Even on Debian, there is a usability problem with the timeline in that it occupies the full width of the available space, as a result of which the timeline bounds extend edge to edge with the following problems:
- the current date, which is the limit to which the timeline extends, cannot be clearly seen
- worse, the objects along the right limit are not fully shown and there is no way to bring them into view
- manually resizing the left partition, to shrink it, helps but does not solve the problem
- the widget does not seem to recognize that it should maybe be offering to the user a horizontal slider
- using a gesture-sensitive keypad, it is instinctive to try to "swipe" leftward but instead of bringing more of the right timeline into view, what happens instead is a jump among the plugins
Would forcing the display inside 95% of the available area force a bottom axis (horizontal) scroll bar?
-- Jim
