I did ... try it (RC3).
At least, I didn't make that video in RC2 for nothing.
This might be a bad or good news, according to the viewpoint, of course.
1. Abusing the emptiness (empty space) to create the perfection (regular panel icon-spacing) is done in RC3, but the '2018 Xfce panel tooltip bug' is still unresolved.
https://ibb.co/SfXnVZ3
https://ibb.co/W5ZMcdQ
https://ibb.co/cNfkQF9
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=13633
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14967
Workaround: Set the systray-6 icon size to 'Adjust size automatically' or to fixed 31 pixels (for the default 30 pixels panel height!). As in my video.
Which one is better or worse is very easy to see when comparing with surrounding tooltips -- the distance between the top of the panel and the bottom of the tooltip is different according to 'Auto' or '31 Px' ... darn 'who cares about 1 Px' ...
2. "Default applications" and the Start Menu "All applications" icon:
https://ibb.co/SfXnVZ3
The world population, even the most 'learn-resistant' learns with time, and so they learned and (mostly) accepted the "Hamburger Menu".
This means, the symbols they learned, accepted and know for 'Open Menu' and 'All applications' are:
- three / four parallel horizontal lines
- three horizontal dots / squares
- four dots / squares
- nine dots / squares
On the other side, the cogwheel is always associated with some settings.
In the start menu, you get 2 big blue folder icons, and then some pale cogwheel.
The "Default applications" icon belongs into the Start Menu, in place of "All applications" cogwheel.
"All applications" cogwheel would make more sense for the "Default applications" -- which is "Settings" (of a default application).
3. The "Hostnames" icon is still wrong for the same reasons.
Even if we ignore that is misleading (because of '@'), it's hard to ignore the totally wrong proportions of that '@'.
All original icons have approx. 6 pixels smaller symbols inserted on that monitor screen.
It feels and is alien -- doesn't play well with other icons.
4.. I DO respect those 1 % of 'forum-warriors' opinions, but I even more respect the facts.
Some 13-years ago, laptops started outselling desktop PCs, and in the meanwhile, laptops are the majority of all PCs (except for gaming).
Will say, just as volume icon belongs to the panel, so the battery (power manager) icon belongs there too. You'll read it in some review, if dedoimedo ever installs Salix.
2009:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... -computers
2022:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/272 ... sktop-pcs/
The best GUI practices: The battery icon belongs to the panel.
The common sense: The battery icon belongs to the panel.
Convenience: The battery icon belongs to the panel.
As there are more laptops than desktop PCs, and because removing the icon takes 2 clicks (AND knowledge!) instead of 9+ for adding it.
The reasoning like, "Not everybody needs is, so we don't include it" is wrong, as the majority needs it, even if it's only 51 : 49 %.
However, the actual reality is different, and is more something like 75 vs. 25 % for laptops, and 99+ with audio card.
Most desktop PCs won't need the (included) network-manager -- which is / was always there.
5. The positioning of the elements on the panel was, is and will stay wrong ...
Logically, those virtual desktops belong next to the Start Menu button, as those who use them, use them to organize the desktop at the beginning of the work-day.
They would first decide what are they going to do and with which applications, and so, the Inkscape and Gimp would land on one screen, and the web browser and text editor on another (just as an example). Unfortunately, that's not very nice esthetically.
The second logical place for the Pager is after the application starters, as those who don't plan, but improvise instead, will first open some applications, and then look for more space for others.
Since most people aren't using any virtual desktops (everybody comes from Windows or Mac, and Windows got -- well-hidden -- virtual desktops in Win 10 for the first time, almost nobody is used to use them).
https://ibb.co/ZVCQWMY
Visually more pleasing, but still just as functional is the placement after the 'open applications' part of the panel, and before the system area -- notifications, network-manager, audio and power-manager. So, all important system icons stay beside each other.
Pager is irrelevant for most users, but even those who regularly use it, would rarely need 4 virtual desktops. People like me maybe, who NEED them, and with a plenty of RAM, but they probably won't be using Xfce ...
And the "Show Desktop", it belongs either on the beginning or at the end, but absolutelly not in the middle -- it can either be the very last icon (which won't work, since there is a "Log-out" at the end), or the first to the right from the Start Menu, in between the Start Menu and Pager.
At the end, even if the appearance and the essential default preconfiguration are less than ideal, one thing changed since my first 'modernize Salix' post -- it did get more up to date general appearance -- congratulations!