On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 08:05, William Hooper wrote: > Per Nystrom said: > > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 18:56, Johnathan Bailes wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 21:49:05 -0500 (EST), William Hooper > >> <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Per Nystrom said: > >>> [snip] > >>> > >>>> http://www.netmagic.net/~centaur/CustomMenubarIdentified.png > >>>> > >>> > >>> For being a "colossal waste of space" I see quite a bit of empty in > >>> the middle of the panel that isn't being used. Why is adding some > >>> text a waste of space when there is a bunch unused? > >>> > [snip] > > Considering that this new menu bar takes up fully 5 times the horizontal > > space that the old red hat icon did and yet it does basically the same > > thing, I think "colossal waste of space" is a fair way to describe it. > > > > To really pick nits: the most space it should require to get exactly the > > same functionality as with the new "Custom Menu Bar" would be for two icons > > that expand into "Applications" and "Actions" menus. > > Let me rephrase the question, what would you gain back if the text were > removed? More empty space to add to all that space in the middle? Yes, more empty space into which I can put my own launchers, system monitor, window list, etc. And because of that extra empty space, I can put everything I want onto a single panel instead of needing two. The screenshots I put up only show the default desktop out of the box; not the way it looks once I've customized it to my liking. I'm sorry if that wasn't clear.
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