Bad open with dialogue in firefox (was what is the reason for not making epiphany the default browser?)

2006-02-12 Thread Matthew East
cc: Desktop list On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 06:36 +0100, John Nilsson wrote: On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 22:22 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro wrote: The other feature of Epiphany I miss in Firefox is the Open with... dialog. It should be the same application chooser as with nautilus not the file chooser as it

Restoring the Help Icon in gnome-panel

2006-02-13 Thread Matthew East
Hi all, Recently, many users have been calling for a program which starts up at first login and introduces users to the basics about using and configuring Ubuntu. I'm convinced that the onboard documentation will do this job sufficiently well for dapper, the Desktop Guide in particular has had

More colorful help browser

2006-02-13 Thread Matthew East
Hi list, Recently I've chatted to Jeff (cc:) about the possibilities for customising the Yelp style a bit. The yelp colors are currently rather boring, and I feel it would be nice to give them a bit more color. Two ways of starting to do this would be to make section headers and links take their

Re: More colorful help browser

2006-02-14 Thread Matthew East
Sebastien Bacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Le lundi 13 février 2006 à 13:19 +, Matthew East a écrit : Please have a look and give feedback as to whether this sort of customisation might be desirable for Yelp in Dapper. If so, I'll try and make a patch, and we can think about some

Re: More colorful help browser

2006-02-21 Thread Matthew East
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 17:53 +, Matthew East wrote: Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sebastien Bacher seb128 at ... writes: Thanks for your work on that. The idea seems to be good and the screenshots are nice. Do you already have some patch to play with? I've put

Re: Showing mounted volumes on the desktop

2006-02-24 Thread Matthew East
On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 21:45 -0800, Corey Burger wrote: Hey all, I can't find anywhere whether this is merely a bug or a policy decision. Either way, it should default to on. Their are two reasons in my mind: You're quite right, it should default to on. I _think_ this is a bug:

Improvements to new System-Help menu

2006-03-06 Thread Matthew East
I've filed the following bug with a patch attached with my suggestion to improve the (already awesome) new System-Help menu. https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/33874 Hope this helps. Matt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF signature.asc Description: This

Re: no more irc chat client

2006-03-07 Thread Matthew East
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 11:09 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:17:58PM +0100, Armand CORBEAUX wrote: I think you probably ask you why does he say a sich thing?. But the answer is simple: most of the people doesn't know IRC (even as protocol). And it's not by including

Re: Firefox and the `you have chosen to open ...' dialogue

2006-03-08 Thread Matthew East
On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 14:11 +, Ian Jackson wrote: Ian Jackson writes (Re: Firefox and the `you have chosen to open ...' dialogue): I would really like to have an idea of how many people find the new behaviour better. This is supposed to be a useability improvement. If in practice it

Re: G-p-m hding while on AC

2006-03-09 Thread Matthew East
On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 21:47 -0800, Corey Burger wrote: I just noticed that g-p-m now hides while on AC. I think this is horrible default, for several reasons. On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 16:58 -0700, Lakin Wecker wrote: Users are accustomed to many types of portable devices which run on batteries:

Re: G-p-m hding while on AC

2006-03-09 Thread Matthew East
On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 21:47 -0800, Corey Burger wrote: Hey all, I just noticed that g-p-m now hides while on AC. I think this is horrible default, for several reasons. I just asked in -devel and it appear that this isn't actually the default at all, so we can bring this thread to a dignified

Re: Logout dialog : 2 sections

2006-03-10 Thread Matthew East
On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 16:36 +0100, Manu Cornet wrote: http://www.manucornet.net/GNOME/logout.png * How do you like the approach ? :) Very nice indeed. I'd recommend slightly smaller icons. * Should I write Pause session instead of Pause, and Exit session instead of Exit ? Yes, I

Re: When to display the battery icon

2006-03-21 Thread Matthew East
On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 00:41 -0800, Corey Burger wrote: Hello all, As some of you know, the currently policy seems to be that we are not displaying the battery icon when both of the following are true: 1. The laptop is plugged in 2. The battery is fully charged If this is in fact policy

inconsistent use of the words suspend and sleep on the desktop

2006-05-02 Thread Matthew East
A translator has brought it to my attention that the words sleep and suspend are used with different meanings on the desktop. Specifically, gnome-power-manager gets it wrong. In my understanding, the correct use of the words (as used in the logout dialogue and the file /etc/default/acpi-support)

