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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Kicker extension
From:       Michael Goffioul <goffioul () imec ! be>
Date:       2001-08-23 8:20:33
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Ilya Konstantinov wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 06:49:37PM +0200, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > http://users.swing.be/kdeprint/kicker_ext3.png : panel extension
> 
> Why not a KSystemTray icon instead? Would be more compact while still
> maintaining the same functionality.

For several reasons:
- don't mix the kicker extension, and the kdeprint example. The interesting
  part here is the menu extension itself, not the kdeprint example. So the
  main issue is the possibility to add dynamic menus to kicker, either in
  the K-menu, or in the panel.
- a system tray cannot be plugged in the K-menu
- you already have a system tray when the job viewer is running. Having 2
  icons will be confusing
- system trays corresponds to separate running applications. Here the object
  is a dynamic extension to kicker.

Michael.

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