Re: Autohide Top Bar?

[Mystilleef <mystilleef gmail com>]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam redhat com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 14:30 -0400, Mystilleef wrote:
>
>> I want to add that there are design compromises that can be made to
>> please most people. For example, the top bar can be hidden when
>> applications are maximized. The assumptions here is that when a user
>> maximized their application they really only want to focus on their
>> work and nothing else.
>
> Not a good assumption in my case. I have *three* apps maximized *all the
> time* - Evo on my left head, Firefox on my right head, and gedit behind
> Evo which I alt-tab to when appropriate. I also have a ton of other apps
> open which aren't maximised and live in front of Firefox and Evo when I
> want to use them, and I don't want the panel to never appear.
> --


The panel appears if the focused window is not maximized. That's the
whole point of intellihide. If you've played with avant window
navigator, or any worthwhile dock system, you'll get a better idea of
how this works.


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