<s>
Kicker	B-Language
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
KDE	O
Panel	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
panel	O
used	O
in	O
KDE	B-Language
3	I-Language
and	O
earlier	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
in	O
the	O
TDE	B-Application
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
KDesktop	B-Language
,	O
it	O
forms	O
the	O
graphical	O
shell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
the	O
K	O
Menu	O
,	O
a	O
Desktop	O
Access	O
button	O
,	O
a	O
Home	B-Application
button	O
,	O
a	O
Konqueror	B-Application
button	O
,	O
a	O
Kontact	B-Language
button	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Help	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kicker	B-Language
was	O
also	O
ported	O
from	O
Qt3	O
to	O
Qt4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
KDE	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Compilation	I-Language
4	I-Language
,	O
Kicker	B-Language
,	O
KDesktop	B-Language
,	O
and	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
were	O
replaced	O
by	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
4	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
shells	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
4	I-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
5	I-Language
being	O
widget	O
engines	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
is	O
no	O
longer	O
necessary	O
and	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Kicker	B-Language
"	O
was	O
re-implemented	O
as	O
such	O
a	O
desktop	O
widget	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kicker	B-Language
is	O
currently	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
TDE	B-Application
developers	O
for	O
the	O
Trinity	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kicker	B-Language
can	O
be	O
launched	O
separately	O
in	O
other	O
windowing	O
environments	O
that	O
lack	O
a	O
panel	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
twm	B-Language
,	O
and	O
in	O
case	O
the	O
twm	B-Language
menu	O
lacks	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
commands	O
that	O
Kicker	B-Language
may	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
editing	O
a	O
.twmrc	O
file	O
,	O
or	O
from	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Kicker	B-Language
can	O
embed	O
various	O
applets	O
into	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
