Re: [Ayatana] Two suggested designs for the Sound Indicator

2010-05-06 Thread David Hamm
In try to get a more accurate look at what the sound menu could be. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/24744 ps. I'm trying to bend brainstorm to my liking but i'm not sure if this will work :p ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to

Re: [Ayatana] Is it time we killed "minimize to tray" ?

2010-05-06 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 13:52, Mario Vukelic wrote: > If you click the taskbar button of the minimized window, does it > unminimize on the workspace you are currently on, or does it unminimize > on the workspace it was minimized from? (And if the latter, are you > switched to this workspace automat

Re: [Ayatana] Is it time we killed "minimize to tray" ?

2010-05-06 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 09:59 -0600, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > If i window is minizimed, I want it in the taskbar, period. Since it's > not visually on a desktop, and desktop ~= workspace, it can't be on > any workspace, so the only place it could live is the taskbar. If you click the taskbar button

Re: [Ayatana] Two suggested designs for the Sound Indicator

2010-05-06 Thread Frederik Nnaji
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 00:18, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: > If you go out and monitor a ton of users, how many will know that a > Firefox sound control also controls Flash apps inside the browser? > They will just use the slider provided by the Flash app because that’s > what is nearby. And if

Re: [Ayatana] Is it time we killed "minimize to tray" ?

2010-05-06 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 00:02, Scott Kitterman wrote: > "Jeremy Nickurak" wrote: > Then if you don't want a window in the taskbar and it happens to be > minimized, you switch to a different workspace, maximize it and switch back? > If i window is minizimed, I want it in the taskbar, period. Sinc

Re: [Ayatana] Use cases for volume control

2010-05-06 Thread Tommaso R. Donnarumma
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 14:36 +0200, Martín Soto wrote: > 2010/5/6 Tommaso R. Donnarumma > * Johann Sebastian wants to listen to music without > interruptions. He > needs a quick way to mute all sound sources except his music > player. > > There seems to be a general

Re: [Ayatana] Redesigning the Ubuntu mouse cursor for simple notification of app attention

2010-05-06 Thread Frederik Nnaji
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:51, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > about the thread's main topic: > first of all, mouse cursors should never obstruct, they should help with > orientation. > the purpose of a mouse pointer is, to allow the user to focus on special > small areas for interaction. > i found anothe

Re: [Ayatana] Use cases for volume control

2010-05-06 Thread Martín Soto
2010/5/6 Tommaso R. Donnarumma > * Johann Sebastian wants to listen to music without interruptions. He > needs a quick way to mute all sound sources except his music player. > There seems to be a general need for a way to say the system "please do not disturb". This also applies to important VOI

Re: [Ayatana] Use cases for volume control

2010-05-06 Thread Martín Soto
2010/5/5 Alex Lourie > > I'd suggest, again, to begin with the "problem" cases, not solutions. For > example, when is the intervention needed to control volume? > Sure, this is the purpose of writing use cases. I was just acknowledging that ReplayGain and, in general, fully automated solutions

Re: [Ayatana] Use cases for volume control

2010-05-06 Thread Tommaso R. Donnarumma
Hi everyone! On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 23:32 +0200, Martín Soto wrote: > I just tried to collect some use cases (user stories) based on our > recent discussion about volume control. Here they are: > Thanks for these use cases. I think none of them addresses the needs of an audiophile who is listenin

Re: [Ayatana] Redesigning the Ubuntu mouse cursor for simple notification of app attention

2010-05-06 Thread Frederik Nnaji
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 20:31, Gavin Langdon wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Frederik Nnaji > wrote: > >> >> how about removing the mouse cursor altogether while typing? >> > > Actually, IIRC OS X does this and it's quite a nice feature (although > sometimes it just appears like it's a

Re: [Ayatana] Windicators

2010-05-06 Thread Paolo Sammicheli
Alle 08:30 del 6/5/2010, Scott Ritchie ha scritto: > On 05/03/2010 05:22 AM, Roth Robert wrote: > > > > Otherwise I like the idea to use the right side of the titlebar to show > > progress status, app status, share icons, etc. > > Does this need to be on the right side of the title bar? It seems