Martin Sourada wrote: > lately, systemtray tends to > expand exponentially (volume control, ibus, network, power, various > apps that can hide there, ...). This almost calls for having it on > different panel than tasklist, IMHO. >
Oh! What a good idea. Speaking as a (heavy) netbook user, of XFCE because it suits netbooks so well, and needing all the limited screen space on netbooks, I'd like the panel to have the running apps so that I can switch between them, but the system tray is also very useful, and at any moment. On desktop machines with 'wide-screen' displays, I use a vertical icon list of main apps, which takes very little space, and I'd like to suggest that the system tray be detached, placed vertically on the right (say), and hideable so that it comes out if the mouse goes to that edge. Also, or it could be permanent. But, it definitely need not be as large as it is at the moment. What is the icon block size at the moment - 45 x 45? I don't know. But I'd like to suggest that the icons in the system tray could be smaller, maybe half, or 3/4 their present size, and more detail can come up when a mouse hovers over them. But such a good idea. Panel for apps (and desktops for those that want it - I don't use it); vertical sidebar for system tray, with smaller icons. regards, Ron _______________________________________________ xfce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
