More about the taskbar

[Jack Coates]

this is my opinion as well. I just use one workspace, I set up xfwm so 
it doesn't place windows over my icon area, and I iconify windows I'm 
not using. If I need something that's under something else, I alt-tab to 
it.

However, this is purely my opinion and I will not try to force it on 
people who are deliriously happy to have a taskbar. As long as the 
taskbar can be disabled without recompiling, I'm still happy.

Jack

On Fri, 24 May 2002, Dmitry DELTA Malykhanov wrote:

> Hmm, if I don't use certain features, I don't need them. :) Well, at
> least, that was the reason, why I switched from KDE to XFCE (please note:
> my hardware is more than adequate for KDE).
> 
> I don't know, but I just can't get the idea of the taskbar. It just
> doesn't play well (for me?) with the multiple workplaces. I had to use
> IceWM (which has both taskbasr and workplaces) for a while, and I found
> taskbar useless and annoying. I must admit, IceWM allow you to turn it
> off. Of course, I did. :)
> 
> I mean, if I'd have all my windows from all workplaces on the taskbar, I
> won't be able to read anything there anyway. For example, right now I have
> 29 windows on different workplaces. And there could be more... Hence,
> the taskbar holding all my windows is useless.
> 
> OK, what if I have some windows on my workplace, which I can't see. But if
> I can't see them, I can't really use them. Hence I don't really need them.
> Hence I can (and I do) move them to the different workplace (or iconify
> them or even shade them!). And using taskbar to switch to the other window
> is just the same as using ctrl+FN or button on the panel or deiconifing
> the window (or unshade, which is even easier and faster). Hence taskbar is
> useless, as long as I'm using several workplaces and/or iconified windows.
> 
> So we have the third and the last situation: all my windows are on the
> same workplace, so I can not see them all at the same time, and I do NOT
> WANT to iconify them, and I do NOT WANT to shade my them, and I do NOT
> WANT to use different workspace. Well, yes, I agree, I do need taskbar in
> this sutiation. But, I do want to have iconified windows (sticky iconified
> netscape messenger is just great!) and I do want to use several workplaces
> (to logically separate my tasks).
> 
> I don't know. That's my situation. Maybe I'm wrong. Can somebody explain
> me, why taskbar is so good? What am I missing here? Just, please, don't
> use "because we used to it" as a reason. As you can see above, when I get
> used to work with multiple workplaces, I can live without taskbar. And,
> well, multiple workplaces are "native" to XFCE.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Thu, 23 May 2002, Collins wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 23 May 2002 16:26:54 +0000 (UTC) Dmitry DELTA Malykhanov
> > <d726f6e at SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> wrote:
> > > I agree. I mean, I disagree. Hmm, I mean, I don't like it either. :)
> > >
> > > If someone needs powerful "taskbasr", I'd suggest him to use IceWM.
> > >
> >
> > IceWM doesn't have half the capabilities of xfce; I don't think so.
> > xfce has lots of configurable options that I never use.  I'm just
> > putting in a plea for another configurable option that I (and a few
> > others) would use heavily.
> >
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