I could have written the original question in a way that would have been understood?
I knew when I wrote it that it would sound very similar to many things that I didn't want. And I tried very hard to make it clear.
And yes, I actually said (So I could, if I wished, have both monitors showing me the same virtual desktop.) That implied to me that I would see the exact same applications on both of them.
As for Bill, his idea was much closer to what I asked for. He got the fact that it had to be possible for the same thing to be on both monitors. I felt that he just hadn't quite thought it through enough, and in his response he made it clear that he hadn't thought it through enough, and that he realized that for himself after posting.
In other words he knew what I was asking and thought he had a solution, but didn't. Which is very different than not figuring out what I was asking for.
Regards,
Ben