Re: [Usability]Question: Direct manipulation & panels

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 10:29, Calum Benson wrote:

> Indeed... basically I think our ultimate goal should be for the panel
> just to be a part of the nautilus desktop that has the special property
> that you can't easily cover it up with other windows.  There's no good
> conceptual reason why you should be restricted to running applets on the
> panel rather than on your desktop either, for example.  

Nod, in addition the fact that applets are top level objects sort of
bothers me and I know nils has always found this odd as well. Of course
most applets really are just system status indicators that should just
appear and disappear automagically based on the machine you are working
on. (for instance on a laptop the battery status should always be shown,
or a system without sound support should never have a volume control)

> Especially for
> those people who claim to be able to see enough of their desktop to
> actually use it for anything :)

ctrl+alt+d is the coolest feature ever for us who actually use the
desktop :)

dave