Public bug reported:
NOTE: I tried to assign this to ubuntuone or anything related but
launchpad keeps saying that there's no such package.
Currently, to share a file with a friend on Ubuntu, you have to copy the
file to the Ubuntu One folder (or another syncronized folder), right-
click the file and select "Publish" and then right-click the file again
to select "Copy web link". This sequence is the same almost every time,
and even when you just want to share a file that's already syncronized,
you still have to publish and then copy the link. I think this could be
simplified for ease of use. I've come up with some solutions:
1) Always copy the file to the clipboard after publishing a file (and
tell the user in the notification). This is potentially annoying if the
file is big and has not uploaded yet, and the user copies something in
the middle of the upload and wants to paste after the publishing is
done. This is probably rare enough to be overlooked, but I don't know.
2) Create a new menu entry: "Publish and copy the link". This would do
the same as 1), but the user would know what will happen in advance, but
this will cause the menu to become even more cluttered, and it is
already confusing enough as it is. This could also replace the current
"Publish" menu, but then we would need a new menu to stop publishing, so
it's not a good deal.
3) Keep the usual menus, but, after clicking "Publish", the user would
be asked "Copy the link to the file (for sharing) after publishing?" in
a simple "yes/no" prompt. Additionally, a "Set this as default and never
ask again" checkbox would do good.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
+ NOTE: I tried to assign this to ubuntuone or anything related but
+ launchpad keeps saying that there's no such package.
+
Currently, to share a file with a friend on Ubuntu, you have to copy the
file to the Ubuntu One folder (or another syncronized folder), right-
click the file and select "Publish" and then right-click the file again
to select "Copy web link". This sequence is the same almost every time,
and even when you just want to share a file that's already syncronized,
you still have to publish and then copy the link. I think this could be
simplified for ease of use. I've come up with some solutions:
1) Always copy the file to the clipboard after publishing a file (and
tell the user in the notification). This is potentially annoying if the
file is big and has not uploaded yet, and the user copies something in
the middle of the upload and wants to paste after the publishing is
done. This is probably rare enough to be overlooked, but I don't know.
2) Create a new menu entry: "Publish and copy the link". This would do
the same as 1), but the user would know what will happen in advance, but
this will cause the menu to become even more cluttered, and it is
already confusing enough as it is. This could also replace the current
"Publish" menu, but then we would need a new menu to stop publishing, so
it's not a good deal.
3) Keep the usual menus, but, after clicking "Publish", the user would
be asked "Copy the link to the file (for sharing) after publishing?" in
a simple "yes/no" prompt. Additionally, a "Set this as default and never
ask again" checkbox would do good.
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Ubuntu One's "publish" and "copy web link" items are redundant and
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