Henry Zhang wrote: > > > Danek Duvall ??????: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 08:27:42PM +0800, Henry Zhang wrote: >> >>>> How will this interact with the existing GNOME Panel? >>> Yes, this is a good question, AWN is an opinion for user to use, it >>> will appear only when you start it, while GNOME Panel will exist >>> always. These 2 tools can exist at the same time, >>> 1, we can use arrow in the Gnome Panel to make Gnome Panel minimize, >>> 2, Generally we can make the Gnome Panel in the top of the screen, >>> and AWN at the bottom of the screen. >>> In fact there is no impact between them, you can use any of them to >>> control your system. >> >> Can AWN completely replace the gnome panel? > No, I don't think so, at least no plan at the moment. > >> Can it swallow gnome panel >> applets and throw up the gnome menus? > > AWN is at the bottom of the screen, so they may appear together if you > set the gnome panel at the bottom too. > AWN can't throw up the menu at the moment. > > Or does it live in a completely >> separate space? > It keep at the bottom of the screen.
You keep referring to this assumption that everybody who uses GNOME has their Panel at the top of the screen. Why do you make this assumption? One of the advantages of GNOME is, in fact, its user configurability so that we're not all forced to use the same screen layout. Can AWN be positioned on any user-selectable area of the screen, or is it restricted to just being at the bottom? It would be less than useful if AWN imposed such a restriction. Screen real estate is at a premium, especially on laptops. James C. McPherson -- Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris Sun Microsystems http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog
