Maybe we can organize a campaign to badger this guy's font manager project<http://code.google.com/p/font-manager/issues/detail?id=66>into releasing some GTK3 source code?
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Dane Henson <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the dilemma that I ran into when thinking about a font plug. My > idea for a font plug was to manage all of the installed fonts, but that > seemed like more of a standalone application than a plug. > > I would tend to lean more towards a system utility approach like Sergey > mentioned. My current partition for elementary is only about 10GB, and I > brush up against the "disk too full" warning quite a bit. If we were to > add a button for "disk cleanup" in that dialog, we could direct the user to > the disk usage plug with some cleanup options. > > I understand that there are some utilities out there that already show > disk usage (baobab), but I thought it would be nice to have an > elementary-specific utility, whether it be a plug or a simple application. > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Sergey Shnatsel Davidoff < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Well, where do we place system maintenance utilities? It very well would > be one, especially if added an ability to clean up unused files. > > 2012/9/15 Harvey Cabaguio <[email protected]> > >> Well IMO those are not system settings so I don't think it would make >> sense in switchboard. >> On Sep 14, 2012 4:59 PM, "Dane Henson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am sorry if this has been mentioned or proposed before, but I had an >>> idea for a switchboard plug and I wanted to run it past you. >>> >>> I would love to see a plug that shows an overview of "disk usage" in the >>> style of the Usage section in the mockup seen here: >>> >>> http://elementary-art.deviantart.com/gallery/35710915#/d4yx34p >>> >>> I don't think it needs the granularity of filetype, but I think at least >>> for the filesystem, it could show "system files" and "personal files". >>> >>> I envision a switchboard plug with a selectable list of attached drives >>> to the left, and the info of the selected drive on the right. >>> >>> What I don't want to do is create a redundant plug, or even make this a >>> plug if it doesn't belong in the switchboard. This would be a tool that >>> could be useful for the average user when they just need to see a quick >>> overview of how big their disk is, and how much space they have left. I >>> find myself wanting a graphical display of disk usage fairly often, >>> especially on some of the frankenstein computers I have laying around with >>> only 20-40GB hard drives. If the average user doesn't know how to run 'df >>> -h', it might be nice to have a native informational tool like this. >>> >>> Please let me know if it would make sense. I know this can't happen >>> until Luna+1 or later, but I had to write it down before I forgot about it. >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > OS architect @ elementary > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Cody Garver
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