Re: 2.3 Proposed Features

[George Farris <george gmsys com>]

I'd love to see an option for an L shaped panel that would fit in the
corner and be just one object.  Call me weird but I think it would rock.

On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 20:45, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Hey Jeff,
> 	Here's a list of some of the things I expect to get done in the panel
> for 2.4:
> 
> 	* New toplevel panel widget:
> 	    + No more panel types, just a single panel which you can
> 	      configure to the same effect as the old panel types.
> 	    + Resize the panel to any width by dragging on the edge.
> 	    + Groovy autohide into the corner for edge panels.
> 	    + Move, resize, hide the panel using the keyboard.
> 	    + No shadow at the screen edge to help Fitt's Law
> 	      compliance.
> 	    + Descriptive panel titles/names to aid navigation between
> 	      panels
> 
> 	* Cleanup of the panel's gconf mess. Easier to change the
> 	  default panel setup, sensible panel/applet ids, descriptions
> 	  for all keys etc.
> 	* The panel will respond to gconf notifications.
> 
> 	* Will either expose the idea of panel "profiles" in the UI
> 	  or possibly dump it altogether.
> 
> 	* Applications/Actions menu bar and window menu from the old
> 	  menu panel will be standalone applets.
> 	* Calendar on the clock applet.
> 
> 	There's probably other stuff, but these are the things I'm looking at
> getting done in fairly short order, depending on whether I have the time
> or not of course :-)
> 
> Good Luck,
> Mark.
> 
> On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 01:06, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > Hey gang,
> > 
> > Time to start thinking about proposed features for the GNOME 2.3 development
> > series... please let us know what you're working on!
> > 
> > I will add them to the 2.3 start page on gnome.org, so we can track the
> > proposals through to feature freeze (anything not 'finished' by that date
> > will be shifted off to the 2.5 start page for next time).
> > 
> > I'm assuming for the moment that fontilus and nautilus-cd-burner will be
> > proposed for inclusion in the desktop release. Please note that this is a
> > call for ALL NEW FEATURES, not just new modules -> let's pimp our next
> > release well ahead of time. :-)
> > 
> > I for one am itching to get 'back to the future'! :-)
> > 
> > - Jeff
> > 
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