Re: Panel Status - GNOME 2.0

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 12:32:50AM +0000, Glynn Foster wrote:
> Heya,
> So Mark and myself had this great plan on Tuesday that we would sit down
> and write a panel status mail to scare the living shit out of people and
> convince everyone to hack on the panel....Well obviously, we forgot, so
> I'm writing this mail from my point of view....this could be very far
> from the truth :/ [and actually I will probably exaggerate things for
> better effect].
> 
> - Easter Eggs
> All easter eggs are broken [1]

I think a more important issue is that there are no new easter eggs.

> - Menus
> George has written a vfolder module for gnome-vfs which needs to be
> implemented in the panel. The vfolder method for implementing George's
> plan about how menus are sorted [2]

Doing this as I type (well not really because I have to type here).

> Ditem is also quite broken. It has been ported to gnome-vfs [mostly] and
> barely works. It's completely broken wrt to encoding. I spent all day
> trying to figure out why it wasn't working better...so now it is,
> slightly, even if it really only displays nice icons on the panel once
> again.
> Also for some weird reason, when panels are set to autohide, the menus
> aren't getting drawn.

Well I'd be very worried if the ditem worked, because I've never even tested
it.

> - Panel Configuration
> I've spent quite a while looking at the various global configuration
> options and have since removed a large proportion of them. There is now
> a schema file [only initial hacked up version] for the global panel
> config.
> 
> GConf'izing hasn't happened very much. In fact the panel probably uses
> 70% gnome_config and 30% gconf right now. No notification has been added
> as yet. The intention is to follow Havoc's session proposal [3]. I think
> it would probably be best to go with gconf for the global properties and
> keep everything else using gnome_config for now. Notifications for the
> global properties is, I think, a must.

I don't even want to look at configuration right now.  :)  Plus I wouldn't
want to ruin your fun by helping you.

> - Applets
> Actually I think this is the most promising bit for the GNOME 2.0 panel.
> Applets are now bonobo controls and work is progressing very well for
> this. Actually Mark could fill you in more about this because he's been
> doing most of the work. In any case, the controls have context menus,
> can be moved around and oriented. They are looking quite funky. The old
> applet api is being deprecated/trashed.

Coolio

> - Accessibility
> We've briefly talked to Bill and Calum about this. It's not quite a
> priority now at the moment, but it really *has* to be done before the
> GNOME 2.0 release [4]. We have a few notes and will discuss it with them
> later on in development.

Anything that has to be done before GNOME 2.0 is a priority given how close
2.0 is.

> - Summary
> Build GNOME 2.0 libraries. Build gnome-core/panel. Watch it die, right
> out of the box!. Marvel at those broken menus. Amaze your friends when
> panels start disappearing from your screen. Don't blame us because we're
> the only ones hacking on it at the moment. Find a bug, fix it. Make the
> world a better place to be. Break into histerics when you see the
> release schedule. The panel *needs* YOU!.

There are many more disturbing things then this main, for example:

http://www.newyouth.com/archives/imagegallery/humorous/beavis_butthead_marxists.html

No it has nothing to do with the panel, and no it doesn't involve nudity as
some people expect when I post a link.

George

-- 
George <jirka 5z com>
   Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, 
   but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.
                       -- Winston Churchill