Re: no more irc chat client
Op ma, 06-03-2006 te 11:09 -0800, schreef Matt Zimmerman: Both Usenet and IRC have traditionally been arcane systems used almost exclusively by computer hobbyists. I agree about Usenet, but IRC is the most popular group chat protocol here in Flanders/Belgium, so it's really not (only) a hobbyist thing (there is a large asl? crowd too ;-) ). -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Fast-user-switch-applet not on panel by default
Op donderdag 04-10-2007 om 21:33 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Tristan Wibberley: I think the difference between launcher, applet, and status notification needs to be more obvious and some sanitising wouldn't go amiss. For example, GAIM uses a status notification icon to access the application whilst it's running - so I can't move it anywhere unless I move all my notifications. It also doesn't make sense for the icon to be something that shows after going to Applications-Internet-Gaim... rather Gaim should just be an applet. The Evolution contact list could offer to give you Gaim (from an address card with a handle on a supported service) as well as gnome-open when opening an irc: uri, etc. There was a telepathy applet like that (but it got replaced by empathy's status icon). Similarly for Tomboy. Why does the use case for an adhoc note-keeper involve starting a search program/recently used list before I can just add a damned note ? Tomboy should be a launcher or applet (doesn't much matter which in this case since it isn't doing anything between clicks and keypresses). That's why I use the Tomboy panel applet. :) It would be nice to stick the Evolution contact list on as a launcher by default too. I think deskbar-applet provides this? -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Default list of search engines in Deskbar
Op maandag 08-10-2007 om 17:00 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Vincent Untz: IMHO, this list (and the default) should be localizable: Google might be the preferred search engine in some places and Yahoo! might be somewhere else. Amazon might not exist in some languages and some countries have similar webshops which are more used. Etc. +1 For example, buying something from the wrong Amazon site might cost you a lot in terms of import taxes. -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Default list of search engines in Deskbar
Op maandag 08-10-2007 om 17:45 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Ian Jackson: When we choose default search we are sending a very strong message to our users that this search is in our opinion good and trustworthy. Well, I guess we'll have to make a pro (quality) contra (evilness) decision. There is one obvious entry missing: a BBC News search. There's probably only room for one news search and the BBC would make sense as probably the most neutral and reliable. I consider something like http://www.newsnow.co.uk/ to be more neutral by definition... (AFAIK they were the first to index news sources from all over the world, and thus provide users with a much more diverse view on things.). OTOH, I have no idea who's behind this company, and they don't allow multi-keyword searches outside of the presets for free. For what it's worth I prefer Debian's approach to this: Debian don't seem inclined to try to make money in this way and will just do what they consider best for their users - and by forgoing pursuit of the financial rewards of particular choices, they ensure that their decision can be made solely on the proper basis without the risk of being `bought', subconsciously or otherwise, and without coming to rely on income from such an arrangement. There could be an (easily recognisable) package that sets things like this, but can be removed (or not installed) by users if they want. (And there could be alternative packages in universe.) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: DisplayConfigGtk
Op donderdag 15-11-2007 om 12:57 uur [tijdzone +1300], schreef Matthew Paul Thomas: That said, after reading this thread I don't understand the use case for applying settings only for the current session anyway. I suggest addressing that question first, as it will help you compose the rest of the design. Hm, I can see a possible use case for that when (re)configuring a system for use with an LCD projector or similar. Most of these only work with 800x600, 1024x768 and/or 1280x1024, while a very large number of laptops are sold with 1280x800 screens these days. -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Panel resizing
Op zondag 18-11-2007 om 09:36 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Vincent Untz: We never scale icons in the panel. For a panel with a size between 24px and 31px, we use the 24px with some padding around it. For 32 to 47, we use the 32px icon with some padding, etc. Is that also true for .svg icons? -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Too many printing apps
Op donderdag 06-12-2007 om 02:06 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Nanley Chery: As of now, we have three printing applications: one for Managing Print Jobs, another for setting the Default Printer, and another for managing Printing settings. Respectively, these entries exist under Accessories, Preferences, and Administration; this is excessive. There is a global printer settings dialog and a user-specific dialog to set the default printer (possibly different from the system-default printer). I guess the print job manager could be hidden from the menus, as it's available through its status panel icon? [...] The only hurdle is that the Printing app is a tool requiring root privileges and the others don't. It may be (by design) that the other two apps were provided for non-admin users to manage their printing preferences and jobs. If this is the case, would it be possible to have the Printing app globally accessible, requiring a password only when some options are chosen? or even multiple printing profiles? I understand that PolicyKit should allow this in the future. -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Ubuntu is too big
Op maandag 14-01-2008 om 20:26 uur [tijdzone -0800], schreef Corey Burger: The problem with needed cds also comes down to bandwidth. For the developed world, bandwidth doesn't matter much Actually, it matters a lot in Belgium too; because of the lack of real competition on the market here, we have the lowest average data cap in the OECD reports (see: http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband and especially http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/22/46/39575020.xls). I'm absolutely sure the problem is much worse in most of Africa etc., but it's not only an issue there... -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Proposal: include Brasero by default
Op dinsdag 15-01-2008 om 11:51 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Wouter Stomp: I would also like to argue for this: Brasero does everything n-c-b does, and more. Does it provide all the context menu stuff in nautilus which I think is actually n-c-b's strongest point? -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Proposal: include Brasero by default
Op donderdag 17-01-2008 om 22:29 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Jo-Erlend Schinstad: On 17/01/2008, Jan Claeys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op dinsdag 15-01-2008 om 11:51 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Wouter Stomp: I would also like to argue for this: Brasero does everything n-c-b does, and more. Does it provide all the context menu stuff in nautilus which I think is actually n-c-b's strongest point? If you mean write to disk, then that's just a matter of adding the entry to the menu. You can burn an image to disk by running brasero -i iso file, and you can burn the contents of the CD/DVD Writer window with brasero -ncb, etc. I was talking about the context menu for e.g. *.iso files (burn to disk) and when a mounted CD/DVD is selected (which allows you to copy it to another CD or make an image from it). Maybe there are some other integration things too that i don't use. If Brasero is going to replace n-c-b, care should be taken to make sure we don't lose any of this functionality. -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: I hope people are paying attention...
