Notes on the new panel

[Nicolas Masse]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:34:52 +0200
Jannis Pohlmann <info at sten-net.de> wrote:

> Hi Jasper,
> 
> I just checked out the new panel again. I really like it! Some things
> came to my mind, though:
> 
> 1. Perhaps the customize panel dialog should have a list of items which
>    are in the currently selected panel so that you can move items up and
>    down just like you can in the properties of the starter. It took some
>    time until I noticed that I can just drag them somewhere else.

I agree here. I posted a screenshot of such a dialog on the wiki some days ago.

> 
> 2. Don't know if this really makes sense, but wouldn't it be great to
>    allow the plugins to define custom options in their context menu?

Good idea.

>
> 3. The icons of the panel actions plugin are kinda small at the moment.
>    If you enable both, screen locking and quit, it becomes hard to
>    distinguish them in a panel with about 30-35 pixels height. Also, it
>    would be nice to let the user switch between horizontal and vertical
>    orientation manually.

This is true that they are small. (but it is always possible to use launcher instead)

Also another thing:
why did you add an handle box to the task list and the icon box plugins? I say that mainly because I don't find that they are very good looking and also, I don't what they are usefull for, but that's perhaps just me. 

Bounykiller.