[haiku] Re: AW: Re: AW: Suggestion for the deskbar.

  • From: Arnold <arnoldvanh@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:28:47 +0100

2009/10/31 Truls Becken <truls.becken@xxxxxxxxx>

> Johan Aires Rastén wrote:
>
> > Maybe the size of the leaf button could be halved with clock to the left
> of
> > it (assuming deskbar is in top right corner) and then have systray grow
> as
> > necessary further to the left. It could lead to the top row being wider
> than
> > the window list below it, but is that a problem?
>
> I like this idea because it solves two issues at once - making applets
> always visible and giving them virtually infinite space. Currently
> there is only space for about four applets.
>
> > I'd also like if there was an _option_ to change window list to just
> display large icons instead of small
> > icon+title a la OSX. It would make the deskbar slimmer which might be
> appreciated in some scenarios.
>
> How about also making the width of the task list resizable by dragging
> its left edge? This way the user decides how much of the window titles
> to see, and in the big icon mode it would resize the icons.
>
> This also means that the clock + leaf button in the first suggestion
> do not need to add up exactly to the width of the task list since that
> is undefined. I suggest making the button smaller than half its
> current size.
>
> -Truls
>
> Is it possible to join the two buttons for time and the leave? Because I
personally think that this half leave looks like an Alpha release (not
complete)
;-)

Regards,

Arnold

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