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List:       kde-active
Subject:    Re: RFC: more spacing
From:       Shantanu Tushar Jha <shaan7in () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-04-30 13:50:42
Message-ID: CABQ4Km9nwZTYcN7wQasTU1jhVvoPrkY0cWyS3AF_MKBR+PMBsA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> since i've heard the report that panel icons are a tad difficult to hit, i
> tried a little experiment: icons spaced a lot, and the hit area enlarged
> accordingly (is a similar behavior of the android 4 panel).
>
> http://wstaw.org/m/2012/04/30/plasma-desktopwZ2606.png
>
> the result is way more convenient to use, but i have to admit doesn't seem
> to
> look that good (in the screenshot the extra spacing is a bit exagerated but
> sill), opinions?
>

Well it looks good to me.


>
> it also makes even more important that just few icons are present, but is
> not
> that big of a problem imo, since if there are more than 3 or 4 something is
> very wrong
>

Yes exactly, the rest of space is getting wasted anyway, its not like
desktop where you have the task manager. So huge +1 from me, looks much
cleaner.


>
> Cheers,
> Marco Martin
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Shantanu Tushar    (UTC +0530)
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Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Marco Martin \
<span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:notmart@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">notmart@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi all,<br>
<br>
since i&#39;ve heard the report that panel icons are a tad difficult to hit, i<br>
tried a little experiment: icons spaced a lot, and the hit area enlarged<br>
accordingly (is a similar behavior of the android 4 panel).<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wstaw.org/m/2012/04/30/plasma-desktopwZ2606.png" \
target="_blank">http://wstaw.org/m/2012/04/30/plasma-desktopwZ2606.png</a><br> <br>
the result is way more convenient to use, but i have to admit doesn&#39;t seem to<br>
look that good (in the screenshot the extra spacing is a bit exagerated but<br>
sill), opinions?<br></blockquote><div><br>Well it looks good to me.<br> \
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br>
it also makes even more important that just few icons are present, but is not<br>
that big of a problem imo, since if there are more than 3 or 4 something is<br>
very wrong<br></blockquote><div><br>Yes exactly, the rest of space is getting wasted \
anyway, its not like desktop where you have the task manager. So huge +1 from me, \
looks much cleaner.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt \
0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">

<br>
Cheers,<br>
Marco Martin<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Shantanu Tushar    (UTC \
+0530)<br><a href="http://www.shantanutushar.com" \
target="_blank">http://www.shantanutushar.com</a><br>



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