There's also a cool open-source http://lettercaseapp.com/ but it targets designers and Mac OS.
2012/9/17 Cody Garver <codygar...@gmail.com> > 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 <d...@elementaryos.org>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 < >> ser...@elementaryos.org> 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 <harveycabag...@gmail.com> >> >>> 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" <d...@elementaryos.org> 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 : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>> 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 : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Cody Garver > -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff OS architect @ elementary
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