Re: inconsistent use of the words suspend and sleep on the desktop

2006-05-03 Thread Matthew East
On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 17:59 -0500, Jonathon Anderson wrote: On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 15:33 -0600, Bonilla, Alejandro wrote: On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 17:23 -0400, Patrick McFarland wrote: On Tuesday 02 May 2006 12:23, Matthew East wrote: A translator has brought it to my attention

Re: Rhythmbox Quickstarter

2006-05-11 Thread Matthew East
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 11:37 +0200, Christophe Augier wrote: {some stuff} Is there a reason everyone is sending two copies of these emails to so many different mailing lists? Stop the madness... go to the bugtracker! At the very least, just one copy of emails, and just one relevant mailing list

Re: Shipping fspot instead of gthumb

2006-07-19 Thread Matthew East
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, * Corey Burger: Hey all, Time to start yet another discussion. Hopefully this will not go offtopic as badly my last one did. Anyway, I think we should ship fspot in place of gthumb. I just installed f-spot to try it, and quite like it, but

[Fwd: the Ubuntu help menu]

2006-07-25 Thread Matthew East
- Original Message Subject: the Ubuntu help menu Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:20:29 +0100 From: Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: gmane.linux.ubuntu.sounder I recently blogged about the Ubuntu help menu, and the documentation team has been discussing it for some time. I'd be interested

Re: adding X to server (+ documentation)

2006-08-01 Thread Matthew East
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, * Marcus Wagenaar: JoE wrote: Hmm . . . i'm not suggesting that we use all the same documentation. It would be useless, for example, to have synaptic documentation on server. That's wasn't my idea either ;-) I just meant that the

Re: bug on h.u.c frontpage

2006-08-28 Thread Matthew East
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Duncan Lithgow: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/54628 No-one has commented on this yet, so I thought I'd bring it more clearly to your attention. (wrong list, forwarding to right list, please remove -desktop

Help Menu Specification

2007-01-15 Thread Matthew East
MPT and I have created the following spec: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpAndSupportAccess Feedback very welcome! -- http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Re: update of gnome-user-docs

2007-03-26 Thread Matthew East
On Mon, March 26, 2007 11:02 am, Daniel Holbach wrote: Hello Matt, Am Montag, den 26.03.2007, 10:48 +0200 schrieb Matthew East: I think there is a problem. First of all, my system (Feisty default installation with all upgrades) doesn't have this package. Martin Pitt just purged gnome2-user

Re: panel weirdness today

2007-04-12 Thread Matthew East
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 10:39 -0400, JoE wrote: After today's Feisty update, I've got weirdness in my panel. The network disconnect icon is up and selecting it says that I have no network device. My network is still working fine, so i'm sure it's just reading the wrong space. Just an FYI to

Re: Turning the low disk space notifications back on

2007-11-10 Thread Matthew East
back on for Hardy, at least during the dev cycle. Basically, there are two major use cases that I can see: warning when / is getting full and warning when your removable disk is getting full. What do other people think? I've been getting these notifications in Gutsy. -- Matthew East http

Re: Gnome-Bt should be removed from applications menu

2008-01-03 Thread Matthew East
to me that this is a regression. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Re: Menu Rationalisation (was Re: I hope people are paying attention...)

2008-03-21 Thread Matthew East
Hi On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Scott James Remnant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 04:02 +, Nanley Chery wrote: Wiki is up! Sorry for the delay, I was a tad busy. https

gnome-control-center

2008-08-29 Thread Matthew East
been considered and rejected, perhaps you could point me towards an explanation of the reasons. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Re: gnome-control-center

2008-08-29 Thread Matthew East
Hi Oliver, On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Oliver Grawert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, On Fr, 2008-08-29 at 08:38 +0100, Matthew East wrote: Hi, I recall that a couple of releases back gnome-control-center was considered for inclusion by default in Ubuntu. Has it been reconsidered

Re: New system sounds.

2008-09-04 Thread Matthew East
as much as its desktop theme or its name. Preferably without any cheesy cymbal crashes :) The sounds posted by Cory sound nice to me. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: Has the Window decoration for Intrepid (Gnome) been finalized?

