Default configuration for the Panel

["Juliano Soares dos Santos" <juliano eps ufsc br>]

Hi,

I use GNOME for a long time now, but never get involved because I was (am)
really shy of my english. But after read the 'pearls' on mailing lists I get
a little encouraged ;-)

Well, to the question: In your opinion, what's the best default
configuration for the Panel (size, position, applets, launchers, etc)?

For me the Ximian's default (a menu panel at the top + a standard sized
panel at the bottom) is terrible:
1 - It's very space consuming. Imagine run GNOME on 640x480. Only the panels
take 24+48 pixels.
2 - Duplicate access/information. The program menu at the top left is almost
the same of the foot menu at the bottom left. You can access the running
programs by the tasklist applet or by the icon at the top right (1.4).

>From the screenshots that I have seen on the net, other options are:
a) Only the menu panel (the mac inspiration)
b) Only the standard sized panel at the bottom (the default GNOME, I think)
c) A tiny sized panel at the bottom (the windows solution)

I know this look like a dummy question, but I think defaults are really
important, so we need to discuss them.

Juliano Soares dos Santos