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Subject:    Re: Fwd: Opinions on gnome2 / KDE - continued. screenshots!
From:       Michael Hofer <michaelhofer () gmx ! net>
Date:       2002-07-27 9:38:02
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Hello!

My favourite kicker-layout is similar to that of gordon.
http://www.inode.at/mhofer/kde-usability/kicker_layout.png

Computer-screens are usually bigger in width than in height (4 : 3) - but most 
standard applications (web-browsing, word-processing, kmail,....) need above 
all more vertical space. Just look at your most used programs - much more 
vertical than horizontal scrollbars....

Why make the problem worse and reduce the available height through a fat 
kicker at the bottom of the screen? I think it would be much better to put it 
on the left side and leave only a small taskbar at the bottom.
It's a bit unusual and needs some time to get used to it - but all in all I 
think it's a better solution than the current default.

The newsticker seems to take much space away from the taskbar (and could be 
left away) - but with multiple desktops, and showing only the applications of 
the current desktop on the taskbar, this hardly ever gets a problem.

In my opinion it should be default to show only applications from the current 
desktop on the taskbar because it seems more logical to me. I think of the 
desktops as independent workspaces, on each workspace applications that 
belong together in some way (surfing and e-mailing on one desktop, creating 
graphics with the gimp on another, writing office documents on the 
third,...). When switching to another desktop I want to start something "new" 
and don't need the "old" applications by hand in the taskbar.

There shouldn't be as many mini-apps and applets as default as in my 
screenshot, because they may confuse the user, but the overall layout could 
work fine this way:

[K-Menu] (top, left - where most people look first)
[Desktop show/hide]
[Control-Center]
[Home-Dir]
[Konqueror]
[KMail]
[SPACE (other progs?)]
[Help]
---------
[Desktop switching]
---------
[Mini-Apps / Systray] (kmix, klipper, knotes, mail-notification,...)
---------
[Clock] | [Taskbar] | [Screen-Lock / Logout] (bottom right, opposite of KMenu)


Just my opinion - servus,
Michael
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