The Toolbar of Moblin linux for MID

Hiding at the top of the screen is the Toolbar – you can find it by moving the cursor to the top of the screen (or by hitting the home button on your keyboard). Once you’ve finished with the toolbar, move the cursor away. The toolbar automatically hides to save precious screen space and allows you to concentrate on the tasks at hand.

The Moblin Toolbar

The Toolbar has 3 sections. The time and date on the left, a selection of panels in the middle, and system information items on the right.

Toolbar Sections

Time and date area is view only. To change the time and date, see Settings.

Example of active toolbar panel

Task item panels are core to the Moblin netbook experience. When you select a task item a panel appears. The panels act as a bridge between launching an application and providing information and context associated with the selected item.

Starting from the left, the Toolbar panels are:

	the m_zone Provides a quick snapshot of activity on your netbook and within your social network.
	the status panel Allows you to instantly post your status updates to social networking services.
	the people panel See all your contacts in one place. Instantly know which of your friends are available to communicate with.
	the internet panel Provides access to your currently running, favorite, and recently viewed websites. It also has an integrated automagic bar.
	the media panel Displays your recently played and viewed media files.
	the pasteboard panel A level up for copy and paste, this stores and manages multiple copied items from your netbook activity.
	the applications panel Provides easy access to all of the applications on your netbook.
	the zones panel Manages, organizes or switches to currently running applications.

System information items

The System Information items let you view and manage important parts of your system and adjust them accordingly.

The icons tell you all you need to know in one look, and offer all the available functionality in one easy click.

The panels are laid out with stored settings on the left-hand side and activation toggles and key tasks on the right-hand side.

Example of active system information panel.

System information items:

	Network connection Manage network connections, Wifi, Ethernet, 3G, and WiMAX in one central location.
	Volume control Turn volume up or down, mute, or turn alert sounds on or off.
	Power Show battery status, and adjust display brightness to conserve battery power.
	Bluetooth Coming soon!
	System Tray Many legacy Linux applications use a thing called a ‘system tray’ to stay around without cluttering up your screen too much. We think we’ve found a better way to do it with Zones but we’re always considering ways to make those other applications work brilliantly on your Moblin netbook.