end-user whines about 2.10

[Randy Bush <randy psg com>]

using 2.10 on freebsd 6-current

  o i can't seem to find a biff for the panel.  inbox monitor
    seems to have disappeared or something, and addtopanel offers
    nothing obvious to replace it.

    mail/mail-notification does not cut it as a replacement, as
    i can start and configure it, but nothing appears in the
    panel.  and with 500 msgs a day, popups i just don't need.

  o the wireless applet seems to have changed to some sort of
    useless flashing pixmap of a screen.  where did the signal
    strength meter, an ever so useful device, go?

    the a purple icon next to the flashing monitors in the
    network monitor signal strength is not as useful, i really
    liked the percentage.

    and how to get rid of those silly monitors?  also, the
    preferences/configure option seems not to work, "The
    interface does not exist," when indeed ath0 does and shows on
    those lovely flashing monitors.

  o i still have not figured out how to get my own separate
    custom application menu back.  it was great as a folder set
    in applications:///.  see just to the right of the main menu
    foot in <http://rip.psg.com/~randy/panel.jpg> for my 2.8
    panel section.  sorry, i could not figure out how to take a
    screenshot while the hierarchic menu folder was open.

    custom drawers don't cut it.  maybe if you don't have a
    complex hierarchy of them and need to label each drawer so
    you know what you're doing.  and they're screen sticky!

clues solicited

randy