> Just to give some ideas > * do applets need to be in the panel No, and that's why Superkaramba - KDE, Google and Microsoft have come up with on-screen widgets, which may be the solution ebassi is searching for? > * do applets have to be constantly visible Yes, that's the whole point of it, really: easily accessible shortcuts to more advanced functionality. I added the network, disk load and CPU load of gnome-system-monitor to my panel exactly because I want them *always* visible (especially if some app is hogging the CPU, so that I can know instantly). At the same time, the Tomboy and Hamster applets are much better shortcuts than a tray icon, also because I can move them wherever I want on my panel (not limited to the tray icon area). > * how can we make user aware the applets exist and make it convinient to manage/raise them? If we're going towards an on-screen widgets approach, it may be sensible to have a "start here" simple widget that users see on first login. They can remove it, or replace it much like Tomboy has a "Start here" note. > > These are just a few. I have no answers for them. Maybe somebody has. There could be no answers without someone asking ;-). Just my 2c, Matteo
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