One of the UI reviews of Ubuntu Gutsy specifically mentioned that the panel resizing was not good. And specifically that in the world of SVG icons it should be perfect. Having never resized my panels I set out to grab some screenshots:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/PanelResize One of the things that I think stands out is that the text in any of the applications stays the same. Should it change? Let me argue this from a couple different perspectives: -- Use Case -- The biggest use case that I can see for adjusting the size of the panel would be for people who have high DPI screens or a hard time seeing the panel. In those cases, it would make sense that if they can't see the icons, they can't read the text also. So as they adjust the panel size, they probably want the text to get bigger. -- Font size is DPI independent -- The font being used by these applets is the application font. Which in the appearances dialog is set to a point size. If these people really have a DPI issue, the font should adjust likewise automatically. What they really want at the end of the day is _all_ their fonts to get bigger, not just one on their panel. -- Not a bug, feature -- Some people might really want to have huge panels with small text. Perhaps they're trying to avoid a couple of bad lines at the top of their LCD screen by filling them with whitespace. I can't think of a good reason, but the status quo seems to always have some weight associated with it. What do people think about the text issue? Is text something that should change with panel size? --Ted
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