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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Kicker Defaults
From:       Ryan Cumming <ryan () completely ! kicks-ass ! org>
Date:       2002-08-20 10:36:18
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Hi,

Kicker HEAD is currently somewhat screen-space-hungry. In fact, it becomes 
almost unusable at "low" resolutions such as 800x600 
(http://completely.kicks-ass.org/kicker-default-800x600.png). In this 
screenshot most of the taskbar, the logout buttons, Klipper, and the clock 
applet have been pushed off the right edge of the screen. This is obviously a 
usability concern.

I was able to make Kicker (barely) fit the width of the screen by doing three 
things:
1) Removing the window list button from the taskbar (saves ~12 pixels)
2) Removing the logout applet (saves ~38 pixels)
3) Removing all of the KOffice icons (saves ~160 pixels)

You can view a screenshot of this layout at 
http://completely.kicks-ass.org/kicker-lite-800x600.png. This layout is still 
far from ideal, as it still leaves very little screen space for the taskbar.

I'm very open to suggestions on this subject. I'd also make to make it clear 
that this problem doesn't only affect low-resolution desktops, the default 
Kicker is quite cramped even at 1024x768.

-Ryan
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