[orca-list] Orca and XFCE or LXDE

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

With all the talk of problems with GNOME3, I've been hearing some fairly 
good reports about usability of XFCE and LXDE. I'm seriously considering 
switching to one of these environments on my system, and would like to 
know what problems I can expect from either.

First, other than the desktop icon issue, what issues can I expect from 
XFCE? Will I have a working notification panel for things like Pidgin 
and Dropbox? Is Thunar mostly usable with Orca? Is there anything else I 
should be aware of with XFCE in general?

About LXDE, it seems as though it's fairly new compared to XFCE. What 
problems has anyone had with it? I know there's a crash problem with the 
file manager when LXDE is started from GDM. Is this a common occurrance, 
or does it happen rather infrequently? The same question about panels 
and notification areas applies to LXDE. Will I be able to see my Pidgin, 
Dropbox, etc. there? Is there a good selection of applets for LXDE? 
Again, is there anything else I should be aware of about LXDE in 
general? Thanks for any advice anyone may have.
~Kyle