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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Detailed menus: a solution for 3.1
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2002-01-22 8:02:08
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:59:36AM +0100, Rob Kaper wrote:
> Just had an idea on how we could solve the detailed menu entries with
> descriptions for 3.1.
> 
> While a user uses the k-menu, the rest of the panel is pretty useless,
> especially the application icons. We could use the panel area to display
> more detailed information about an application, keeping the menus tidy and
> yet providing a nice way to show extra information, in a place that is
> always the same for the user.
> 
> See http://capsi.com/~cap/snapshot-kmenu.jpg for a crude attempt to make
> this work.
> 
> I think it should be sufficient to just use the application buttons area, it
> is big enough and keeps items that might have some use visible, such as the
> taskbar.

Nice idea; but my kicker is competely full, and looking around the office I am
not the only one. Mine also autohides.

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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