Next taskbar generation

[Collins]

On 21 May 2002 11:25:25 -0400 Joe Klemmer <klemmerj at webtrek.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 08:34, Staszyszyn, Marcin wrote:
> 
> > 1. enabling taskbar at compilation time in not sufficient. There
> > must be a possibility of switching it on/off from setup window. My
> > proposition is as follows:
> > taskbar is enabled by default at compilation time, but can be
> > completely removed from xfce by passing '--disable-taskbar' option
> > to configure script. Therefore all binary distributions (primary
> > rpm-based) have taskbar enabled by default, but all anti-taskbar
> > xfce users are still able to have xfce version not polluted by
> > this resource-wasting feature ;-). Of course if taskbar is enabled
> > at compilation time, it can always be switched off from setup
> > window. In that case even wide, thin button at the bottom of xfce
> > panel doesn't appear.
> 
> 	Sounds good to me.
>  
> > 2. new features:
> > - custom height of taskbar itself and opening button (maybe
> > proportional to xfce size). It sounds good to 1600x1200 monitor
> > users
> 
> 	Ok.
> 
> > - custom minimum size of task button (i.e. button representing a
> > window on taskbar). When button must be shrunk bellow that size
> > taskbar area is expanded to hold another line of task buttons. You
> > can also set no. of those task button lines (like in Windows when
> > resizing taskbar).
> 
> 	Nice.
> 
> > - edit pop-up menu which arises when task button is right-clicked
> > (it's not present at all in current implementation). All valid
> > xfwm events can be put into that menu (e.g. close, minimalise,
> > maximalise, make [un]stick).
> 
> 	Sure.  The task bar is "sticky" now and I think it should
> 	remain sticky
> as the default.
> 
> > - GeoShellX / KDE2 behaviour of task buttons i.e. compressing
> > windows with the same name to single task button. I was not happy
> > with that behaviour in KDE2, so it has to be customizable.
> 
> 	I don't like this, myself, but that's just my opinion.
> 
> > - 'window trash' -- all rarely used windows can be removed from
> > taskbar and be accessible by pressing special 'trash' button,
> > presenting pop-up list of all 'trashed' windows to chose from.
> > Great possibility to save space on taskbar area.
> 
> 	Good idea but don't call it "trash".  Maybe something like... 
> 	Well,
> ok, I can't think of anything right now either.
>  
> > 3. taskbar state must be saved between sessions
> 
> 	Probably not a bad idea, too.
>  
> > What do you think of that?
> 
> 	Overall I like it.
> 

All sound like good suggestions.  How about "archive" instead of
"trash".

BTW, isn't Joe the one who always says NO to everything, or do I have
you confused with someone else?
 
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Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
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