Re: [Usability] Default Panel Layout

[John Spray <jcs116 york ac uk>]

On Di, 2005-06-14 at 11:38 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> I've noticed that Fedora and Ubuntu use the horizontal "Window List"
> applet instead of the vertical mac-style "Window Selector" applet. I've
> always found this useless, and I guessed that maybe those distros used
> it because it's similar to Windows, where it's also useless. But I
> noticed at GUADEC that some people actually use it, so I guess I'm
> wrong.

I used to do without the window list, preferring the window selector.
However, I've recently switched over to using both.  I find it useful to
give me a quick visual impression of what's in the pile of windows on my
present workspace, whereas the window selector is useful for quickly
jumping to a specific window.

John