Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread cmaglothin
Why not try this: 1. Instead of having the obscure "copy track data" feature, why not simplify the buttons in indicator-sound to something like http://imgur.com/ueC7X.jpgand add a fourth button indicating that it will copy the data to the clipboard. 2. Have copied items handled by the OS itself a

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread Apoorva Sharma
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 19:42, Apoorva Sharma wrote: > >> Regarding the original thread, with such an indicator, a click of the >> track would cause the clipboard indicator to become a solid green, and thus >> the user would know somethin

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 19:42, Apoorva Sharma wrote: > Regarding the original thread, with such an indicator, a click of the track > would cause the clipboard indicator to become a solid green, and thus the > user would know something was copied. Except of course that if they already had someth

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread David Hamm
> > >1. It would store data independently from applications. >2. It would store recent copied data, so you could copy two things, and >paste them both. (in reverse copy order) > > yes, 3&4 is over doing it. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread Apoorva Sharma
Sorry for taking this even further off track, but... On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:24 PM, fain182 wrote: > I think should be something global, not local to an application, > because this wouldn't solve the problem of discoverability of the > click on the track, and of all the applications that doesn

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
hi fain182, On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 20:24, fain182 wrote: > 2010/10/19 frederik.nn...@gmail.com : > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 19:17, frederik.nn...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> > >> An Edit with a symbolic icon for copy next to it also could help. > > > > here some mockups for how this could look

[Ayatana] Does the new ubiquity offer confusing options during “side-by-side” installs?

2010-10-19 Thread Lance
While ubiquity is not a listed project with Ayatana I really hope to open up some meaningful discussion regarding what I see as a major shortfall in the new ubiquity UI prior to Natty UDS. However, I’d first like to say that I’m largely impressed with the overall appearance of the new ubi

Re: [Ayatana] Consolidating design specifications and resources

2010-10-19 Thread zekopeko
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Allan Day wrote: > On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 17:21 +0200, zekopeko wrote: >> One thing I noticed is that the various design specification (Software >> Center, Networking, DateTime, Notify-OSD etc.) are very scattered on >> the Ubuntu Wiki. I would like for there to be

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread fain182
2010/10/19 frederik.nn...@gmail.com : > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 19:17, frederik.nn...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> An Edit with a symbolic icon for copy next to it also could help. > > here some mockups for how this could look in a decent fashion without too > much inconry.. > is this an improvement,

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hi MPT, On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:07, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > fain182 wrote on 12/10/10 09:53: > > > >> They don't have the same effect. The Rhythmbox item focuses Rhythmbox. > >> The track data item copies the track data to the clipboard.

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 13:22, fain182 wrote: > 2010/10/14 Matthew Paul Thomas : > >>> They don't have the same effect. The Rhythmbox item focuses Rhythmbox. > >>> The track data item copies the track data to the clipboard. > >> > >> This is undiscoverable.. > > > > The effect of the Rhythmbox it

Re: [Ayatana] Thoughts on quitting and window controls

2010-10-19 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hello there ;) On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 21:33, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > Does the window manager know if closing the window will cause the app to > quit, or just close that window? > > If so, we could consider styling the close button differently, for those > two scenarios. > > Mark > Now wou

Re: [Ayatana] (In)sensitive menu itens for displaying information

2010-10-19 Thread fain182
2010/10/14 Matthew Paul Thomas : >>> They don't have the same effect. The Rhythmbox item focuses Rhythmbox. >>> The track data item copies the track data to the clipboard. >> >> This is undiscoverable.. > > The effect of the Rhythmbox item should be obvious -- but, as I said in yes, i was talking