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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Kicker Defaults
From:       Dana <techlists () adelphia ! net>
Date:       2002-08-20 21:36:13
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I also agree with less clutter, here is a screenshot I took=
 earlier I took of my modified kicker. Much cleaner IMHO.

http://users.adelphia.net/~geek/b3kde.png

=09-Dana


On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:00:51 +0200, Joris Benschop wrote:
>Hi
>I've been reading all kinds of tips how to change my kicker
>Truth is Joe Schmoe will either abandon KDE or live with a crap
>interface
>but not do the hacks that are mentioned on this thread.
>Hell I never really understood what that myriad of icons was=
 doing
>anyway,
>and I sure havent't ever used that logout button. (As I come=
 from
>windows:
>I just go to KDE-start ->=A0stutdown.) I definetely hate the=
 KOffice
>buttons
>in my tray as much as I hate the windoze progs that just settle=
 in
>my
>taskbar upon arrival.
>So: why not keep that taskbar/tray etc as super clean as=
 possible
>from
>default (just the clock?), and have an understandable interface=
 for
>geeks
>that actually like having icons in that corner of the screen.
>
>Just my .02
>
>
>
>At 10:49 20/08/02 -0400, you wrote:
>>From: "Ryan Cumming" <ryan@completely.kicks-ass.org>
>>
>>>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)
>>
>>In addition to the other changes suggested in this thread, how
>>about making
>>the default Kicker icon size smaller for 800x600?
>>
>>Ciao,
>>Gordon
>>
>>
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