I think this is what you may be looking for, they are already looking at
possible solutions:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-p-calendar-integration
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:21:09 +0200
From: pditc...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana]
I also don't generally think we should completely substitute the traditional
menus.
Let's think for a second how would a company like Apple would do this. I bet
they would add a little search Icon next to their global menu which would then
open a search-box, just like pressing ALT opens the
i agree. Anyone opened yet a report for this ?
From: isan...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:02:17 -0700
To: balint...@gmail.com
CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] [Mockup] Launcher behaviour on always visible mode
I think this is a good idea, as long as it stays
you mean install animations?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/676453
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:27:03 +0100
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Video effects when user install programs
From: irone...@gmail.com
To: isan...@gmail.com
CC: estela...@hotmail.com; ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Yes, this is my
but how would that work?
in the uTV movies/videos use pictures (basically the design from the retail
box), while people identify apps mostly by icons. And many apps really dont
have promotional pictures.
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:01:29 +0100
From: irone...@gmail.com
To: m...@canonical.com
it seems all installed apps will now appear on the launcher by default.
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:58:52 +0100
From: irone...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: [Ayatana] Video effects when user install programs
My idea is about an effect that should be added when the user
Talvik,
I have been increasingly suffering the same problems you have for a while, then
i remembered you mentioning some proposals for a solution.
So I opened a bug about the problem here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/908811
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:38:29 -0200
From:
I think myUnity would be more appropriate than ubuntu-tweak.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/unity-tweak-tool-myunity-gets-new-look-coming-to-ubuntu-software-centre/
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:16:24 -0400
From: rolandi...@gmail.com
To: lbsol...@yahoo.com
CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
yeap many themes already use monochrome icons for apps, ike faenza, and they
looks very good.
like:
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4017/screenshotri.png
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5167761022_d618f2821e.jpg
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:31:59 -0500
From: svela...@gmail.com
To:
yea those action icons just look good:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/light-themes-evolved-ambiance-and.html
the only icons that are all square are the app icons, which i dont think ubuntu
is going to adopt by default.
there were plans for a new icon set, but i havent seen anything yet...
; docto...@gmail.com
What about automatically adding newly installed apps to the launcher, along
with an animation to show you where it went. I know there's an option to move
an app to the launcher now, but having it by default will make it easier for
new users.
On Dec 11, 2011 7:55 AM, Omar B
This mockup shows off a bubble with a tail:
http://crhis22.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-Mockup-120235202
I do believe people would notice it a lot more, they make it more obvious where
the notification is coming from.
Studies do show that is hard for humans to pay attention to more than one
, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
Still the feature is being introduced.
I think these drag handles are self explanatory just by looking at them and
provide that necessary extra surface area for resizing and dragging windows.
and you might still be able to use part of the titlebar
love the mockups.
it's still one of the best options for fixing the global menu problem.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/682788
is affecting more and more users (new and old) each day.
From: fuzz...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:17:01 +
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject:
you mean Unity love/drag handles ?
http://codearmada.com/2011/03/24/unity-has-love-handles/
http://vindsl.com/images/vindsl-desktop-26-mar-2011%282%29.png
they are going to incorporate it anyway so it would solve these dragging
problems some mention with a few tweaks.
i think that this
to not be able to move a window using the title bar, and
similarly, we can't expect them to know how to do it any other way.
On Dec 7, 2011 2:10 PM, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
you mean Unity love/drag handles ?
http://codearmada.com/2011/03/24/unity-has-love-handles/
http://vindsl.com
i like it, i would actually keep the volume always visible since i mouse over
it frequently, also in windows, kde, etc. is also kept visible (but is
configurable in kde).
i do have this area pretty cluttered: glipper, system monitor applet, keyboard
language switcher and all the others.
so
indicators in the first
place.
Instead of developing ways to hide indicators, perhaps it would be
more useful to refine the interaction when the window title, window
menu, and indicators run long and meet?
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:59, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
i like it, i would
what about these widgets being linked to parent lenses ?
clicking on them or on a link more would take you to the lenses.
so in essence these widgets would act as previews of the lenses you want in
one screen.
i like the idea of adding lens previews to the home in the form of
blocks/widgets
about the home lens
Am 04.12.2011 17:27, schrieb Omar B.:
what about these widgets being linked to parent lenses ?
clicking on them or on a link more would take you to the
lenses.
so in essence
yea the idea of speech bubbles is very good. They are self explainable and
reduce time identifying the element that generated them. Also gnome-shell uses
similar on their menus and many popular websites use it for tips/notifications
(i.e. fb).
for a quick mockup, next time just use a plain 1
to
make a consistent design.
