Re: Panel

["Jason Stokes" <jstok bluedog apana org au>]

> I'm a bit dissatisfied with the GNOME panel.  The buttons are always
> lsiding around on their own, and moving a button from one place to 
> another is a pain because when you slide it over, the other buttons 
> slide past it.  Is there a way to turn this feature, or is it perhaps a 
> possible feature in future releases?

I'm about to commence a project to enhance the panel by giving it a special 
OS/2 WOS launchpad theme.  The model the launchpad uses for buttons is quite 
different to the gnome panel.  In particular, buttons are allocated in a 
gridlike pattern, and stay rigidly where they are put unless you drag them to 
another place.

Which bring me to my first development issue -- how to manage different 
"themes" for applications?  This question is a little premature, since I 
haven't explored GNOME to full potential yet, but since it came up, I will 
mention it now.