Re: mini-whises

[Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe orcus priv at>]

Hi,

>>>>> On 16 Feb 1999 12:31:26 -0600
>>>>> Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org> said:

>>>>> "S" == Sergio  <ser@perio.unlp.edu.ar> writes:
 S> Mini whises about Gnome: - There are a clock applet, a mailcheck
 S> applet and a clock & mailcheck applet, why this last ? (ie. do one
 S> thing and do it well).

 Alan> Probably because two applets would take up too much space, and
 Alan> some people don't like that. (For instance, I prefer the
 Alan> combined applet.)
  
Properly configured, these two take less space than the combined
applet. OTOH, "do it well" may be an euphemism applied to the clock
applet. But if the know-how put into "clock and mailcheck" would be
merged in, we would probably end up with a better overall solution.

	Robbe

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