[Usability] Re: Panel Menu

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Hello Padraig,

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Padraig O'Briain wrote:

> If panel menu is the FoobarWidget which is displayed on the top of the
> screen, it would make life easier from a key navigation and
> accessibility point of view if it were replaced by a standard panel.

That the Foobar should be replaced by a standard panel is exactly the
consensus that was reached in the #usability IRC channel a few weeks ago.
If only to get rid of the clock and tasklist on the top right so that more
useful things can be put there (like a Help menu). Why the Foobar clock
isn't just one of the many clock applets has always been beyond me...


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