mån 2001-12-17 klockan 15.17 skrev Sander Vesik: > On 17 Dec 2001, Glynn Foster wrote: > > > On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 16:32, Dennis M. Cranston wrote: > > > Mikael - > > > > > > Thanks for your suggestions. But, I have to disagree. The menu panel is > > > a different type of panel. It always contains Applications, Actions, > > > the Clock, and Tasks. The goal of the menu panel is to provide average > > > users with a familiar panel layout. If you don't like the menu panel > > > then you shouldn't use it. You could replace it with an edge panel at > > > the top of your screen. BTW, you stated that the clock applet is better > > > than the hard coded clock in the foobar. But, who is the clock applet > > > better for? I don't think it is better for the average user. > > > > I think I have to agree with Mikael here. In terms of a usability > > experience [1], it it somewhat inconsistent, especially since you can > > *only* have one menu panel and you can't move it around at all. I think > > Actually, these all sound like good reasons to have it - something that > just works, doen't jump around the screen, only ever appears in the one > place you want it. It is extremely consistent - in fact its static 8-) That assumes the user wants/has the foobar panel, not the default panel (ie. the one on the bottom with the footmenu). Running anything but Ximian GNOME you have to manually construct the foobar. > > a better situation would be to remove the menu panel, and if the user > > needs it, create a 'menu panel' out of a menu applet, a clock applet and > > a tasklist applet. This can easily be done since the new panel will > > start using schemas, and we can easily setup a default panel which will > > be just fine for the average user. > > > > This assumes that the user wants to bother itself with stuff like > constructing a panel as opposed to just using a perfectly nice panel we > already have. Since the foobar is not default (if it should be is a completly other discussion) the user will have to bother him-/herself with creating it anyway. Better would imho to have the default panel with the clock applet included (through the gconf schema file). Regards, Mikael Hallendal -- Mikael Hallendal micke codefactory se CodeFactory AB http://www.codefactory.se/ Office: +46 (0)8 587 583 05 Cell: +46 (0)709 718 918
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