Desktop fun
I’ve been playing around with avant-window-navigator today, after hearing bits and bobs about how cool it is. It’s basically a linux version of the Mac OSX dock, with some fancy customisable effects (you can choose how programs bounce around, whether it’s 3d or 2d, that kind of thing - the usual open-source ‘how you want it’ philosophy).
Unfortunately I’ve noticed two issues so far: firstly, and most annoyingly, some icons are rubbish. The Thunderbird and (to a lesser extent) Firefox icons in the shot above have bits of white around them, which looks a little silly (this is also something I’ve noticed about favicons in firefox with dark themes - it shows up more). Secondly, I’ve not worked out yet (though I’m 100% sure it’s possible) how to stop windows maximising past the upper edge of the dock - at the moment I can’t reach some buttons that get hidden behind it. I’m an idiot. Awn Manager -> General: “Maximised windows don’t cover the bar”. One simple tick and my second ‘issue’ is resolved. That’ll teach me not to look through config options properly. Of course you can also set it to auto-hide behind maximised windows, which is probably preferable and doesn’t waste screen real-estate.
These issues aside, I think I’ll keep this experiment going for a little while and see how I do.
