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As pointed out by Lightbreeze, metacity does allow scrolling through the workspaces with mousewheel over the panel applet. But, it is still a bad idea, please don't follow metacity on that.
This is a fundamental usability problem:
1. It is fairly easy to accidentally scroll the mouse wheel, especially on a laptop.
2. If the effect is dramatic, the user will get confused and annoyed.
The unexpected switching through multiple desktops is equally confusing no matter where the mouse pointer happens to be located. Since the desktop switcher applet occupies the edge pixels, it is in effect infinitely large, and accidental scrolling through desktops happens annoyingly often (for me at least).
This bug report has a lot in common with bug #39328, which is about scrollwheeling through the window list. Technically they are separate bugs, as they apply to different components, but they should be regarded as instances of the same usability problem.