On 11/18/2011 09:20 PM, Pedro Bessa wrote:
Hi Anytana-dev,
That would be "ayatana-dev" :-)
I can change Firefox in any way. I can position, edit, remove and add
any interface element however I think is useful to the others. So I
created two
add-ons.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/addon-tools-in-app-button/
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/addon-tools-in-app-button/>andhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ubiquity-in-awesomebar/
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ubiquity-in-awesomebar/>
I reported many bugs to Ubuntu.
To make you patch them, I need to convince you that the bug is so
important that you need to work, which is very hard.
To make me patch them, I need to convince you that the bug is
important, otherwise the patch won't be approved, which is hard, then
I need to patch the bug, which is hard, then I need you to approve the
code, which is hard, so it's triple hard.
Sorry if I get your wrong here, but it sounds like you're complaining
that it is difficult to program? (I mean it *is* difficult, but to me
personally, that is also what makes it fun)
If there is a bug with patches, that is a bug and not a feature, and
it's being ignored or bogged down in reviews that is a problem. Can you
point me to it and I'll make sure we get some action on it.
Features are indeed harder to get in. They exponentially increase the
number of interactions and in that regard runs a danger of detracting on
the overall quality and thus negatively affecting everyone that does not
use it. That said - there are several examples of contributed features
that get in anyway, even though the maintainers or designers are not
thrilled about it.
As a concrete example of this we just merged a contributed branch that
makes it possible to hide the Most Used and Apps Available for Download
categories from the apps lens.
To develop an app, I need to code my work and others will see my name,
rate it high, install it lots, congratulate me by e-mail, recognize my
work, which it's fun, then I need your approval to the Ubuntu Software
Store and you put a huge effort in it, you want more apps, which it's
fun, then I show you since the app's popular, the bug is important and
according to xkcd, I'm correcting a person on the internet, it's an
important task, which it's fun, so it's triple fun.
Sorry; I am not sure what you are hinting at here? It seems I lack some
context to your message.
The Unity API is minimal.https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI>I can't position, I can't
edit, I can't remove and I can't add anything.
That is a design decision. The *user* is in ultimate control of the
launcher. If random apps could mess that up it would be incredibly
frustrating.
That said; there are plans aloft to have a slightly richer API to
instrument the launcher.
You said you don't want customizeability (I mean, you make unity have
unmodifiable defaults) and you said you want more apps (I mean, you
put a huge effort in the Ubuntu Software Store), but these two things
are a contradication, because *if we can't do anything, why should we
develop apps for you*?
Presumably you develop apps for the users and not for Ubuntu?
If Ubuntu is inadequate as a vessel to deliver the experience you want
to for your users, then we need to take that up and figure out which
*particular* technical details are stopping you.
Plus, Firefox writes tutorials that start from overview, allow to go
in-depth, have examples and I think Ubuntu should do that too.
I agree. Better tutorials and docs in general is desirable. Fortunately,
everyone agrees on that - and many people are working hard to make it a
reality :-)
Cheers,
Mikkel
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