> Subject: Panel layout in Xfce 4.8 (was Re: Goal: Make XFCE rock in Fedora) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:43:34 +0100 > > Am Dienstag, den 08.03.2011, 10:40 -0700 schrieb Kevin Fenzi: > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:58:43 +0100 > > Martin Sourada <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > as some of you might have noticed (on fedora planet) I have switched > > > from gnome to xfce and I like xfce very much. However, IMHO there are > > > issues that need to be addressed to make xfce a first class citizen. I > > > put together an initial list of them in my wiki space: > > > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mso/XFCE > > > > > > Feel free to chime in and edit the page (or its Talk: page) if you > > > feel something is missing/wrong. Since next major release of xfce > > > (4.10) is scheduled for next January we're probably talking here > > > about Fedora 17 time frame. So let's join forces and make XFCE rock > > > in Fedora 17. > > > > Thanks for working on this Martin! :) > > > > Happy to look at ideas and work to improve Xfce in Fedora. > > +1. I'm really happy we now have an brillant artist in the team. I think > Fedora owes you a lot for your Nodoka artwork. Perhaps we can revive it > for F15 and have a GTK+3 version of it? > > > What are you thinking for panel layout? In the past we have just stuck > > pretty close to upstream as this is very much a personal thing, but > > perhaps we could look at re-arraging things if enough people expressed > > interest or had rationale for changes. > > Glad you bring this up, Kevin. I just worked on the panel layout a > little and added the mixer, this was one of the things on Matthias' > list. > > Nevertheless I feel that upstream's panel layout still has room for > improvement, especially the bottom panel: It takes way too much space > but only has little use. > > Some toughs: > * Hide it automatically so it doesn't waste so much space. > * Reduce it's height but make it wider. > * If we leave the height as is, we should at least add ore buttons > so it becomes more useful. > * Only have a single panel. > > I suggest we first agree on a set of plugins we want to have in the > panel(s) and then think about the layout. > > MUST have plugins: > * applications menu > * tasklist > * systemtray > * pager > * a clock, I suggest datetime > * mixer > > (these could fit into a single panel) > > SHOULD have plugins > * some launchers: browser, filemanager, terminal, mail client > * actions: lock screen, log out > * show desktop > * folder menu > * thrash > > More suggestions? Let us hear them!
NetworkManager. > > Cheers, > Christoph > > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
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