Gnome replaces Unity

[Liam Proven]

On 17 October 2017 at 08:20, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>
> It's possible to auto-hide panels and/or to add buttons to hide them.

No.

This is a crutch. It's a crude work-around because the software
doesn't support something we need.

> F11 is a common shortcut for most, if not all apps, where using the full
> screen could be helpful.

I don't always want full-screen. I work in an office with 4 other
people, so our PCs are on silent. But I need to be in a chatroom with
my colleagues in Nuremburg and Regensburg and Washington State all
day, too, so I need to be able to see the chat app's indicator icon so
I know if someone said something. I want to be able to see the clock
at a glance, without having to mouse over it to make a hidden panel
appear.

No. Autohide is useful sometimes  but it is _not_ an answer to
incomplete functionality.

> I neither auto-hide, nor use panel buttons, but often use F11, since
> this not only offers me the missing 32 pixel used by the panel, but
> also those of the window boarders, title bar, menu bar and perhaps a
> status bar. Actually I'm not missing the 32 pixel of the top panels,
> but the much more pixel used by all that window things.

Good for you. I only use it when watching videos, myself.

I am not saying your use model is wrong. You do different things. I
don't make music, or draw pictures. I work with text, lots and lots of
it.

So please just understand that other people want or need things you don't.

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