Gnome window list applet - disliking

[Eric Feliksik]

I think the current Window List 2.9.4 applet is a usability disaster. 
Luckily, it'll be easy to fix. See 
http://elektron.ewi.tudelft.nl/~feliks44/Screenshot.png , and I'll explain:

If I configure it to have a minimum size of 40, and maximum of 700, and 
I open two windows, the total size of the applet stays as small as 
possible, which means 40. That size only increases after opening more 
windows, but then in the window-buttons in the applet there is only room 
for one or two title characters.

When I set the minimum to 500, to make it useful when 10 windows are 
open (50 pixels per windows looks reasonable), the applet will also be 
500 pixels broad with one or two windows open. That's ugly.

What would be reasonable, of course, is that a "preferred size" per 
window-representative could be configured. It looks like it is used now, 
but it's set at a value that's too low.

I think my point is clear, now :) I'd like to hear some feedback, and 
maybe that it can be fixed in Hoary.

Thanks,
Eric