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[Saleel Velankar <svelanka@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Saleel Velankar <svelanka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd want to get rid of the clock, too. I can't help the feeling, the clock
>> belongs somewhere else than in my main indicator interaction zone..
>
>
> I am inclined to agree with this. For a few of my important tasks like
> cramming for an exam, or banging out a paper the night before its due, I
> find the presence of the clock helpful/essential. but most of the other time
> it just something that takes up space. Its a bit like those overly technical
> conky scripts people run on their desktop coughing up information that is
> never used. The solution for me has been this: http://fav.me/d34oqkg. The
> panel with the digitalclock plasmoid is set to let windows cover it, when I
> am not working on timecrucial stuff. I make windows go below it only when
> its important. Furthermore its not in a corner because I do not want to
> accidentally make it pop up via fitt's law, but close enough to the corner
> so that I can throw my mouse down in the corner and then move left.
>



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Saleel