New panel size

Jelle de Jong jelledejong at powercraft.nl
Thu Nov 8 21:17:41 UTC 2007


Vincent wrote:
> 
> 
> On Nov 8, 2007 9:10 PM, Jelle de Jong <jelledejong at powercraft.nl
> <mailto:jelledejong at powercraft.nl>> wrote:
> 
>     Vincent wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > On Nov 8, 2007 6:42 PM, Cody A.W. Somerville
>     <cody-somerville at ubuntu.com <mailto:cody-somerville at ubuntu.com>
>     > <mailto:cody-somerville at ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:cody-somerville at ubuntu.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     It seems to me that increasing the panel size does not in fact
>     >     increase the size of the panels. In instead increases the size of
>     >     the icons and when the icons reach a critical mass, the panel
>     >     resizes to accomedate. This is why I've increased the top panel to
>     >     38 and the bottom panel to 24. I feel that the top panel needs
>     to be
>     >     larger than the bottom panel due to the widgets used there (it
>     looks
>     >     disgusting when it is smaller - especially the applications menu
>     >     because the icon we use is png and does not scale well).
>     >
>     >
>     > Not that you mention it - we should have a .svg there. Shouldn't
>     be too
>     > hard to make, both the Ubuntu logo as Xfce's mouse (I believe) can be
>     > obtained as .svg .
>     >
>     > By the way, could anyone explain the problem with the icons and the
>     > smaller panels? As said, I've set up my panels smaller but I see no
>     > problem with the icons.
>     >
>     > --
>     > Vincent
>     >
> 
>     The examples with a clear fuzzy and sharp
> 
>     32 pix vs 28 pix (24 pix is no go)
>     http://imagebin.ca/view/EYdb4gm.html
>     http://imagebin.ca/view/g0w1IV.html
> 
> 
> Hmm... Yeah, if I look closely I see the Pidgin icon is a bit blurred.
> It might be me though, but I wouldn't notice it myself.
> 
>     <http://imagebin.ca/view/g0w1IV.html>Best regards,

I changed the pannels by right clicking a panel>Customize Panel>Slidebar
to left or right.

Vincent, look at all the other icons (upper left), if you can't see the
difference I advice you to buy a new monitor and/or visit a optician :-D

Best regards,

Jelle





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