Re: UI suggestion: gnome-dock

["James M. Cape" <jcape jcinteractive com>]

Daniel Serodio wrote:
> 
> "James M. Cape" wrote:
> >
> > Daniel Serodio wrote:
> > >
> > >         I just noticed that you can't change the order of gnome-dock toolbars. For
> > > example, in Netscape, you have 3 toolbars in the top. You can drag the top one
> > > below the second and it will stay there. In AbiWord, we have 3 bars on the
> > > top, but if you drag the menu to below the toolbar, for instance, it won't
> > > stay there. (sorry if that's a little confuse)
> > >         Don't you guys think we should be able to do it? Also, there was some
> > > discussion on the list some time ago about docking the toolbar beside the
> > > menubar for instance, or docking 2 menubars on the same row (like you can on
> > > M$ Word). What do you think?
> >
> > Ok, but the GNOME toolbars are huge. In MS products, the toolbar buttons
> > are pretty small, and can fit on the same line as a menubar because of
> > this. in GNOME, the toolbars are much bigger, and would cause a huge
> > gap. As others have said, it is possible to do this, I just question the
> > value of it.
> 
>         That's true about mixing menubars with toolbars, but what about 2 toolbars?
> And what about changing their order?

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    Jim Cape
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