Decent Looking System tray

[Bobhuber]

Cairo - Dock has come a long way. One of my biggest beefs with ubuntu was the awful looking system tray. I was able to shorten and move Ubuntu's top panel (tray area) and with the help of an app called Doncky included with Cairo-Dock make the system tray resemble a small dock on the desktop. You can hide it or leave it visible - your choice.
Here's a link with a snapshot of the desktop.

http://uppix.net/d/1/2/8354552d488acbc48abbd2f6f2d15.png

[stinkeye]

You can also do the same thing with awn, which has
a notification area applet.

[Copper Bezel]

Well, the bloody awfulness of Cairo Dock's systray forced me to keep a Gnome Panel around instead and is the reason I ultimatley switched to AWN, and mine's still prettier (laid out much like Stinkeye's) but I'm glad to hear that they've at least improved it a bit. = )

AWN is still the modern panel IMO. Cairo Dock's configuration is an utter mess, and I think it makes a lot of weird decisions based on the idea that every applet should also be able to be a screenlet.

[Old *ix Geek]

One of my biggest beefs with ubuntu was the awful looking system tray.It's beautiful in KDE. :D

[kerry_s]

+1 awn, but it has to be the ppa version.

[Copper Bezel]

Okay, I have to show off my AWNity, too. = )

I love how the clock looks. = )