[Macworld]

Post your comments for Making the most of InDesign?s Workspace feature here

[XMattingly]

The way Adobe redesigned palettes (panels) in CS3 and above is outstanding; far better than what we had before, and that feature is more than reason enough to upgrade if you're using CS2 or below.
InDesign is unfortunately one of those apps that needs you to have a lot of panels readily available if you're going to get anything done, so arranging them for an effective workflow takes careful consideration.
I've found that, rather creating a bunch of "workspace function modes" I need something like 90% of the panels on screen. They're arranged in two vertical groups, each as the mini-icons when minimized for max. screen space.
1. pages, layers, links for my "long" panels".
2. pathfinder, align, info / stroke, gradient / color, swatches / object styles, effects / character, ch. styles, paragraph, pa. styles / table styles, cell styles, table.
Another cool thing about the newer panels is that you can set it up to leave a "fly-out panel" open (after clicking on its minimized icon), so you don't have to keep opening it up or leave its whole group open.
One last tip: if you want to quickly revert your open panel(s) to the minimized state, just hit the tab key twice.

[leicaman]

What Adobe needs to do is come up with a Configurator for InDesign that's like the one for Photoshop. Very slick, and not that hard to implement. And people should develop custom panel arrangements and sell them for a little bit of money.

[James_Dempsey]

Yeah, Configurator for InDesign would be extremely nice. Not sure how many people have asked Adobe for it, or whether or not they will integrate the two. But Configurator actually seems more appropriate for InDesign users than Photoshop to begin with, so I hope they proceed with it.