xfce version 3 vs. 4 : missing features?

[edscott wilson garcia]

On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 09:18, craig.betts at dfrc.nasa.gov wrote:
> Well personally I'd like to see the icon view for minimized windows come
> back.  This request is made from several of my users.  I keep XFce3
> around for this very reason.  Some users said they don't mind changing,
> but would like to have the ability to change the icon display in the
> taskbar to help identify the program running (I used this feature in
> XFCE3, and miss it).  I am using XFce as a replacement for CDE on my
> Solaris systems, and have even made it look almost exactly like CDE.  My
> users just love this!

I see no reason why the iconbox code is not within the xfdesktop code. A
simple configuration option and presto, xfdesktop maps the icons on the
pseudo-root window. 

Oh, I see the reason why not. No one has had the time to do the work.
Any takers?


Edscott

ps. I would like to see the feature but am unfortunately out of time at
the moment.

> 
> Other than that, the new design has been taken-in with open arms.  Its
> fast, simple and standards based.
> --
> Craig A. Betts
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> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Biju Chacko wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:18:17 +0200, Bob Marcan wrote:
> >
> > > Biju Chacko wrote:
> > > > Edit .xfce4/menu.xml. If you do not have one copy it from
> > > > /etc/xfce4/menu.xml.
> > > Tnx, done. Now how can i bound this to MB1?
> >
> > This is not possible for now. We may make this configurable later, but there is
> > no consensus yet to do it. Bug us about it, if you really can't live without it.
> >
> > BTW, a tip for people who have a feature that wasn't added -- feel free to bug
> > us about it. If you have a half-way decent argument we'll *listen* to you at
> > least. Persistent demands for a change indicate that me may have done something
> > wrong.
> >
> > No guarantees, of course. We want to avoid making XFce4 too complex, so asking
> > for a config option may not be the best argument. You'll need to convince us
> > (well, Olivier actually since he takes the final call) that your desired
> > behavior will be most user-friendly.
> >
> > -- b
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