I know this is stupid but, do user need full width panel, not to mention TWO of them... oh well :)
2008/4/30, sylvain marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dou you want the Bubuntu panel ? > > 2008/4/29 Sumit Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Apr 29, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Steph wrote: > > > > > > * The animated, "live" wallpaper : it'a good idea, as long as it doesn't > > use more than 5% of CPU or GPU (better), and if this is realized, we have > to > > check if it's really that eye pleasant. Animation is cool, yes, but really > unobtrusive. > > We could try to reproduce a feature of the Sony Ericsson > > > <http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/s500i?cc=fr&lc=en>S500I > > > phone<http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/s500i?cc=fr&lc=en>, > > wich changes its wallpaper along the day. My girlfriend has one, it's > really > > beautiful, and not stressing at all > > > > > > The a first proposition for Intrepix : what about increasing the size of > > both gnome panels ? The default, lowest size is 24 pixels, and setting it > at > > 32px produces a much pleasing effect. A pleasing desktop shouldn't force > > user to squint to see what's written. Those who have a bad vision would be > > glad. Technically, I don't know if this increase of panel size causes some > > problems with window display, if anybody can tell me more about this...And > > then, we should __definitely__ find a gnome panel background, or anything > > but delete this stupid grey color. > > > > > > 5% CPU utilization is too high, in my opinion. GPU certainly would be much > > better. Remember that more and more people are using Ubuntu on laptops, > and > > even desktop users are becoming concerned about energy usage. For these > > reasons whatever dynamic desktop solution we have must not interfere with > > the CPU going into power-saving cycles. Even a very mild constant CPU load > > keeps the CPU awake much more than is necessary. > > > > I do agree on making the panel (yes, singular) bigger. And, as you might > > also assume, I am for eliminating one of the panels. The top panel in > > particular has lots of wasted space. We need to find an acceptable way to > > either 1) combine both panels or 2) make proper use of the top panel. The > > only sensible use I can find for the top panel is for it to assume menubar > > functions from GTK apps (a la Mac style). Of course, this is far from > > universal in the Linux world and would break in such common apps as > Firefox > > and OpenOffice. > > > > My vote is for a larger singular panel. > > > > -Sumit > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > -- Jussi Kekkonen -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
