to replace Wbar
a simple & very light dock:
https://launchpad.net/plank
I will second that 8) I usually replace wbar with plank anyway. Plank for those who don't know is basically a lightweight version of docky.
Honestly I don't like docky, cairo-dock, not sure I will like plank :(
My drastic compromise is: remove wbar and use only one default bottom panel for every sparky spin.
What do you think?
Your call; if you like wbar, keep it. It's your distro after all 8)
Yes, but the most important point of mater is - I don't make it for myself only :)
So we could find a compromise to make you and me happy.
I like Wbar too, but Wbar cannot be configured as "always-on-top".
You can keep Wbar as default... no problem and everyone can install their preferred dock
Wbar has 2 faults: (1) Does not center nicely on an extended desktop dual monitor set-up; (2) Leaves previous background in a rotating wallpaper set-up. See photos in
http://lxlinux.com/wbar.html. I like fbpanel simply because it reproduces the wallpaper picture in the desktop pager plugin. Also, panels that pop-out and -about are bad for people with vertigo or tendencies to vertigo.
Quote from: seppalta on February 03, 2015, 09:36:52 PMpanels that pop-out and -about are bad for people with vertigo or tendencies to vertigo.
are you serious? :o
I like that effect
lxpanel ?
Quote from: ldm on February 03, 2015, 10:51:31 PM
are you serious? :o
I like that effect
Idm, apparently you do not suffer from vertigo. Yes, I'm very serious. Vertigo is a sensation of spinning caused by a (usually temporary) defective physical "gyroscope" that exists in your inner ear. Once you have experienced a few vertigo attacks, your system can become sensitive to any rapid motion around or near you, and may cause you to experience the symptoms that occur with a real vertigo attack even though you are not having an attack. A few minutes of a compositing window manager actively fading, exploding, rotating, contorting, etc will set me vomiting if I don't escape quick enough. Of course, this does not apply to wbar because I think you can easily turn-off the jump-out feature.
Wow, that is pretty extreme. I suffer from vertigo myself (from wisdom teeth building pressure in my inner ear), but nothing as bad as that.
From previous reply-
QuoteWbar has 2 faults: (1) Does not center nicely on an extended desktop dual monitor set-up
For dual monitor I've duplicated the icons so they appear on both monitors, with a seldom used icon in the centre - in this config= 12345654321
and it seems to be a better setup - access from both monitors.
The other problem -
Quote(2) Leaves previous background in a rotating wallpaper set-up
does appear worse in the dual monitor setup tho.