On Tuesday 20 August 2002 12:36, Ryan Cumming wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Kicker HEAD is currently somewhat screen-space-hungry. In fact, it beco=
mes
> 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 cl=
ock
> applet have been pushed off the right edge of the screen. This is obvio=
usly
> 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 t=
he
> 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, th=
e
> default Kicker is quite cramped even at 1024x768.
>
Kicker defaults will be changed in kde 3.2. Stay tuned...

Greetings=20

Christoph
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