[TriLUG] Gimmie desktop-app vs. pannel-applet

[Michael Ansel]

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Mark Kempster wrote:
> I ran across gimmie (http://www.beatniksoftware.com/gimmie/Main_Page)
> tonight, and after hearing about it a couple times, finally gave it a
> try. So far, I really like it, and have significantly changed my panel
> as a result. My one question is a difference between the desktop
> dock-like thing (when you run 'gimmie' from the command-line) and the
> gimmie-applet that's embedded in the gnome toolbar.
>
> With the applet, you get the menu/shortcut stuff that you get by
> pushing the 'Programs' buttons and the like from the desktop dock
> application. However, the applet is missing the 'open windows'
> business, the sort of thing you get with the 'workspace switcher'
> applet.
>
> With the desktop version of gimmie, you get both the menu buttons and
> the open-applications windows. Granted, the real-estate it takes up is
> significantly greater. But darned handy, and an opportunity to slim
> down the amount of displayed stuff on the desktop (I like a spartan
> desktop, but to still have the stuff I use within "easy reach", or
> about 2 mouse clicks. So far, gimmie has pretty good about meeting
> that goal, and my desktop is cleaner than it was before.)
>
> Is there a way to get the open-applications thing to show up in the
> applet? I dislike the size of the dock and how it swallows a hefty
> swathe of real-estate when maximizing a window - a pricey trade-off on
> my newish-to-me 1024x768 T40..
I'm running 1280x800 (Dell Latitude D830) and I just use the Avant
Window Navigator for all my task switching needs. As soon as I can get
the AWN applet for Gimmie compiled, I'm going to check that one out
too. It does take up a bit of space, but I haven't really noticed it
versus the default panel (its probably 2-3x taller).
On a side note, what distro are you using Gimmie on? I'm using the
repo version on Fedora 9, and it is super crash happy. Have you found
the same thing?

Off to compile the trunk...
Michael
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