There has been some unhappiness on the forum about the vertical panel changes 
in 0.5.x.

There was a fairly severe bug that prevented vertical panels from honoring 
their configured size.  This is fixed in 0.5.3, which I released a few minutes 
ago.  With this fixed it is possible to configure a vertical panel as small as 
16 pixels.  It is a pity that this was not discovered sooner.

If you choose you can configure the taskbar as "icons only, tooltips" and 
access the window title by hovering over it to see the tooltip.  I am skeptical 
that returning to the "text sideways" mode as some have suggested should be 
optional is helpful for the taskbar since this uses a considerable amount of 
height, which is also in short supply on small screens.

I have added a feature to the clock plugin that allows you to have it be 
represented only by an icon if you wish, and access the time by hovering over 
it to see the tooltip.  This makes the minimum size of the clock as small as 
16x16 pixels.  You can also use the new \n feature in the clock format string 
to stack the time vertically as you see fit.

I have added a feature to the desktop number plugin that allows you to use the 
number rather than the name to make the required size fit in 16 pixels.

Hopefully this will alleviate most discomfort with vertical panels as they 
exist in 0.5.x for use on smaller screens.  Please feel free to discuss further.

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