Op donderdag 31-01-2008 om 15:37 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Nanley Chery: Just wondering, has anyone taken a look at the wiki page? I just added some comments. :) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Getting a usability patch into gnome-panel package?
Op donderdag 07-02-2008 om 09:39 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef William Lachance: That being said, the lock option for individual applets seems quite useless. All it does is make it so you can't move an applet without the toggle in the context menu, but you can only move the applet by opening up the context menu anyway Middle click + drag moves panel applets too (if they aren't locked). -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: [Bug 161960] Re: Add function to WinKey button on keyboard
Op donderdag 21-02-2008 om 11:37 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Klaus Bitto: Actually, I've never seen any keybord with the text start on Super L (or R). It's always the windows logo. (I've seen a single one with tux on there, though!) Cherry has more than one model with Tux on it. What we really need though, is a keyboard with an Ubuntu logo! ;) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Please remove Software Sources from the menus, it's destructive.
Op dinsdag 26-02-2008 om 14:41 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Jo-Erlend Schinstad: I think you may have misunderstood. The Software Sources dialog is part of Synaptic. Technically, it's *not* a part of Synaptic, but Synaptic uses it when it's available... -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Need some assistance...
Op dinsdag 19-05-2009 om 21:24 uur [tijdzone -0700], schreef Tim Zakharov: I always use the alternate install CD as it is quicker to install than the live CD Actually, in most cases the live-CD installer is faster than the alternative CD installer... (If you only have 256 MiB of RAM it will probably be faster to use the alternative installer though.) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Review of featured applications
Op maandag 01-03-2010 om 18:04 uur [tijdzone +1100], schreef Robert Ancell: The criteria from the specification are: * Is available in main or universe * Is a GUI app * Does not replace a default application * Does not replace another featured application * Is well designed for the task and robust In addition, I looked for the following points: * The application has an icon and an appropriate name * The installation can be performed from the Application Center and no additional configuration is required * After clicking on the application icon it must be simple to start using the application. I made an exception for applications that have good documentation/access to tutorials (e.g. GIMP, Blender) * Bonus points for small download These applications seemed really good candidates: [snip] I think you are missing TuxPaint here (including the default packages with plugins stamps, even if the stamps are a quite big package, they make TuxPaint a lot more interesting). If it weren't for TuxPaint, my little nieces (4-6yo) probably won't use Ubuntu (and of course I forgot to tell them about the Windows version ;) ). I think this is really one of the most undervalued open source applications for kids (or maybe not, as it's already in main). -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Beautiful awesomeness ---stupidity?---
Op zondag 07-03-2010 om 16:09 uur [tijdzone -0800], schreef Dylan McCall: PS: Anyone know what happened to the context menu on right clicking the window title bar? It works as before. -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Thoughts about Unity and some ideas for improvement
Jo-Erlend Schinstad schreef op di 19-04-2011 om 15:56 [+0200]: 2: workspaces as contexts Workspaces doesn't currently seem very useful to me. It can be nice if you have windows layed out in a certain way, but other than that, I don't think I'll use them very much. I think they would be very much more useful and user friendly if the super-w didn't display windows from other workspaces, but was limited only to the current workspace like alt+tab is. You can fix this with CCSM by changing the keybindings for the compiz Scale plugin if you want. I always use workspaces as contexts. That is, I have a workspace where I do general stuff like surfing and chatting with friends for no particular purpose. I also have one workspace that I use when I play guitar and sing, etc, I have one for managing my network of physical and virtual machines and one I use for development. I work with different files and websites in these contexts so I open new instances of Nautilus and Firefox. This is probably the only time I open more than one instance of these applications since both supports tabs very well. For my workflow, it would be extremely useful if the launcher and super-w was context aware so that pressing super-1 would open only the Nautilus relevant to my current work and super-2 would switch to my relevant Firefox. That is to say that if I'm in my general context with Firefox and Nautilus open, then switch to a new context, pressing super-1 and super-2 would open new instances of those applications, and then later switch between those instances in this context only. When switching between contexts, the default browser in the context you switch to should be set as the one to open links. (This has been a problem for me for ages). Opening a link from gnome-terminal in my Guitar context should never result in the link being opened in my VM Management context, for instance. This helps me stay focused on my current tasks. +1000 from me on fixing that behaviour for Firefox etc. :) (I think it might require more workspace-awareness by the applications themselves and/or maybe the GUI toolkits though?) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Default Desktop Experience for 11.04
