Possible panel tweaks (Was: Re: Random thoughts about release)

[Juraj Ziegler]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 04:16:20PM -0700, Ric wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> --- Juraj Ziegler <e at hq.sk> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:22:50PM -0700, Ric wrote:
> > > "Volume Control" does not need an icon(the "volume
> > control"
> > > slider is enough) _or_ the item should be called
> > "Mixer".  
> > 
> > I see two reasons in favor of the icon. Imagine you have
> > the CPU load
> > meter running. It uses the "same" slider. The only way to
> > tell those two
> > apart without any icons or text would be 
> > a) remember which one is which
> > b) wait for one of them to change by "itself". This might
> > not work, as
> > the Volume plugin reacts to mixer changes done by other
> > programs.
> > c) click and check whether the volume has changed or you
> > clicked on the CPU load meter.
> > None of these workarounds is intutive or ergonomic.
> 
> *Tooltip*
> Also, color s/b able to distinguish the diff.  But, as I
> wrote,  ' Call it "Mixer" ' if the Icon is a must.

I'm not sure about the tooltip. As to the color, both plugins follow the
current Gtk+2.0 theme, which is nice, and therefore use the same color
:)

[e]

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