xfce version 3 vs. 4 : missing features?

[Francois Le Clainche]

Le dimanche 28 septembre 2003 à 11:31, David F. Skoll a écrit:

Hi,

> On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
> >   I've been using xfce for many years now (I can't remember just how many or
> > with which version I started). The dropping of features (or change, if you
> > prefer) is my only complaint.
> 
> I agree.  In XFCE-3, I had bound keys to operations like RaiseLower,
> Maximize, etc.  XFCE-4 has no way to bind a key to RaiseLower (at least,
> none that I can see.), so I'm sticking with XFCE-3 for now.

Do you know the Alt+Tab feature to cycle the focus between windows?

> And I really really *really* dislike the taskbar.  I liked the old
> CDE way of turning closed windows into icons.  That's another reason
> I'm sticking with XFCE-3 for now.

Did you try xfce4-iconbox?
You can try the ROX-Filer pinboard feature too, with XFce 4.0, 
if you want icons for minimized apps.

Regards
François
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