2008-09-23 Thread Matthew East
improved quite a bit. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Re: Unmounting removable devices

2008-11-11 Thread Matthew East
, a message could popup when a device is connected which explains that it should be unmounted before unplugging it. But I guess the only way to provide a simple way to unmount the device would be to ship the applet you refer to in our default panel, and hide it when nothing is plugged in. -- Matthew East

Re: Please Comment: Proposal to change the name of Applications - Add/Remove...

2009-01-16 Thread Matthew East
the application does isn't to add or remove things from a menu (the menu editor does that) but rather to add or remove programs to the installation. Wholehearted +1 from me. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop

Re: gnome-control-center

2009-02-24 Thread Matthew East
for most users, I think. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Fwd: Could we have the panel menu patched? Charitable bounty included.

2009-02-28 Thread Matthew East
point out why. -- Oli Warner o...@thepcspy.com -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu

Re: Should mousing over (but not clicking) audio files on the desktop cause them to play invisibly?

2009-04-02 Thread Matthew East
developer commenting so far. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Re: Desktop Team 20090428 meeting minutes

2009-05-01 Thread Matthew East
an explanation of what Ubuntu One is. Could someone explain? -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Re: Advice needed - moving GNOME help files into langpacks

2009-08-27 Thread Matthew East
back to shipping all languages in the ubuntu-docs package, rather than only those which are 70% translated? -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

2009-08-27 Thread Matthew East
to purchase software from this app in the future, but it will also be possible to get software for free there, and for that reason I think a neutral name that fits both is preferable. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop

Re: Advice needed - moving GNOME help files into langpacks

2009-08-27 Thread Matthew East
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Martin Pittmartin.p...@ubuntu.com wrote: Matthew East [2009-08-27 19:36 +0100]: I suspect that it should be possible to add an alternative search path to yelp so that it checks in more than one location. It's not just yelp, though, there are also the omf files

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

2009-08-28 Thread Matthew East
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareStore: The implementation is based on Add/Remove Applications (gnome-app-install), but may use PackageKit for some components. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

2009-08-28 Thread Matthew East
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Matthew Paul Thomasm...@canonical.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthew East wrote on 27/08/09 20:20: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Przemek Kulczyckiprzemekkulczy...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Matthew

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

2009-08-28 Thread Matthew East
(Adding ubuntu-desktop back to cc) On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Mackenzie Morganmaco...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 28 August 2009 6:44:30 am Matthew East wrote: I saw that, but the problem is that people will not open the app in the first place. I saw the name Ubuntu Software Store before

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

2009-08-28 Thread Matthew East
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Matthew Paul Thomasm...@canonical.com wrote: Matthew East wrote on 28/08/09 11:44: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com wrote: ... Center was unfortunately off-limits because it lacks cross-Atlantic compatibility, i.e

Re: Advice needed - moving GNOME help files into langpacks

2009-08-31 Thread Matthew East
gives me the C help. This is surely a bug in gnome-terminal, isn't it? If so, can't we just do some testing and try and make sure that such bugs are fixed upstream? I'm willing to help test and report bugs. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

2009-09-26 Thread Matthew East
the progress here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-store/+bug/436648 [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1256242 [2] http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21362 -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop

Re: Call for testing: LightDM

2011-06-08 Thread Matthew East
On 8 June 2011 02:58, Bryce Harrington br...@canonical.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 11:03:12AM +0100, Matthew East wrote: I'm taking this opportunity to post a link to this comment on the proposed switch to lightDM from Matthew Garrett, in case people reading here haven't seen

Re: Call for testing: LightDM

2011-06-08 Thread Matthew East
On 8 June 2011 09:09, Bryce Harrington br...@canonical.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 08:45:38AM +0100, Matthew East wrote: On 8 June 2011 02:58, Bryce Harrington br...@canonical.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 11:03:12AM +0100, Matthew East wrote: I'm taking this opportunity to post

Re: {Desktop 12.10 Topic] Holistic approach to Ubuntu documentation

2012-04-19 Thread Matthew East
with a separate discussion about how to attract more contributors. Such a discussion would be very useful. There are plenty of new ideas and approaches we could consider with a view to improving the user documentation. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop