On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com
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Evan Huus wrote on 03/12/11 15:43:
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Currently when an event occurs (for example, someone says something
in a minimized empathy chat), a notification pops up
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Chow Loong Jin hyper...@ubuntu.com wrote:
On 02/12/2011 19:46, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
True. But it could appear only when someone starts a conversation,
rather than every time they say something.
That only makes it slightly better. It's still just as
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Christian Rupp christ...@r-k-r.de wrote:
Am 03.12.2011 16:43, schrieb Evan Huus:
[1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/171647/notifications_as_speech_bubbles.png
Good idea, but I would move the bubble closer to the panel the distance
is silly
I know (I made it by taking
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com wrote:
Evan Huus wrote on 20/10/11 17:50:
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One thing that I would like it to support is mounting partitions.
I have my music on a separate internal NTFS partition so that it
can be accessed by Windows. At the moment
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:59 AM, staticd
staticd.growthecomm...@gmail.com wrote:
Jo-Erlend:
If you spend three hours a day using your computer, then you will have
spent 10.920 hours during the next ten years. Is it more important that a
user can use the system without learning anything, or
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote:
Hi!
Workspaces
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The purpose of workspaces is having a means of organizing windows in sets
and making it simple and fast to switch between them. Making one set visible
means hiding all others (except when going
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com
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Hi folks
For some people, it is useful to open particular applications or
documents every time they log in.
(For example, every day when I log in at work, I
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com
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Hi folks
For some people, it is useful to open particular applications or
documents every time they log in.
(For example, every day when I log in at work, I
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:40 PM, balint...@gmail.com
balint...@gmail.com wrote:
In my opinion the current font size is beatuiful on an HD monitor, much
nicer than how windows or mac looks on such high resolution. But on a
traditional screen it really is a bit disturbing. For example, on my
I believe the worry here is that the user isn't given a choice, it
just happens. There's no privacy agreement, no guarantee that the
songs you search for won't be sold to advertisers, etc. etc.
Canonical has had (to the best of my knowledge) an excellent track
record of not doing anything nasty
+1
I have very little to add: well thought out and well explained.
I personally would prefer the ring switcher over the application
switcher, but as a default setting the application switcher is
probably less scary :)
Cheers,
Evan
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Justyn Butler
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Stefanos A. stapos...@gmail.com wrote:
And a different viewpoint: Win7 doesn't distinguish between 'execute
command', 'launch application', 'search applications' and 'search files' in
its Dash equivalent. Instead, it works through the list in that order: if
the
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:28 PM, James Jenner james.g.jen...@gmail.com wrote:
On 27 September 2011 02:19, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote:
I have not proposed anything like that. That was someone else, and I
completely disagree with it. I don't want commands in the
On Monday, September 5, 2011, zekopeko zekop...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com
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Kévin PEIGNOT wrote on 04/09/11 13:04:
I don't agree. PPA should be used only to install unstable /
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote:
Den 27. aug. 2011 06:24, skrev André Oliva:
Really I think its oversimplification of things. Not everyone wants an
elementary-style OS GUI, really. Simply there is a limit in simplification
of things. I
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote:
You seem to have very low opinion of your fellow human beings. I actually
feel a little insulted.
I apologize, I'm sure that wasn't anybody's intention.
But this discussion is not useful. The buttons have
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote:
Den 27. aug. 2011 15:57, skrev Evan Huus:
--snip--
Manuals and tutorials are certainly more efficient means of teaching
the user, but I disagree that exploration is entirely useless. I don't
have any data
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote:
With 11.10, the window close button has been placed in the
upper right
I think you meant left :)
corner and so that corner can't be used to
immediately display the launcher. But the bottom-left
corner
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM, M. Adnan Quaium
adnan.qua...@linux.org.bd wrote:
With the recent Unity update, the Ubuntu's 'circle of friends' button has
changed it's place from the left of the top panel to the top of the
Launcher. It seems a great move to me if the usability is considered.
