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>   Applets are GNOME applications which reside in a
   <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.  An applet's appearance typically
   reveals the state of the applet or other information. Applets often
   have buttons, sliders, entries, or other methods to allow you to
   control their behavior.
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>Figure 9. Example Applets</B
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>   Some example applets are shown above(see <A
HREF="applets.html#EXAMPLE-APPLETS-FIG"
>Figure 9</A
>).  At the very left is the
   <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Mixer Applet</TT
> which allows you to change
   the volume level and mute the sound. Next is the<TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Sound
   Monitor Applet</TT
>, which displays the current volume of
   sound being played and allows you to control various sound
   features. The third applet is the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GTCD
   Applet</TT
>, a CD player which has all its controls
   available in the applet and displays the track and time.The next
   applet is the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Drive Mount Applet</TT
>, used
   to mount and unmount drives with a single click of the mouse. This
   is followed by the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Desk-Guide Applet</TT
>
   which shows you your desktops and the applications which are
   running on them. The last applet shown is the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Tasklist
   Applet</TT
> which allows you to control certain aspects of
   each application or window which is open.
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>   GNOME has many useful applets.  Just right click on a
   <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> and add some applets to your
   <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> to find out which applets are
   available and which ones are best for you.  Right click on each
   applet to see a menu listing various commands and operations the
   applet can do and to access the documentation for the applet.
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