This is my home setup: <a href="http://swooh.kicks-ass.org/~adam/debianEtchXfce.png">http://swooh.kicks-ass.org/~adam/debianEtchXfce.png</a> (yeah, i run debian at home ... i enjoy stability at its finest in the comforts of my own home) This is my work setup: <a href="http://swooh.kicks-ass.org/~adam/workHDscreenshot.png">http://swooh.kicks-ass.org/~adam/workHDscreenshot.png</a> (xubuntu work setup ... newer packages make life easier for being the only linux user in my office of a windows based network) ... I honestly prefer the more "default Xfce" look, its what i am most comfortable with. Just my opinion. -Adam <div>On 5/1/07, Vincent <<a href="mailto:imnotb@gmail.com">imnotb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div> <div>On 01/05/07, jmak <<a href="mailto:jozmak@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> jozmak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 4/30/07, Dave Dodge <<a href="mailto:dododge@dododge.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">dododge@dododge.net</a>> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 01:52:33PM +0000, Vincent wrote: > > On 29/04/07, jmak <<a href="mailto:jozmak@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> jozmak@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > ><a href="http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/15858" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/15858 </a> > > > > I don't really like the themes you chose, but the vertical panel setup is > > very ingenous IMHO :D > > I agree that the default layout with panels on both the top and bottom > of the screen is not so good.  I always get rid of the top panel > immediately, and sometimes create a side panel with icons for > launching common applications. > > > I was a bit worries about you saying the iconbox was better than the task > > list because images provide more visual clues, because an application's > > entry at the taskbar is way easier to click on, > > A possible problem is when you have lots of windows and many of them > come from the same application.  For example I have 14 Firefox windows > (each with many tabs) open right now. > >                                                   -Dave Dodge > When you have that many windows open there is no optimal layout of any kind, in my view. But when you have a modorate number of windows open(5 -10) the icon box is the best solution. The icons are big, easy to recongnize and a glance is usually enough to identify the windows. The gnome like layout already problematic with 5 windows open. You have to read through the window tiltes to know which one is which one. Usability research unequovically confirmed that visual feedback is more efficient than textual one. jmak -- <a href="http://jozmak.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://jozmak.blogspot.com/</a> <a href="http://jozmak.googlepages.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://jozmak.googlepages.com/</a> -- xubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com </a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote> </div> </div>Well, I tried it, but I didn't really like it. However, I suppose the main cause for this was because I wasn't used to it, I'm used to having everything at the top or bottom. I could of course just use one bar with an iconbox, but as that would be twice as high it is just as (if not less) efficient as having two panels. Just my habits, I guess... -- Vincent -- xubuntu-devel mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div> -- <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AdamMiller">http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AdamMiller</a>