For a more visual explanation, this is how I use XFCE for years now: http://i.imgur.com/w9Narw6.png
I think we should have only one notification "thing" and everything above the Workspace Switcher in this picture goes inside of it, no? Well, I'm just a user and this is how I interact with XFCE (= Also, if someone knows a way to improve this with Xubuntu 18.04 through modifying something with Xfconf or tweaking the theme I would be thankfully, because I'm sticking with it until 20.04. King regards, Kolmar Kafran ü Por favor, considere a proteção ao meio ambiente antes de imprimir esse e-mail. 2018-05-17 9:00 GMT-03:00 <xubuntu-devel-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com>: > > Send xubuntu-devel mailing list submissions to > xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > xubuntu-devel-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > xubuntu-devel-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of xubuntu-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Panel plugin/Indicator plugin/Notification > area/Notification plugin/Status Notifier Plugin on Xubuntu 18.04 > (Mariusz Kubański) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 13:42:30 +0200 > From: Mariusz Kubański <mkuban...@linux.pl> > To: xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Panel plugin/Indicator plugin/Notification > area/Notification plugin/Status Notifier Plugin on Xubuntu 18.04 > Message-ID: <01fd8ce1-0de3-f7aa-3331-9d51073d5...@linux.pl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hello. I got to agree with Kolmar on that subject. I know that someone > can view this issue as small and unimportant, but I also think that > panel icons (plugins and applets) should be somehow more unified. They > really don't look good on bigger panels, like Kolmar said. And it seems > like there are three different plugins to handle very similar things. > > I know that there are many more important things to do before 18.10 > release (porting to GTK3, bug fixes etc.), but I hope that the > Xubuntu/Xfce devs will look at this issue in the future. > > Thanks and keep up the good work, > Mariusz (Spass) > > > W dniu 15.05.2018 o 22:03, Kolmar Kafran pisze: > > Howdy dear fellows, > > > > With the new Xubuntu 18.04 it's a little confusing how these items works > > together: panel plugins, indicator plugin, notification area and status > > notifier plugin. What's the best way to go? Within Xubuntu 16.04 I use > > notification area and indicator plugin and everything just works. Now I > > feel like there are a lot of these items to do the same thing. For > > example, now we have a new Power manager panel plugin. But on the power > > manager settings there is an option to show the power manager icon on > > notification area which works with notification area but doesn't with > > "status notifier plugin". Despite this, the notification area icon > > behaves differently from the power manager plugin. > > > > One thing I love about XFCE is the panel because I like to use the panel > > on the vertical. With these new panel plugins (notification, power, > > sound etc), the icons size on a vertical panel 35px wide are huge. With > > notification area plugin its possible to set the maximum pixel size to > > 22px and everything sits nicely inside notification area. What should I > > do now? It seems like XFCE has implemented a lot of new features which > > just overlap other features that do the same thing. When you put > > everything together it looks like out of place or even a little buggy as > > things doesn't works as expected. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Kolmar Kafran > > üPor favor, considere a proteção ao meio ambiente antes de imprimir esse > > e-mail. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > ------------------------------ > > End of xubuntu-devel Digest, Vol 152, Issue 9 > ********************************************* -- xubuntu-devel mailing list xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
