On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 05:22, Ian Malone wrote: > > I shouldn't - it should let you use the same mechanism to > > navigate the filesystem folders that you use for everything > > else. Why should it have menus? > > Panel menus are not obscured by open windows. They are therefore > useful for usrs running more than one application. I'll admit > that this an elitist view, since few users will understand that > computers can do such things, many will be confused by the > concept, and almost none will really need it. OK, sometimes it is useful to be able to lock a window in a certain position and keep it always on top or auto-hidden, but I don't see how that relates to what contents that window can contain. If a WM provides such frills, why can't I run any application I want in a window with that behavior? I do see the usefulness, just not why it should be a special case restricted to certain functions. I do like what happens when you drag a folder onto the KDE task bar: it becomes a pop-up drawer for quick access, although I don't think the contents update in real time so the usefulness is limited. I'd also like to see a mechanism that would allow adding applications to a different machine. Suppose you want to run all openoffice apps for a large group of people on one server and some other large app on a different server. When you add a new app, how do you make it appear in the menus of all the people who can use it remotely? -- Les Mikesell les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx