Hi all, I just recently found this awesome compiz-based wallpaper. Could this somehow still be included in the Natty Wallpaper Contest? Kind regards Alex
> From: [email protected] > Subject: ubuntu-desktop Digest, Vol 69, Issue 10 > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:00:34 +0000 > > Send ubuntu-desktop mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-desktop digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Call for Natty Feedback! (Alexander Wilms) > 2. [Bug 722491] Re: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in > send_dbus_message() (Robert Ancell) > 3. Re: Call for Natty Feedback! (Martin Pitt) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 20:31:32 +0000 > From: Alexander Wilms <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Call for Natty Feedback! > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi, > I hope it isn't too late for feedback, because I think the expose view should > be optimized. The desktop views should be centered, a bit bigger and thus > saving screen-space and the gradient should be changed, maybe to be > completely dark or completely bright. > Alexander Wilms > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/attachments/20110309/56d37b3c/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:52:01 -0000 > From: Robert Ancell <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug 722491] Re: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in > send_dbus_message() > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) > Status: Opinion => New > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu > Desktop, which is a bug assignee. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722491 > > Title: > evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in send_dbus_message() > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:37:31 +0100 > From: Martin Pitt <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Call for Natty Feedback! > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Jason Warner [2011-03-02 6:28 +1030]: > > * The look and feel > > I really like the maximization of screen real estate. Reducing the > "overhead" to just one panel bar and eliminating menus indeed helps > quite a bit on smaller screens, and I also appreciate it on my 19" > screen. > > > * Usability > > I much prefer keyboard navigation over mouse, so with the dash search > actually working now, I'm actually faster finding a program I want to > use than browsing through the multi-level menu. Search is pretty > reliable and also surprisingly snappy. I do miss a quick keyboard way > of actually launching the found program with the keyboard, something > like "Tab, Enter" to select and launch the first hit (or cursor down, > Enter, or just Enter to launch the first hit if you don't need to > select). I hear that's being worked on, though. Once that works, > I find launching apps better than ever before. > > I find the default contents of the dash rather uninteresting for me, > though. I wish I could remove some of the default shortcuts there, and > instead add my own. Is that planned? > > I'm still missing some panel applets which I had before, in particular > the system monitor and the full gtimelog applet (it now has indicator > support, but that doesn't give you the time of the current task, just > the logo). But this is also a matter of getting used to it. > > I never really used zeitgeist before, but it keeps a surprisingly good > track of the files I touched recently. I just wish the dash search > would also actually find files instead of just applications, but I > take it that's a bug? (It has a category "files" but "no matches > found"). > > > * Stability (knowing that we are entering a heavy bug fixing time!) > > Since Alpha-3 I have had surprisingly few crashes. Well done everyone, > you did an amazing job at fixing stuff in the last three weeks! (Before > that it was basically unusable for longer desktop sessions) > > The issues that remain annoying for me are mostly compiz related: wild > displacement of windows (apparently in an effort to avoid overlapping > with the launcher), the non-working edge snapping of windows, and the > spillover of window shadows to the next workspace (leading to > focussing that window instead of operating controls in the current > window). Also, it still steals control (and pretty much all other) > keys from e. g. mumble, so I'm stuck with having no push-to-talk key. > > On the launcher side, I still have cases were mouse-ing over the > Ubuntu logo only gives me a semi-transparent (ghost-like) > nonoperational launcher which sometimes even doesn't go away at all > any more. > > But all those are bugs, and when looking at the current pace I'm very > hopeful that these can get ironed out soon. > > In summary, I had feared a lot worse when I heard about the complete > rewrite for natty. I'm truly optimistic now that we can deliver > something great! > > > * Highlights and favorite features > > As I wrote above, quick search in the dash is my killer feature, > especially when it's getting completed with file find and keyboard > selection. > > My other highlight is the rather sensible handling of the Windows key. > I never used it at all before unity, but now the Windows+Number > shortcuts or Windows - type search string operations are very quick > and efficient. > > > * Perceived shortcomings and/or "wishlist" items > > Already handled above. > > Thanks! > > Martin > -- > Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de > Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org) > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 836 bytes > Desc: Digital signature > URL: > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/attachments/20110310/a8439b18/attachment-0001.pgp> > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > > > End of ubuntu-desktop Digest, Vol 69, Issue 10 > **********************************************
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