[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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