Re: Panel

[bob kehs ksd org]

I was thinking about the panel. 
Idea:

Redesign the panel so it would only have these widgets.
1. 2 buttons (arrows)
2. A gnome dock widget
3. In each dock item, there will be an applet widget with an applet in it.

What this will achive.
3 benifits over the current setup.
1. Not only can you stack widgets side by side but due to the gnome dock,
you can have applets under each other. This is similar to how 98 does it.
2. If you want, you can use the handle bar and tare the applet off. There
could be a setting to keep the applet on the bottom of the screen so it
would be like "active desktop".
3. There will be an applet widget you can
use in your programs.

On Fri, 28 May 1999, Jason Stokes wrote:

> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
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