Comment 3 for bug 155438

Hi Aron,
since Compiz manages windows different from metacity, it might be a feature.
Here the workspace switcher is also very tiny and properties, like you wrote, are only rows and columns, when Compiz is activated normal.
With the cursor on a free space on the screen and by scrolling the mousewheel it moves to all workspaces without clicking on it. With a right click (or shortcuts) at the window bar I can move the window to different positions and 16 workspaces, but they are not shown in the applet.
I had installed compiz manager first and after gnome compiz manager, with each while using it four freezes, after uninstalling none. They are not official and latter is alpha.
When Compiz is activated as Extra, for cube, you should change in the configuration editor /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/hsize >> to 4
and
/apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/number_of_desktops >> to 1
which only means per definition one cube has four sites.

Hope this helps you a little.