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December 17, 2021 at 2:21 pm #73126
PPC
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    @BobC – No hurry! I’m quite happy with how FT10 looks and feels.

    I just fixed, in the latest version 0.9.9.4 (http://gitlab.com/antix-contribs/ft10-transformation/-/blob/main/packages/ft10-transformation_0.9.9.4-testing_all.deb), the “+/-” English tooltip, to be more descriptive, and also reworked a bit the window that manages the menu, so the “tiles” button is easier to use (changed its icon and also, when you toggle Titles on/off, the menu pops open, so you can instantly see the change).

    My goal is that FT10 makes antiX as easier to use as possible, allowing quick and easy access to the most used features (and also adding a few tiny ones, like the weather and news apps). I trully hope that any newbie using FT10 will almost instantly get how it works, and how to customize it. I tried to address some of the points many newbies raised in the forum, over time: How do I add icons to the toolbar? How to change the clock? How do add an application to the menu? Ft10 also makes it easier and faster to find applications, search for file and update the system.
    I used to hate the Tiles on Windows 8, but I hope that the Tiled menu offers a fast way to perform most of the basic tasks (the first section is related to the generic apps- file manager, web browser, etc, plus the calculator), then Office work (also pdf documents reader and mtpaint) and on-line services (youtube, weather, news and access to bit torrents)- it includes conky toggle because it can be handy to quickly toogle it on/off. The single remaining space in the Tiles section I have reserved it for gnome clocks, in my system- because if you are at the computer and want to set an alarm do to something, it’s faster to use it than using a smartphone). The single feature I would like to be on the tiles would be a nice Gui Calendar (sea monkey’s Calendar is great, but, by default it’s not a stand alone app- it can become one, installing an extension).

    The biggest criticism I can make to FT10 is not having a GUI to edit the Tiles… They can be edited manually, but it’s not a very intuitive task, because the application, the icon, and the title for each Tile are mixed with a bunch of numbers that set the Tile position… If you want to manually edit the tiles, you can do so, editing “~/.config/jgmenu/tiles.csv” in a text editor, Back it up first, just in case…

    P.

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