I created a half-baked panel replacement prototype[1] last year with Python/GTK. The code is pretty bad, but I think the basic concept is worth considering. It was heavily inspired by the panel sidebar interface in QNX Neutrino[2] and the BeOS panel[3].
My prototype uses a vertical orientation and displays the window list as a collapsible tree. My prototype also includes an example applet that displays an integrated instant messenger buddy list. The buddy list component is actually fully functional and uses Pidgin via D-Bus. The task list in my prototype was created using libwnck. If anybody wants to see the code for my prototype, I can make it available, but it's pretty much a hack. I just wanted to demonstrate the concept and express support for a vertical panel concept. The current GNOME panel generally doesn't work very well vertically, and I'd like to see the next generation GNOME panel resolve that problem. [1] http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7208/tasklist2am6.png [2] http://toastytech.com/guis/qnx621exit.png [3] http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8088/haikutn2.png -- Ryan Paul http://arstechnica.com/authors.ars/segphault On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 04:00 +0100, Alex Jones wrote: > Hi list > > What do we want from the next version of GNOME Panel? > > Do we want to evolve it or just replace the dependency on Bonobo for > now? > > I think that unifying the concept of applets and more heavyweight > "widgets" might be beneficial, unless anyone can think of any good > reason why not to. Any GDesklets developers here? > > Cheers > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
