Re: PATCH: foobar clock widget

[Glynn Foster <glynn foster sun com>]

On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 14:17, Sander Vesik wrote:
> 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-)

Well we can attach a 'moveable' boolean to the schema and we'll be just
fine then.

> > 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. 

No, you've misunderstood. With a nice default schema [which the
usability folks will help to create] the user won't have to set up
anything. They'll have a working panel from the start.


				See ya,
					Glynn :)