xfce4 development

Net Llama! netllama at linux-sxs.org
Tue Jan 28 19:03:49 CET 2003


On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, edscott wilson garcia wrote:
> El mar, 28-01-2003 a las 08:47, Net Llama! escribió:
> > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Biju Chacko wrote:
> > > I think there a couple of features that are a must-have for a production
> > > release. Some have not been started yet:
> > >
> > > * Minimised window icons: I don't use the taskbar, and selecting from a
> > > menu is awkward. This is the one thing preventing me from using
> > > XFDesktop.
> >
> > I'll 2nd that one.  Personally i don't like taskbars.  If i did, i'd be
> > using KDE or Gnome right now, and not XFCE3/4.
> >
> > > * Some kind of configurable desktop menu.
> >
> > I don't care much either way on this.
> >
> > >
> > > * Any others? These the ones that bug me ...
> >
> > The ability to right click on a window bar, and have it (un)shade, just as
> > it did in XFCE3.  This might sound minor to some folks, but this is huge
> > in my book.  It was a key feature in XFCE3, and removing it in XFCE4
> > really detracts from usabilitiy in my opinion.  Yes, i know about the
> > little menu that appears in XFCE4 when you right click, but its not the
> > same.  I want the same one-click method.  Anything more is cumbersome.
>
> You could use the settings manager to configure doubleclick on the title
> to do shade/unshade. Does the trick for me.

Except that doubleclicking is the default behavior for maximizing a window
under XFCE3.

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lonni J Friedman				netllama at linux-sxs.org
Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo		     http://netllama.ipfox.com



More information about the Xfce4-dev mailing list