New panel size

[Cody A.W. Somerville]

Since the icons are getting smaller and the panels are staying the same, I
find that there is way too much (gray) space not used in the smaller panels
when it comes to the top.

On Nov 8, 2007 5:17 PM, Jelle de Jong <jelledejong at powercraft.nl> wrote:

> 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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