Workspaces slowing me down.

["G. Michael Carter" <mikey carterfamily ca>]

Usually I work on dual 24" monitors so I'll have maybe 2 virtual windows open.  But I was working on a laptop all this week and with the 15" screen I've had about 9 workspaces going.

Moving between them I find is slowing me down in Gnome 3. 

One thing slowing me down is when I need to go from 1 to 9.   The ALT-CTRL up/down takes forever, if I don't miss my stop in all the clicking.   In Gnome 2 I just had a 3x3 grid for the workspaces.  I put in a suggestion -- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647874 -- to make them a grid.   Anyone know if there's a tweak to accomplish this now?

The other things is the overview page.   If your frequently moving from one workspace to another; hitting hot corner, moving to unhide workspaces, pausing to visually identify the window I need.  Takes time.

I realize I'm partly causing my own problem.  If I put mail on 1, terminal on 2, ...etc I'd have an easier time finding it.   But with the workspaces being dynamic, where they are now can switch over the course of a day.

Anyone have any tips/tricks for staying organized?