On Nov 30, 2011 8:16 AM, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
what do you mean it doesnt work?
you just looked at the first screen and havent tried it.
here are more screens:
http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?topic=171694.0
http://www.webupd8
what do you mean it doesnt work?
you just looked at the first screen and havent tried it.
here are more screens:
http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?topic=171694.0
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how-to-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom-of.html
but its still in dev of course.
From:
simply don't make any sense.
On Nov 30, 2011 8:16 AM, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
what do you mean it doesnt work?
you just looked at the first screen and havent tried it.
here are more screens:
http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?topic=171694.0
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how
wow, morphing windows, i remember that one :)
i really liked how that worked. I wonder how something like this would
look/behave today.
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:54:31 +
From: m...@canonical.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Notifications in unity
-BEGIN
some have suggested dynamic transparency for maximized windows.
we already have dynamic transparency on the panel. When we open the dash and
the panel turns transparent/chameleon. would be the same thing, but like in
reverse.
the panel would be transparent when the window is not maximized and
based on
your suggestions.
https://live.gnome.org/action/info/Design/SystemSettings/LoginItems?action=diffrev2=18rev1=17
Omar B. wrote on 20/10/11 19:37:
I like where things are going here, but wouldn't it be better to
have a remember session(s) option (currently xfce, kde, etc. have
I dont think those items are quicklists by right clicking. I think hes
referring to a window list on mouse over (kinda how dockbar X does it, kde,
etc. when app windows stack). Is fast way to switch between them.
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:53:56 +0100
Maybe it would be nice to raise the window when you hover an item in the list,
so you get the best of both.
that would also be very nice.
I wonder what would be the devs opinion about this. will you submit this soon ?
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:03:46 -0200
From: tal...@gmail.com
To:
they think about it.
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:57:39 +0100
From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] List windows on hover
Den 21. nov. 2011 12:36, skrev Omar B.:
Maybe it would be nice to raise
discussed and approved?
On 21 November 2011 09:36, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
Maybe it would be nice to raise the window when you hover an item in the list,
so you get the best of both.
that would also be very nice.
I wonder what would be the devs opinion about this. will you submit
] Notifications in unity
Den 18. nov. 2011 04:51, skrev Omar B.:
- the items that now hide inside the MM are the icons (or what used to be
icons in the panel/systray).
ref.
https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com/img/15183cadf2a9cdd7781aea9a6a22b84455adf703
i agree with you.
My dad has spent over 20.000 hours in front of a computer and he only knows
how to use firefox, send an email, open a pdf and maybe login to skype (he
cant install it without help).
am sure another 10.920 hours will pass and he wont know much else.
and as of younger
i think what you're asking for is an option for applications *not to stack* ?
i think windows vista and kde have this option.
that is what you did in your last screen/mockup. But you were duplicating the
launcher. What you want is to take what you did in the right side and place
that in the
...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Notifications in unity
Den 17. nov. 2011 19:17, skrev Omar B.:
i agree with you.
My dad has spent over 20.000 hours in front of a computer and he only
knows how to use firefox, send an email, open a pdf and maybe login
: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Notifications in unity
Den 15. nov. 2011 19:15, skrev Omar B.:
Yes, i think something like that would at least make it easier
to understand.
for example
...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Notifications in unity
Den 16. nov. 2011 18:38, skrev Omar B.:
you are a geek am sure you figure it out in 10 seconds, but i
dont think you've actually seen new non technical users
quickly. Once they know, they
don't need to be taught again.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:12, Omar B. estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
It takes about ten seconds to explain that all kinds of messages is
collected in the message menu and that the icon changes color when there is
a change
For instance, these
types of notifications have been used on TV for decades without people
trying to touch their screens.
the difference is that computers are interactive.
if a user clicks a notification is because they want immediate access to it
(high priority). While if you hover the
i like the idea. I think the dash should become like a central hub for many
things the user does. With enough work it could be one of ubuntu's killa
feature.
and of course allow for some customization for what the user needs.
anyway the discussions for changing the home screen are being held
some of this is already being looked at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/885738
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:14:53 +1000
From: james.g.jen...@gmail.com
To: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com
CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re:
many of these apps will use clutter, and ubuntu will not include clutter in the
LTS. That is why we are still at totem 3.0 (i think) and some older versions of
gnome apps.
