Re: [Ayatana] Ubuntu Tweak

2011-12-17 Thread Lance
? --- On Sat, 12/17/11, Roland Taylor rolandi...@gmail.com wrote: From: Roland Taylor rolandi...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Ubuntu Tweak To: Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com Cc: ayatana ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Date: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 2:16 PM If Ubuntu-Tweak

Re: [Ayatana] Ubuntu Tweak

2011-12-15 Thread Lance
I don't think it's particularly true that, Ubuntu Tweak and similar tools (concerning Unity) will not break anything. Ubuntu Tweak still offers computer janitor which has been known to confuse many end users, and even further if you hover the mouse pointer in the wrong area in some tweak areas

Re: [Ayatana] make adding ppas easier

2011-09-05 Thread Lance
, xorg-edgers devs do a great job of warning about breakage, but you'll often see others simply recommending to try it w/o warnings! IMHO making it even easier to break things is not a wise option. Lance --- On Mon, 9/5/11, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com wrote: From: Matthew Paul Thomas m

Re: [Ayatana] Design problem: Menus hidden by default in Unity

2011-03-28 Thread Lance
with that but we shouldn't let the majority decide to eliminate functions or the ability to customize as may be needed by various small corner groups such as the visually impaired. Thanks to all for the great work on Unity so far, Lance

Re: [Ayatana] What project does this bug affect?

2010-12-15 Thread Lance
While the proper package name is 'ubiquity' the team name is ubuntu-installer. Google ubuntu-instal...@lists.ubuntu.com. I'm Lance there, but I'm no dev! I've been trying to get some bad bugs worked out: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/655950 https://bugs.launchpad.net

Re: [Ayatana] Graceful degradation of Unity

2010-12-13 Thread Lance
I'm actually clueless at this point, but won't the change to Wayland have a huge effect on this? I'm just thinking we're being too quick in some of our criticism :^) Always being on the cutting edge means challenges will arise but it also means some patience is required. --- On Mon, 12/13/10,

Re: [Ayatana] installation

2010-11-04 Thread Lance
MPT I'm curious if that also appies to this: https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg03898.html Sorry my quotation marks resulted in poor quality there. But you can see that frederik.nnaji did indicate I was in the right place. Please understand that I'm only an end user with no tech skills,

[Ayatana] Does the new ubiquity offer confusing options during “side-by-side” installs?

2010-10-19 Thread Lance
While ubiquity is not a listed project with Ayatana I really hope to open up some meaningful discussion regarding what I see as a major shortfall in the new ubiquity UI prior to Natty UDS. However, I’d first like to say that I’m largely impressed with the overall appearance of the new

[Ayatana] The need for renaming computer during installation

2010-09-06 Thread Lance
I noticed early on with the new ubiquity that there was no option to rename the computer during installation. While I don't personally do that I saw that was a problem for some at the forums so I filed a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/628087 Given Colin

[Ayatana] Should we change how/when Release Notes are displayed?

2010-06-10 Thread Lance
I seldom go to the actual Ubuntu home page: http://www.ubuntu.com/ But today, after corresponding with Steve Langasek here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/576724 I gave things a look and while it looks good where's the suggestion to read the Release Notes before

Re: [Ayatana] Is this the worst (or most ignored) Ubuntu bug ever?

2010-05-31 Thread Lance
Possibly and hopefully a better screen shot: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9390200#post9390200 I wouldn't do this if I didn't think it was absolutely necessary. --- On Mon, 5/31/10, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com Subject: [Ayatana] Is this the worst

Re: [Ayatana] Fw: Re: Rethink the noninteractive Live CD default boot?

2010-05-30 Thread Lance
to thank you previously, please accept my thanks for at least listening to me. Regardless of the outcome it's great to know that anyone can express concerns regarding Ubuntu. --- On Wed, 5/26/10, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Fw: Re

[Ayatana] Fw: Re: Fwd: Open Letter: The issues with client-side-window-decorations

2010-05-28 Thread Lance
It appears that my cc: was wrong and this did not get sent to the Ayatana list and others so I'm trying again with great caution. Apologies to Mark. --- On Fri, 5/28/10, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Open Letter: The issues

Re: [Ayatana] Fw: Re: Rethink the noninteractive Live CD default boot?

2010-05-26 Thread Lance
Jaunty due to VIA Xorg issues with Karmic), but it's inconvenient to miss the opportunity to edit boot options. Therefore I'm considering using an Lubuntu image and adding Nautilus, gedit, etc. because Lubuntu still uses the old behavior, but I'd miss Gnome :^( --- On Wed, 5/26/10, Lance lbsol

Re: [Ayatana] Updating UI issues

2010-05-26 Thread Lance
Would you somehow make the changelogs viewable if using software center to perform updates? Not a big deal because that could still be done in Synaptic, just a thought. --- On Wed, 5/26/10, Frederik Nnaji frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: From: Frederik Nnaji frederik.nn...@gmail.com Subject:

Re: [Ayatana] Notifications Reversion

2010-05-25 Thread Lance
Please post a link to your forum thread and I'll see if I can help troubleshoot this. --- On Tue, 5/25/10, Anzan Hoshin Roshi anzanhoshinro...@gmail.com wrote: From: Anzan Hoshin Roshi anzanhoshinro...@gmail.com Subject: [Ayatana] Notifications Reversion To: ayatana ayatana@lists.launchpad.net

[Ayatana] Fw: Re: Rethink the noninteractive Live CD default boot?

2010-05-24 Thread Lance
;^) Thank you again. --- On Mon, 5/24/10, Michael Forrest michael.forr...@canonical.com wrote: From: Michael Forrest michael.forr...@canonical.com Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Rethink the noninteractive Live CD default boot? To: Mark Shuttleworth m...@ubuntu.com Cc: Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com, ayatana

[Ayatana] Rethink the noninteractive Live CD default boot?

2010-05-15 Thread Lance
I originally posted this as a question at Ayatana: https://answers.launchpad.net/ayatana-ubuntu/+question/110648 But thought I'd try this approach, please be kind. As I found out iso-testing prior to Lucid Beta 1 the Live CD now requires user interaction to display menu options: