If you use a panel e.g. I use pypanel you can have icons in the panel<br><br>The globe icon in the top left is for firefox, but you can add as many as you want and position them wherever you wish in the bar.<br><br><a href="http://kaboot.ainkaboot.co.uk/images/screenshots/science-desktop.png">
http://kaboot.ainkaboot.co.uk/images/screenshots/science-desktop.png</a><br><br>Hanni<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 27/05/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Courtney</b> <<a href="mailto:blixel@gmail.com">
blixel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> > Well, if you want a really easy-to-use desktop, why don't you try
<br>> > Nautilus or Rox?<br>><br>> As I understand it, Nautilus draws the desktop in such a way that you<br>> can't get to the Openbox menu by clicking on the desktop. This may or<br>> may not matter to Mike Obrien, of course, since he wants icons on his
<br>> desktop. If he still wants to get to his menu, he might be better off<br>> with Rox. I had thought that iDesk was a dead project, to be honest.<br>><br><br>My "desktop" is always covered with windows. So I don't find having
<br>icons on the root window to be all that useful myself. But if you<br>just want something like quick launch access to your programs, I think<br>having wmdrawer in your dock is really good for that.<br><br><a href="http://people.easter-eggs.org/~valos/wmdrawer">
http://people.easter-eggs.org/~valos/wmdrawer</a><br><br>The drawer slides out in any direction you choose. (Up, down, left,<br>or right.) Aesthetically pleasing (in my opinion.) Very<br>configurable. You can have 1 row of say 5 or 6 icons, 2 rows of 10 ,
<br>3 rows of 15, etc... Run multiple instances of wmdrawer to have more<br>than one drawer.<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:hanni.ali@gmail.com">hanni.ali@gmail.com</a><br>Mobile: 07985580147
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