On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Chris Watkins <[email protected] > wrote:
> I have been using the tint2 panel as part of CrunchBang Linux. It's has > strengths and weaknesses - I'd like to mention the strengths, which I love > and which might be worth thinking about as options for LXPanel: > > - Each windows is represented in the panel by an icon (a small icon, in > my setup), and not by a "tab". If I hover over the icon, I get the > application title text as hovertext. > - Even with many, many windows open, they all squeeze together, rather > than disappearing from view. Because they're just icons, I can still make > them out. > - All desktops are represented in the panel, so I can switch directly > to a program in any panel by clicking its icon. > - Very elegant, minimalist look. > - Even lighter than LXPanel. > > Some of the problems: > > - There's no compatible menu , or those that want a docked menu. > (Actually there's a way of adding one to the system tray, but it's python > and not light.) > - It doesn't stay on top - if there's a maximized window in the > background, that will hide the panel. > > > Jez mentioned on this list in March that he uses a similar setup with tint2 > and Openbox, but in Arch. And I notice that people that use tint2 seem to > love it, because of its simplicity and good looks - but it's not suitable > for newbies. > > -- > Chris Watkins I've been using adeskbar. It has a menu and several other plugins. The only problem I really have with it is that it does not show sub-menus.
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