Public bug reported:
Note: This is NOT a bug (I hope!) It is merely intended to be a "wish list"
for future enhancements if possible.
Note: If, due to my abysmal ignorance, this is NOT the correct forum
for posting product enhancements, a *polite* and *respectful* e-mail
guiding my path would be appreciated.
Enhancement Requests: (covering a variety of product areas)
1. Architecture Identification:
There is currently no way - by inspection - to determine the architecture of a
distribution or install. (At least not without digging into some gory
technical details somewhere - where I have not yet found them)
Suggestion:
(a) Modify the start-up splash-screen for (at least) one of the two
architectures so that it displays something like "Ubuntu 32 bit" or "Ubuntu 64
bit" instead of just "Ubuntu".
(b) Make one of the two background images distinctive in some way. (I usually
edit the images to include architecture information within the graphic
somewhere)
2. Package Architecture Identification:
When browsing through the particular packages that the package manager offers
if you select "Applications --> Add / Remove", there is no way to identify the
architecture of the package being downloaded. (Am I downloading a 64 bit
version of "Gnome-Apt-Get-Pee-Wee-Herman". or just the 32 bit version?)
Suggestion:
(a) If there is a choice of architecture - say either 64 OR 32 bit apps -
distinguish them somehow in the list of applications to install.
(b) If there is a filtering process going on behind the scenes (say a 64 bit
browse *ONLY* shows 64 bit apps by default, indicate this to the user when
using the tool.
(c) The correspondence of both (a) and (b) above would suggest that - if 64
bit IS the default for a 64 bit architecture app search, but certain apps ONLY
exist in 32 bit versions, somehow or other distinguish the non-native
applications.
3. Package Information Update:
When browsing through the packages available for install, some packages appear
to be listed twice:
Viz.:
gnome-winning-lottery-numbers (description tells you that you will win the 200
gazillion dollar powerball if you play these numbers) - rating: five stars
gnome-winning-lottery-numbers (description tells you that you will win the 200
gazillion dollar powerball if you play these numbers) - rating: two stars
Huh? They appear - on the face of them - to be the exact same thing,
but obviously they are not.
Suggestion:
(a) Is it possible to update the descriptions of some of these packages to
help the user distinguish one from the other?
4. Top Panel: "Places":
The "Places" menu item within the top panel appears to be non-editable. (i.e.
I cannot add, remove, or change items within these lists.)
Suggestion:
(a) Can this list become editable? Perhaps the configuration dialogs that
exist for "Applications" and "System", whereby you can select items to display,
can be extended to include "Places" as well?
(b) Can the list become a target for a drag-and-drop operation? (i.e. I have
a particular folder, on a particular filesystem or external share, that I want
to have easy access to - I would like to be able to drag-and-drop this folder
into "Places", and have it become a launcher, link, or whatever to the place I
dcesire.
(c) Can the local filesystem "Filesystem", be placed within the "places" list,
along with other mounted/mountable media?
This would make it much easier for the user - if desired - to access and browse
the local filesystem.
In my specific case, I have four filesystems - "Places" only shows the
"other three", and not the native one.
5. Respect volume/partition labels for the local filesystem, if they exist.
In my case, I have two Ubuntu filesystems, and I have used the partition editor
to assign each of them a label: Ubuntu32 for the one, Ubuntu64 for the other.
When viewing the available filesystems within Ubuntu, the "external" (unused)
Linux partiton is shown with the volume/partition label assigned by me.
However the local filesystem *always* appears as "filesystem". No name, no
label, nothing.
Suggestion:
(a) If the local mounted filesystem has an assigned name for the partition,
use that name instead of "filesystem" for the name of the local filesystem.
6. Make the appearance of user-created "launchers" more easily changeable.
I normally make a bunch of shortcuts for my wife's XP computer - each shortuct
is a link to a program, or a specific web site, that she uses on a regular
basis. All she has to do is mouse-over to the icon, double-click it, and (in
the case of a web site), the default browser opens with the target page on the
web-site pre-loaded.
In Windows, I can create these "shortcuts" (launchers) with icons of my own
choosing - in fact (in the case of web links) I can actually send a link from
the browser directly to the desktop, using the web-site's own graphical icon if
it exists.
Suggestion:
(a) Make it possible for users to select a different icon image than the
"springy board" launcher icon. (i.e. the actual software application's icon,
or some other icon from a supplied list of icons, etc.)
(b) Make it possible for web-link launchers to use the custom icon provided by
the web-page, if it exists.
7. Make the Wireless Network Connection, wired network aware.
On some laptops, (i.e. an older laptop with a plug-in PCMCIA wireless card, or
some modern laptops with both wired and wireless built-in), the laptop itself
does not distinguish between wired and wireless networks. If both networks are
present, Ubuntu will try to activate both network paths at the same time.
However, in the typical case, the user does NOT need both wired, and wireless,
running at the same time.
Suggestion:
Make the networking management or whatever software sensitive to the presence
of the wired network - and if present have it auto-ignore the wireless network.
(perhaps as a check-box selection within the wireless config, default "checked")
8. Make the wireless connection less "noisy" when starting.
On my laptop, there is always a pop-up requesting password clearance for the
wireless network card's software to access the "keyring" (or whatever) where
the security information for the particular network is.
Suggestion:
(a) When a user installs a network card, and connects to a network, there
should be some "internal" way that the security keyring (or whatever) that
controls the "network secret" for that network, can authenticate the service
requesting access (by wireless network SID, and netcard's MAC address, for
example), so that wireless connections that are already configured can start
automatically.
Jim
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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My "wish-list" (enhancement request - possible bugs?) for a future release
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320684
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