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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Default kicker postion
From:       "Jamethiel Knorth" <jamethknorth () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2004-06-07 17:03:44
Message-ID: BAY7-F90GJziWwSoRKb00001ce3 () hotmail ! com
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>From: Harijs Buss <hbush@apollo.lv>
>Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 06:28:16 +0000
>
>On Monday 07 June 2004 05:04, Jamethiel Knorth rakstija:
>
> > As I recall, the default is tall enough for two rows in the taskbar, 
>which
> > is too bulky to put on top. When that is on top, there is just too much
> > stuff in one area: kicker panel, window title-bar, menus, and toolbars.
> > This is just an ENORMOUS amount of stuff and it is visually hard too dig
> > through.
>
>It depends very much on screen resolution used.  With 1600x1200 or even
>1280x1024 using "Tiny" size of panel it looks very good on the top of 
>screen
>and takes small enough space. Certainly one needs to use good monitor 
>capable
>to show even small details sharp and clear.  I always re-configure panel to
>upper position right after installation.

Which is exactly what I said. It looks okay if it's set to Tiny (only okay, 
I still find it awkward). However, the default size is Normal, which just 
looks atrocious at the top, and Tiny has some space issues, as it leaves a 
very small taskbar.

>That said, I don't think it's good idea to change defaults.  There are 
>enough
>things already to confuse newbies in each new release ;-)   What could be
>done instead, would be some clear and simple case stories "How do I 
>configure
>my desktop" (for different looks-and-feels) coming with KDE.

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