Re: directory backgrounds

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Anne et Bertrand wrote:

> >> On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 04:45, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> >> > On 23 Sep 2002, Lars Weber wrote:
> >> > > > > Another interesting use for directory backgrounds might be 
> >> to display the
> >> > > write-permissions of the current directory.
> >> > > That's already shown as an emblem on the side pane icon.
> >> > 
> >> Of course *alot* of users don't use the sidepane, so providing this 
> >> info
> >> in another way might be helpful, although I can't really think of a 
> >> good
> >> way and using a perdirecotory background would present accessibility
> >> issues.
> > 
> > Maybe we could have an information area on the top, where we can show 
> > information for people who do not want to use the side pane. We could 
> > call it the "top pane". :)
> One more item in the window ?
> Isn't it better to put the information in the -existing- bottom state 
> bar of the window ?

What if you don't want to use that status bar. We need to support an 
optional status bar on the right!

(Note the use of sarcasm in this an previous message.)

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