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Dylan McCall dylanmcc...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure it's getting a different style at some point, but the use of
the Ubuntu logo seems a little odd to me with it in the launcher. I'm
already running Ubuntu, so why would I click to run it again? It kind
of works
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Mark Shuttleworth
mark.shuttlewo...@canonical.com wrote:
It's a lovely idea, and three consecutive designers have dashed themselves
on the rocks trying to get it right. I'd be thrilled if someone could do
better!
Here's what we found each time we tried it:
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com wrote:
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Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote on 06/07/11 17:45:
On 6 July 2011 13:04, Omer Akram om26er.l...@gmail.com wrote:
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Good news, in Oneiric system settings will be removed
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote:
I agree that some sort of Welcome to Ubuntu would be
nice to have. One easy way of achieving that, would be
to simply run a browser in full screen with a stretched
image of a default Ubuntu installs first
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Elias K Gardner zork...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Felix Lawrence
felix.lawre...@student.usyd.edu.au wrote:
Firstly, Ubuntu's dialog sheets should be draggable inside their parent
window.
Secondly (and less feasibly), sheets should be
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Stefanos A. stapos...@gmail.com wrote:
2011/5/8 Ed Lin edlin...@gmail.com
I think that's the best implementation of taskbar meats dock offering
all functions of both without sacrificing too much.
But I'm not sure that's what you after. You are asking for a
it like I've done now?
Here is the link:
http://i.imgur.com/bnIAE.png
2011/5/3 Niklas Rosenqvist niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com:
Yeah me too, I will get working on a mockup tomorrow so that it's easier to
imagining the end result!
On 03/05/11 01:11, Evan Huus wrote:
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6
This debate is getting rather heated, and I'm getting quoted and
rephrased a fair bit. Let me take this opportunity to clarify both
what I actually think:
Unity is supposed to be considered 'application-centric'. In a truly
application-centric system (see iPhones, for example) there is
absolutely
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com wrote:
I just read Bartosz mail about that the running applications aren't always
so easy to see and got an idea. Some icon sets, like Faenza which I use, is
very colorful and since the icons are squared they almost
it works in reality.
Evan
On 02/05/11 23:57, Evan Huus wrote:
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com wrote:
I just read Bartosz mail about that the running applications aren't
always
so easy to see and got an idea. Some icon sets, like Faenza which
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Phong Cao phn...@gmail.com wrote:
About Unity Gnome Shell... none of them is better than the other. It
depends on the users.
I am the kind of user that never open less than 5 windows at a time.
As I explained above:
1. Try to open 3 maximized windows of
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Phong Cao phn...@gmail.com wrote:
I am too have been for a long time a Ubuntu's fan. However, I am not trying
to be negative but... I would say that Unity's design is way far behind
GNOME Shell in Fedora 15. I recommend anybody in this email list try out
Fedora
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Leo Barnes barnes@gmail.com wrote:
(My first attempt to send this mail seems to have failed... Hope I
don't multi-post.)
Hi!
Hi Leo,
I am trying out the Ubuntu 11.04 beta and trying to get the hang of
Unity. I like it so far, especially the Super-W and
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Leo Barnes barnes@gmail.com wrote:
Both of these settings are configurable to taste in CompizConfig
Settings Manager. Look for Scale under Window Management. You may
need to install CCSM first from the software centre.
Regardless, altering the defaults may
Hi, I'm new to this list so please let me know if I'm out of turn
somehow, but I have a few ideas for future incarnations of Unity.
I was reading the Canonical Design blog post at [1], and two
particular problems caught my eye:
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First, many users seemed to have difficulty finding settings.
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Ian Santopietro isan...@gmail.com wrote:
Welcome to the list!
On Apr 22, 2011 4:18 PM, Evan Huus eapa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I'm new to this list so please let me know if I'm out of turn
somehow, but I have a few ideas for future incarnations of Unity.
I
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Jeremy Bicha jer...@bicha.net wrote:
On 22 April 2011 20:04, Evan Huus eapa...@gmail.com wrote:
To be honest, I don't find the System Settings window useful. It lists
almost fifty different subcategories in only a couple of major groups,
and while the search
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