Comment by ToyKeeper

> Don't make me explicitly keep track of things, just hold onto it all for me! > > There's some universe where my desktop is basically a Notion-like thing, and I can just throw things into semi-persistent workspaces (that I close out when I'm done). Desktop Environments that make this work nicely will be quite cool IMO > > (A simple and dumb version of this is the BeOS "group various windows together, even though they aren't from the same application" stuff. Very cool stuff IMO

What you're describing sounds like it has been possible for a long time.

I've been doing it on my Linux desktop for decades. I throw things into workspaces which just ... stay open until I'm done with it. The same windows with the same layout and the same history and state, everything right where I left it. They stick around as long as they need to, which can be weeks, months, even years. I even have some desktops which have stuck around since the 1900s, though they do gradually change and evolve over time.

... and any windows from any program can be grouped together. Grouped into a desktop, or even grouped into a single window frame with tabs.

And nearly everything is automatically logged, so I have detailed history going back well into the past.

This stuff isn't in the big mainstream UIs, but it is at least possible with a bit of work to set it all up.