[a.lerche at gmx.net: Tasklist Plugin]

Jasper Huijsmans jasper at xfce.org
Sun Apr 18 10:09:09 CEST 2004


LiNuCe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>    IMHO, this is a good plugin but ... for 800x600 monitor, it is not 
> really usefull - even if I use it as it avoid me to waste my precious 
> desktop space (remember, 800x600 blabla ...) with XFTaskbar.
> 
>    The fact is that people using 800x600 monitor - like me :) - need a 
> tasklist applet that didn't eat desktop space : I think your tasklist 
> applet need to much space for 800x600 monitor. The ideal thing I see is 
> a tasklist applet that display a menu with an entry for each window, 
> like a GNOME applet does or the MacOS 9 window list menu.
> 

We just need that too ;-) I'd love to see a window list plugin showing 
the currently active window and a window list when clicked.

>    But this is just my opinion as XFCE user :) Someday, I will get a 
> 19'' ou 21'' monitor and will stop boring people about my 800x600 one : 
> it seems *all* (with no exception) free desktops do not think that 
> people are still using such a low resolution (in fact, that is the top 
> drawback from people new to Linux).
> 

Please, keep bothering us ;-) We should make an effort to support 
low-end systems as much as possible. It has always been one of xfce's 
strenghts.

Jasper



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