xfce provides too many clocks!

[Alex Mauer]

When trying to add a clock applet to the xfce panel, there are too many to choose from. There are:
Clock
DateTime
Orage Clock

DateTime provides the best formatting options (default formats plus a custom selection)
Clock provides multiple appearances (analog/digital/led), but does not allow changes to the time format, beyond showing seconds and displaying 24-hour time.
Orage Clock provides the ability to use a time zone other than the default, but customization is painful, requiring knowledge of strftime codes, and also exposes to the user the fact that it uses 'strftime', which is not useful information to most people.

All of these should be folded into one applet. IMO DateTime is the best option, but should be extended to allow selection of a time zone. In theory, DT's calendar display could launch an application such as orage when a particular date is double-clicked.

I feel that Clock is completely superfluous, but perhaps its multiple appearances could also be folded into DateTime.

[Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. http://www.xfce.org/community/lists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.