3.8.18 with taskbar support

Jack Coates jack at monkeynoodle.org
Mon Dec 9 04:27:15 CET 2002


On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 10:33, Collins wrote:
> On 08 Dec 2002 15:04:00 -0800 Jack Coates <jack at monkeynoodle.org>
> wrote:
> > yeah, it is just a little line if you choose not to use it. However,
> > it's still an unwanted feature chewing up memory, and even if it's
> > just 10 or 15 lines of code, and even if I have tons of RAM, that's
> > still against the general principles of XFce in my mind. If I was
> > just coming to XFce I wouldn't notice, but since I've been using it
> > since it was based on XForms I'm holding Olivier and the others to a
> > higher standard:-)
> > 
> 
> YMMV.  Some of us consider the panel itself to be bloat that we never
> use, and I always kill the pager, but it never occurred to me to whine
> that the pager is available for those who like it.
> 
> I (and some others) consider the taskbar to be a worthwhile addition
> and don't mind the teensy bit of extra memory  and miniscule screen
> real estate used.    
> 
> As my recent expeience with the gentoo ebuild proved, you can build
> xfce without taskbar support and then you won't need to whine about
> the unwanted feature chewing up your memory!
> 

I have not yet begun to whine... Fear my whine, for it is mighty indeed
:-)

As you may recall from the beginning of my participation in this thread,
my issue was that it was not turn-off-able, not that it exists. If its
non-turn-off-able status has been fixed, then I am happy.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming,
-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...




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