But how do you change the color of the XFCE panel?
Al
--- Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear member:
>
> Thanks for writing.
>
> 1) The question about which rectangle stands for
> which XFCE component is
> the one that got me a very hostile reaction on the
> official xfce user
> list. There are NO specific instructions for this in
> XFCE's User's
> Manual or anywhere else. When I asked this very same
> question in all
> innocence and courtesy, I was told that this was
> self-explanatory. In
> fact, my message was mocked and it was implied that
> only an idiot or a
> lazy newbie would ask such a question. I find it
> most ironic that the
> very people who created such a wonderful, intuitive
> user-friendly
> desktop as XFCE could be so hostile to the user
> himself. This is
> certainly no way to win over KDE/Gnome users to
> XFCE, not to mention to
> win the war against Microsoft.
>
> For this reason, I resigned from the official xfce
> list to form this
> xfce-new mailing list for the rest of us, where no
> one has to fear
> ridicule, where every question, however trivial or
> "stupid" can get a
> hearing, where every user who shows respect and
> courtesy can always
> expect the same in return.
>
> The best thing to do about the color rectangles in
> Setup is to
> experiment with them until you get what you want.
> Click on the rectange
> and decide on whatever color you wish using the
> color wheel. Every
> change is automatically saved. Test it by bringing
> up Netscape or any
> other application. However, I recommend before doing
> this to left-click
> on the desktop. Now look for "backdrop". Now click
> on Load and select
> your background. Then go back to Setup and select
> you colors. Or you can
> choose the default and then modify each color.
> Finally, there is a file
> on the www.xfce.org web site with more palette
> textures. Just download
> and follow instructions. Real easy.
>
> 2) To get the Mandrake menus, left-click on the
> desktop and look for
> User Menu, then KDE and Gnome menus.
>
> 3) The best way to bring any application to the
> forefront is to toggle
> ALT-TAB, just as in Windows. You can also use
> Cnt+Esc but that is not
> necessary. ALT-TAB is quick and easy.
>
> Yours,
>
> Benjamin
>
> --
> Sher's Russian Web
> http://www.websher.net
> Benjamin and Anna Sher
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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