Re: Applets? [was Re: Planning for GNOME 3.0]

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 1 May 2009, at 00:00, William Jon McCann wrote:

> > On the plus side, the good thing about OS X menu extras (as they're  
> > properly
> > called) is that they're all generally of a uniform size and  
> > appearance (they
> > fit into a square, and they're monochrome)-- the 15 I have still  
> > take up
> > less than half the width of my menu bar.
>
> Out of curiousity, do they all act like menus?  Also guessing that you
> don't have the google notifier since that one isn't monochrome (I wish
> it was)...

Yes, they do all act like menus, except arguably the standard OS X  
volume control and Spotlight icon, which both somewhat stretch the  
usual definition of a "menu".  (But not out of all recognition.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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