why was tint2 replaced with fbpanel?

[jeffreyC]

Mostly curious  about the reasoning behind the change.

I know it is not hard to install any other choice, but wonder why this was chosen?

We switched from Y to Z because Z has these features that Y does not.
or
We switched from Y to Z because Y has these problems that Z does not.

[pavroo]

It's quite simple: fbpanel provides "normal" applications menu and work better withsome applications run into the taskbar.