David Tenser wrote:
This is what I'm proposing, basically: http://djst.org/files/gnomepanel/
I provided screenshots for two different resolutions, 800x600 and 1024x768. For safety, I also provided screenshots with the workspace switcher included.
It looks usable. Anyway I'm still sceptic about the 32px height. It seems it wastes lots of space, especially since the icons from the window list have kept their previous size. It should grow from 16x16 to 24x24 to look better, souldn't it ? You replaced the 3-item menu bar with a simple menu. Are you thinking of rearranging it or do you propose to use the current one ? I don't honnestly like that old-fashioned menu and prefer the current one. Here are the main reasons : - Places submenu is something I often use, and people who don't use the CLI surely do so. Using it is easier with the bar. - Bar labels are self-describing. You know you'll find apps in the app menu, and places in the places menu. On the other hand, the old menu has no label and it is not obvious it is a menu, especially if you are not used to. Anyway the menu bar takes more place so it surely fits worse in a single bar panel. There is no net/wifi applet, and, more important, notification area (which is required for apps like gaim, rhythmbox) is missing. So at the moment I still believe current default is better than your proposal. I didn't tell you what panel layout I'm using. In fact it vary quite often. Now I only have one (24px, on top), and here is what it looks like : - window selector (useful when you don't remember on which desktop a window is) - Gnome menu bar - various often-used launchers (~10) - a notification area - battery, network and cpu monitor - volume selector - clock As you can see, I only have one panel, no window list and no desktop selector. But, well, I'm a power user which loves his keyboard :-) I use <Meta><Fx> to switch to xth desktop, <Alt><tab> to switch windows, etc. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
