I just quickly uploaded a new version [1] of Panel [2]. The most important change is the name of the header file, which no longer conflicts with ncurses on some systems. It also works better on multi-head setups, and I also believe the task switcher to be much more usable.

[1] https://www.defora.org/os/download/3273/Panel-0.0.2.tar.gz
[2] https://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3262/Panel