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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Desktop widget like Windows Vista sidebar/clock
From:       Thelwyn <thelwyn () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-10-05 9:26:32
Message-ID: 22b762820910050226w7419500dn704c0bae20668a80 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi David,
I can't check myself right now but you could try this:

Add a panel on a side of your screen
Add the "News" (not sure of the english name, the icon is RSS orange icon)
and "analogic clock" plasmoids to this panel
Set this panel to auto-hide

Regards

--
Kolia

2009/10/5 david <gnome@hawaii.rr.com>

> Windows Vista has a desktop widget thing (I think they call it the Side
> Bar?) that shows some news headlines in a vertical list and a big analog
> clock. My wife saw that on my parents' Windows Vista PC - and now she
> wants that on her desktop. Sigh.
>
> Anything like it for KDE?
>
> --
> David
> gnome@hawaii.rr.com
> authenticity, honesty, community
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Hi David,<div><br></div><div>I can&#39;t check myself right now but you could try \
this:</div><div><br></div><div>Add a panel on a side of your screen</div><div>Add the \
&quot;News&quot; (not sure of the english name, the icon is RSS orange icon) and \
&quot;analogic clock&quot; plasmoids to this panel</div> <div>Set this panel to \
auto-hide</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Kolia<br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">2009/10/5 david <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:gnome@hawaii.rr.com">gnome@hawaii.rr.com</a>&gt;</span><br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex;">Windows Vista has a desktop widget thing (I think they call \
it the Side<br> Bar?) that shows some news headlines in a vertical list and a big \
analog<br> clock. My wife saw that on my parents&#39; Windows Vista PC - and now \
she<br> wants that on her desktop. Sigh.<br>
<br>
Anything like it for KDE?<br>
<br>
--<br>
David<br>
<a href="mailto:gnome@hawaii.rr.com">gnome@hawaii.rr.com</a><br>
authenticity, honesty, community<br>
<br>
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