The Bottom Panel
The bottom panel, as you can see in Figure 3-5, is a much simpler affair, containing only the four items I will now briefly describe:
- Show Desktop
A button that minimizes all open windows and allows you to see your desktop when it is obscured from view.
- Window List
A list of windows or applications you have open. If nothing is open, there will be no windows in the list. This is very similar to what happens in the Windows taskbar.
- Workspace Switcher
An application that allows you to switch between virtual desktops. (I'll talk about this more in Virtual Desktops in Virtual Desktops.)
- Trash
There is nothing mysterious about the Trash . . . other than its rather Mac OS X–ish location on the panel.
Figure 3-5. The bottom GNOME panel
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