panel applets

[M.R.]

On 03/09/2012 03:22 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 9 March 2012 02:09, M.R.<makrober at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I am testing Ubuntu 12.4 beta, with the idea of replacing 10.4
>>
>> How do I install panel applets, in particular the file search
>> and the character palette?
>
> You don't, I'm afraid.
>
> The top bar isn't a panel as such&  there is very little customisation
> available. GNOME 2 applets do not work.

thanks for the info.

How then do I replicate the functionality of the "character palette"
applet in panel on 10.4?  Any chance something like that will be 
available by the time of regular release of 12.4?

(This one is very important to me, the others less so, I can wait
for those be implemented).

M.R.