FC3 Usability Problems

[Per Nystrom]

On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 08:05, William Hooper wrote:
> Per Nystrom said:
> > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 18:56, Johnathan Bailes wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 21:49:05 -0500 (EST), William Hooper
> >> <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Per Nystrom said:
> >>> [snip]
> >>>
> >>>> http://www.netmagic.net/~centaur/CustomMenubarIdentified.png
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> For being a "colossal waste of space" I see quite a bit of empty in
> >>> the middle of the panel that isn't being used.  Why is adding some
> >>> text a waste of space when there is a bunch unused?
> >>>
> [snip]
> > Considering that this new menu bar takes up fully 5 times the horizontal
> > space that the old red hat icon did and yet it does basically the same
> > thing, I think "colossal waste of space" is a fair way to describe it.
> >
> > To really pick nits: the most space it should require to get exactly the
> > same functionality as with the new "Custom Menu Bar" would be for two icons
> > that expand into "Applications" and "Actions" menus.
> 
> Let me rephrase the question, what would you gain back if the text were
> removed?  More empty space to add to all that space in the middle?

Yes, more empty space into which I can put my own launchers, system
monitor, window list, etc.  And because of that extra empty space, I can
put everything I want onto a single panel instead of needing two.  The
screenshots I put up only show the default desktop out of the box; not
the way it looks once I've customized it to my liking.  I'm sorry if
that wasn't clear.
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