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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [plasmashell] [Bug 351425] Add the possibility to make the "windows" in taskbar smaller
From:       Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar () autistici ! org>
Date:       2015-09-01 0:15:52
Message-ID: bug-351425-17878-EyH8ISpi8h () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351425

--- Comment #14 from Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar@autistici.org> ---
That is where different usage patterns come into play. If the pattern is "Do
something in an application, switch, do something in another application,
switch again, ..." (which arguably is the most common pattern), then yes, wider
hit targets are indeed the preferred choice. Actually, the optimum option for
this would be to just divide the task bar by the number of tasks and not limit
the width at all, but that might have negative aesthetical implications (i.e.
"it might look weird").

However, in a workflow where the user has to frequently switch between
applications without actually interacting with them (e.g. a monitoring task
where the individual windows are too big to place them side by side), narrower
tasks would be preferable.

We should hear the reporter out about which workflows he finds the wider
taskbar entries to decrease efficiency before jumping to conclusions.

So, Jeremy, could you please tell us what it is that you're doing with your
computer where you'd wish to have narrower taskbar entries?

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