“Thanks for trying KDE 4.0.x and then writing about it. It’s
always great when people try something for a while and then give
their honest opinion on things. I’d like to address some of the
issues you raise, so let’s start where you started:“‘A more customizable panel’: the issues you note, from resizing
and moving to not covering the toolbox, are already addressed in
svn with the exception of autohiding which is currently partially
working in a WIP patch. So this set of issues is more past tense
than anything at this point. There remain some burrs to work out,
such as not all widgets accommodating really small panels very well
still or easy moving of applets…”