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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We definitely need a natural way to move between "full screen" (no
panel) and "panelled" mode, across multiple apps. And perhaps we need a
good way for things like indicators to show up at appropriate times,
when the panel is not being displayed.

So kudos to the Elementary team for their explorations with wingpanel.

In terms of space efficiency, though, if you maximise a window and have
wingpanel float over it, you effectively have the same thing as the
design goal for 11.04 Unity: maximised windows put titles / window
controls / windicators into the panel themselves. And if you're not
using a maximised window then space efficiency is by definition not your
primary concern.

I can see that there's a "lightness" of the desktop without the panel,
yes. So I think this idea has merit and is worth exploration. I would
welcome mockups and discussion on the Ayatana list, cc'd.

Mark

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