They will after and include most of the latest.
anyway, many of those projects just started development so we need to let
looks like is following some of what is going to be redesigned
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/885738
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:43:00 +1300
From: hairymonkey.e...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: [Ayatana] Dash Home
one thing that troubles me about lenses at the moment, is that the
entered text doesn't travel along when i move between lenses. The
optimum would be, if there were no lenses at all and the computer could
read my mind from the text i input.
Somehow, Synapse (GnomeDO on steroids) got
there is an unofficial way to move it at the bottom:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how-to-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom-of.html
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 08:57:07 +0100
From: vidulis...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: [Ayatana] unity
.
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 06:20:33 +0100
From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] What should Unity look like on Smartphones and
Tablets?
Den 08. nov. 2011 00:24, skrev Omar B.:
You can get some ideas here (maemo
You can get some ideas here (maemo):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuYaOxfoJ1gfeature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhTtsZATwBQ
The plans (ubuntu on phones):
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTAxMDY
The critics (some very good comments):
I agree.
people like that is pretty and that is great, they become curious.
and for browsing the web is fine.
but for getting anything done it can be harder and sadly many become frustrated
and lose the interest.
if ubuntu can fix the bugs for precise it will be awesome.
the global needs
is not bad but is till to be seen how this looks with all the normal elements.
maybe a mockup to compare side by side (1px vs current)?
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 15:12:19 +0100
From: bogandm...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: [Ayatana]
I don't follow this list consistently, so I am not clear on this, is it
a matter of the devs haven't gotten around to it yet, or is the design
team outright opposed to doing it?
i think it may be the first
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:26:25 -0400
From:
i dont understand his reply either
but i think this would be a better source:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/ubuntu-desktop-designers-clarify-on-configurability
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 17:47:32 -0400
From: anthropor...@gmail.com
To:
gnome-shell lets you click on some notifications, even reply IM. The behavior
is per app and is nice.
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:43:36 -0400
From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] shortcut -
bug report link ?
From: rtg...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:48:15 -0500
To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: [Ayatana] Dash Buggy Ubuntu 11.10
Hi. I have one thing to say about 11.10. When Unity works, it looks
fantastic. Sometimes (I
As others have mentioned the transparency of the panel should be dynamic.
when a windows is maximized it should go back to opaque.
It could even be made transparent by default, similar to how the unity greeter
(lightdm) looks
From: frederik.nn...@gmail.com
yea, but almost everything in gnome-shell is customizable.
and the menus can look so much prettier:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5N8Q3f3yUSw/Tfcv9xypOcI/E5A/ctcueAJBfIk/before-patch.png
. Goddess.
Peterson
http://petercast.net
On 29 October 2011 14:23, Omar B.
estela...@hotmail.commailto:estela...@hotmail.com wrote:
yea, but almost everything in gnome-shell is customizable.
and the menus can look so much prettier:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com
gs elegance theme would fit better on your mockup :)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OzLTDEl2Y9k/Tp2HANU6u9I/BYo/8YiAkSsI804/s1600/Elegance+Gnome+Shell+Theme.png
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/10/elegance-gnome-shell-theme.html
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011
Would look more consistent and nice.
some mockups:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JSR8IC77Ub4/TTRwD1iIvKI/BoM/yxWXeJR6ZCo/s1600/unity_global_menu_idea_by_musl1m-d3400kk.png
http://musl1m.deviantart.com/art/Unity-Global-Menu-Idea-188117732
Also, gnome-shell menus look way better, so unity
] semi-transparent indicator menus
But take a look on how it looks when window is maximized in attached
pictures. As I proposed some time ago, panel should be dynamic,
transparent only when there is no maximized window and normal when
there is.
On 10/28/2011 08:48 PM, Omar B. wrote:
Would look
Yes, that is true we now need 5 clicks.
And if you close and reopen the dash that is another 2 or 3 extra clicks.
Anyway the question is what is that users are looking for ?
the dash has lots more potential to be easier and smarter than the old menus...
-Example1: Is it a recently installed
I like where things are going here, but wouldn't it be better to have a
remember session(s) option (currently xfce, kde, etc. have it), also kde has
Activities which is really great feature, is like having multiple user
sessions with its own preferences, but very easy to manage, add , delete,
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