As I was looking for this really a long time I am reposting it:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/66414/how-to-add-panel-applets-to-classic-gnome-panel
With the new gnome and using a classic-session you have to press META + …
For quite some time I was trying to figure out why my installed applets like “hamster-applet” for example where not showing up in the applet list. Finally I found the solution. You have to install the gnome applet bonobo …
For quite some time I was looking for a solution to have a multi-line gnome taskbar. Under windows you can just drag your taskbar and the windowlist chooser expands to multiple lines. Now I learned: under gnome its …