Martin Pitt schreef op vr 08-04-2011 om 08:52 [+0200]: Rick Spencer [2011-04-07 18:38 -0700]: 1. There are key feature regressions, for example, there is no systray support for many important applications. For the record, this is currently purely a design decision, not a technical problem. Unity does have a systray, but most applications are not allowed to use it. The current exception list is AFAIR Java applications, Skype, and Mumble. If this is a major issue, then frankly I'd rather just remove the whitelist and allow all old-style systray applications than dropping Unity by default completely. One problem is that there is no easy-to-use or easy-to-find way for the user to review and whitelist (or blacklist) the applications that are trying to use the old-style notification area, so whitelist all is the only way not to break people's favourite applications... BTW: I've already seen developers who include code in their application to whitelist itself. One reason is that currently AppIndicators lack many features that they need (or want to use). Some applications that *have* an AppIndicator in Ubuntu have also lost usability features that users depended on (e.g. Tomboy). -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Default Desktop Experience for 11.04
Jan Claeys schreef op za 23-04-2011 om 02:49 [+0200]: BTW: I've already seen developers who include code in their application to whitelist itself. As Jorge asked me on IRC what applications are doing this... http://www.fewt.com/2011/03/whitelist-utility-script-to-allow-apps.html is one example of this (with another person in the comments indicating he will do it too). This was linked from a quite popular Ubuntu/Linux news site BTW... (I've read a similar comment on some other blog too, but can't find it right now.) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Suggest fixing the skip-keys in Totem.
James Tatum schreef op zo 15-05-2011 om 10:15 [-0700]: Disproportionate skips are a very easy way to navigate clips. If you're trying to get to a specific thing, you skip forward until you pass it, then you have the finer grained control skipping back to get closer to the desired spot. With a proportionate 60 second skip, at best you could get within 60 seconds of the desired point without having to remember whether you want to use shift-arrow or control-arrow for the finer grained control. Many commercial DVRs are configured with disproportionate skips today for exactly this reason. Right, this is very useful (once you get used to it). The only thing that could be done better is adapting to the length of a clip; when you have 1-3 min clip, skipping forward 60 seconds by default is way too much... -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Suggestions for Ubuntu 11.10
Omal Mannapperuma schreef op ma 16-05-2011 om 13:57 [+0530]: I would like to see the following options integrated into Ubuntu 11.10 to make it more user friendly than any other versions. 1) Ability to search within a folder, just by right clicking on the folder, and select search for files and folders Would be nice. 2) Make K3B as the default CD/DVD burning application, and if possible, add Blu-Ray burning as well into it. Still the application lacks with the feature to burn bootable CD/DVDs of any kind, so I would be most delighted to see that being integrated into it as well. There are other tools than K3B, that don't require KDE, and that are more user-friendly (IMO). 3) Make available a single location to enter Proxy settings, and let that be spread throughout the system, without any interaction from the user any further. +1 on that. And it should work across working environments too (GNOME, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, terminal, etc.). 4) Assign a drive letter to the partitions detected by Ubuntu, rather than 120GB partition or anything like that. If you give your partitions a label, Ubuntu will use that. Best use a meaningful label... ;) Drive letters tend to change after changes to the hardware or when you attach USB devices in a different order, so they are a bad idea for a user interface. [...] The reason is, most computer users are much familiar with Windows, and in Windows, they see a much clearer view of their data than in Linux. Because of drive letters, it is easier to remember where the data are located. That's not true. Windows always assigns C: to the boot partition, so if you boot from another partition, C: will point to another location. USB devices or other swappable devices also don't always get the same drive letter. [...] -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: It's time to jettison CCSM
Marc Deslauriers schreef op do 26-01-2012 om 12:26 [-0500]: Those are the exact places that are telling novices to install CCSM in the first place :P At least partially because Ubuntu *removed* the tools that allowed end-user-friendly settings in recent releases...? -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: It's time to jettison CCSM
Jorge O. Castro schreef op do 26-01-2012 om 11:28 [-0500]: MyUnity is a better user-facing tool anyway for those that want to play Based on the screenshots I found, the auto-generated UI of CCSM for the Unity plugin is actually better (more understandable by normal users) than the MyUnity UI. That doesn't sound like an improvement to me... (I hope I was looking at screenshots of an outdated version of it?) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
