Re: [Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar

well, imagine typing in plain human language in there.. that's the semantic desktop coming your way ;) On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 23:24, fain182 wrote: > this location bar improve usability in some way? > It definitely saves space! And it is a step into the direction of symbolic interfaces, rather

Re: [Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar

I'm not sure... I guess we'll have to try and see when it is developed (it's still just a mockup) - Original Message From: fain182 To: Ayatana Unity Ubuntu Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 10:24:54 PM Subject: Re: [Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar this location bar improve usabil

Re: [Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar

this location bar improve usability in some way? -- pietro ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Ayatana] Global Menu behaviour

On Oct 28, 2010, at 09:40 AM, Conscious User wrote: >I'm not talking about ***IF*** they are used to it. I'm talking about >***HOW*** they are used to it. So, I'm a long time OS X user and I've always been pretty happy about their user interactions. Before you jump down my throat :), let me also

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

I think you're right about the menu problem, it's solvable. As for favicons, I don't know, maybe it could be a miniature version of the icon on the left panel, with the same background color, or perhaps just the icon. Perhaps it might not be very pretty to see, or be too much stuff (with the a

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

On Oct 28, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Daniel Silva wrote: >Wait, I only now realized what your're talking about, and I disagree :) > >I disagree because what if you want to alt-tab between the two emacs windows? >That shortcut is unknown to me, and probably to every user coming from >windows or mac. Dani

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

On Oct 28, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Daniel Silva wrote: >The problem with that is that some apps have their name as the first menu >option, sou you'd see, for example, 'amarok amarok other_menu_items' That would be a problem with some applications, but it should be "easily" solved with a style guide an

Re: [Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar

Thumbs up, I love it. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

[Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar

What do you guys think of this? It's a mockup of a simplified nautilus uniting location bar wiith search bar. http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/10/innovative-nautilus-location-bar-mockup.html ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

Wait, I only now realized what your're talking about, and I disagree :) I disagree because what if you want to alt-tab between the two emacs windows? That shortcut is unknown to me, and probably to every user coming from windows or mac. Daniel - Original Message From: Daniel Silva To

Re: [Ayatana] Global Menu behaviour

Well, with the solution presented earlier, there would not be that problem, because *all* apps which were not maximized would have their menu below the titlebar, and if you think about it, so would the maximized windows, only it's not just below the titlebar, it's on it. The eye will look for th

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

I agree with you 100 %, but for some reason Alt-Tab does nothing in my version of unity. -- cut - Original message Thi

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

The problem with that is that some apps have their name as the first menu option, sou you'd see, for example, 'amarok amarok other_menu_items' . Perhaps one could put an icon of the app before the menu items, it would be like a small favicon as in google chrome. - Original Message F

Re: [Ayatana] Global Menu behaviour

I've been using a global menu in Gnome (via gnome2-globalmenu) for a couple years now. Because it doesn't work with a few applications (Firefox and OpenOffice), I have a bit of experience with trying to use the menu in two different places. Simply put:

Re: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

> > About "save workspace state" : you can save the entire workspace : > - Opened applications > - File opened > - IRC session on Empathy > - etc... > Oh, I get it now. That would be a bit out of this proposal's scope, though, since it would require features that I'm not sure Unity has now, and I

Re: [Ayatana] Global Menu behaviour

On Oct 27, 2010, at 05:23 PM, Oscar RdG wrote: >I am using the global menu indicator on maverick desktop for a week now, and >I love it. I have found out that I do not use very often the app menu so I >like it on the panel, far from the window app, even with the small >applications (eg. Empathy, G

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

On Oct 27, 2010, at 01:53 PM, Daniel Silva wrote: >when working with multiple, unmaximized windows, something I always feel when >using Mac OS X (specially when I want to open a menu item of a non-focused >window: in these cases I have to click the titlebar of the app, *then* access >the global me

Re: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

Hi Conscious user, thanks for your comments, 1) Does not seem to work for applications with multiple windows > (you already know that per your comment in Launchpad) > I do know, and I haven't really come up with a good way to solve that. One of my main reasons to send this mail was actually to se

Re: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

About "save workspace state" : you can save the entire workspace : - Opened applications - File opened - IRC session on Empathy - etc... For example you are working on a project : - Open office opened - Your document opened - A pdf opened - Firefox opened with different tabs ( wikipedia, ... ) - E

Re: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

Hi Seb, I really love your idea , it really seems similar to mine but has some interesting differences: - I like how you can get a quicklist to rename or close a workspace. - I don't quite understand saving / opening workspace states. Could you elaborate?

Re: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

Some comments: 1) Does not seem to work for applications with multiple windows (you already know that per your comment in Launchpad) 2) Even for applications with a single window, I believe cases where users are not interested in such association are frequent. Several users treat workspaces as e

Re: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

Hello David, i have a similar idea : http://ubuntuone.com/p/Mi2/ - Mail Original - De: "David Prieto" À: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Envoyé: Jeudi 28 Octobre 2010 16:20:03 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne Objet: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's l

[Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

Hi, I recently sent this request to Launchpad : > I think an easy way to move windows between workspaces, and switch > workspaces, would be to use colored areas in the launcher. Please see the > attached mockup. > > There are four violet areas on the l

Re: [Ayatana] Global Menu behaviour

"Heh, yeah because that would be unbiased :p We're pretty good at getting used to a system, even if it's inefficient, and we'll defend that system because we are familiar with it. It doesn't mean it's a good idea!" I'm not talking about ***IF*** they are used to it. I'm talking about ***HOW

Re: [Ayatana] Global Menu behaviour

On 27 October 2010 22:27, Conscious User wrote: > > Before any kind of conclusions, a survey with long-time > OSX users should be made. After all, not only they use > a Global Menu all the time, but a lot of them also > have huge monitors. > > Heh, yeah because that would be unbiased :p We're pre

Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

I think those ideas are very good. A greyed out menu would show that it was out of focus and provide a contrast to the lit up local menu of the almost maximized window, and clicking the menu would bring the maximized app to focus and re-lit its menu. What does anyone else think about this?

Re: [Ayatana] Flies in the Ice Cream...

On 10/27/2010 04:55 PM, Luke Benstead wrote: > > > On 27 October 2010 21:35, Caio Alonso > wrote: > > Recently, I've noticed several usability issues in Ubuntu that > really are big annoyances that I think are being overlooked. > After watchin

Re: [Ayatana] add/remove ppa's more simple for software center

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 05:51, Tyler Brainerd wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM, David Hamm wrote: > >> 2: :D >> >> 1: D: Destroy ALL THE MENU"S >> >> Spanglish :D >> >> >> > Agreed. A plus button to add PPA's would be much better then a menu option. > why not have both?

Re: [Ayatana] [Usability] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 15:46, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > >People know what a web browser is. > > By far, most of them do not. > > > > > >

Re: [Ayatana] Messaging menu - telepathy-indicator

for a layman.. does this mean circumventing Empathy completely on the long run? On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 04:54, Ken VanDine wrote: > I have been working on telepathy-indicator, as a replacement for the > current empathy patch we have been maintaining for messaging menu > integration. > > I have hi