Re: 2.3 Proposed Features

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

How about someone put up a screenshot of what it would look like and we
could get an idea?

I'm leaning with Mark here is that labels would quickly get in the way
after an initial period of having them.  Also adding labels would 
work only if the number of launchers you have is small.  If a person
puts enough launchers on the panel it will create a crowded effect
negating the value of the labels IMHO.  I guess thats the trade off and
the question is that a tradeoff people want to deal with?


sri

On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:49:49AM +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 05:32, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> 
> > 	I think the difference between the panel and the toolbar in this case
> > is that what the panel contains is configurable by the user - its like a
> > customisable shortcut bar. I'd imagine a user would quickly begin to
> > remember what each launcher on her panel is (discovered using the
> > tooltips) and the label would become useless.
> 
> I think another danger (perhaps not insurmountable) is that launchers
> with labels to their right could look confusingly similar to a window
> list-- or, in the case of launchers with their labels below them, just
> different enough from the window list to look inconsistenly ugly :)
> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
> 
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