Re: [Ayatana] Whi i can't comment on Google docs shred documents of ayatana

2011-06-15 Thread Arian van Gend
Hi Matteo, Are you talking about this document? https://docs.google.com/document/d/13d-82URPS09y7KU2JntbvT_JkFXYxccNKFWOUj0Mhdw/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CPXZ690J If so, I'm the primary author of it, and I didn't want to make everyone an editor at once, since that would result in chaos. If you want t

Re: [Ayatana] A realistic vision of the next iteration of Unity

2011-05-27 Thread Arian van Gend
Hi Niklas! We seem to have a similar idea on unifying all the ideas floating around and getting more developer feedback on them. I made a google doc to start and collect the best ideas floating around and merging them into one unified design document to offer the Ubuntu developers. Two people freq

Re: [Ayatana] Dash Idea – Easy Lens Switcher

2011-05-27 Thread Arian van Gend
detail than separate mailing list threads do. 2011/5/26 Ed Lin > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Arian van Gend wrote: > > I've started a Unity 11.10 design document to formalize the contributions > of > > the community to Unity design. It also covers improving the lenses an

Re: [Ayatana] Dash Idea – Easy Lens Switcher

2011-05-26 Thread Arian van Gend
I've started a Unity 11.10 design document to formalize the contributions of the community to Unity design. It also covers improving the lenses and the Dash. Maybe you could read it, and if someone feels like it, improve the idea described there? The document can be found here: https://docs.google

[Ayatana] Community Proposed Unity Design Document

2011-05-22 Thread Arian van Gend
d with proper unity. :) Sincerely, Arian van Gend ___ 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] Switching lenses shouldn't need 2 clicks

2011-04-15 Thread Arian van Gend
Hi every one! Currently when the dash is already open, switching to another lense from the launcher takes two clicks, instead of the more natural one. Even worse, the first click closes the dash, which completely contradicts a users expectation, because he was expecting the dash to stay visible. I

Re: [Ayatana] Simplifying access to the places

2011-03-24 Thread Arian van Gend
Hi Jono, Yes, it has been discussed on the mailing list already. People really like the idea. :) Actually, the person who made that mockup (David I believe) made several. I personally much prefer this one: http://unity.exemo.net/3/ No flipping action, just a graceful sl

Re: [Ayatana] No one will ever use the upper-left Ubuntu button

2011-03-15 Thread Arian van Gend
That just means cluttering the dash instead of the launcher, which I don't fancy, since at the moment, I really don't like the way the Dash works. It feels too inefficient. 2011/3/15 David > Hello, > > > Let's see what people who try it have to say. Don't worry if there is > > negative feedback,

Re: [Ayatana] No one will ever use the upper-left Ubuntu button

2011-03-13 Thread Arian van Gend
nr. 3 feels the most natural to me. It's transition is the least jarring, and feels the most smooth. It really makes for a very nice work flow, and also has a nice 'coolness' factor. What I'd also really like to see is a version of the launcher, where instead of opening a dash, or flipping the lau

Re: [Ayatana] No one will ever use the upper-left Ubuntu button

2011-03-10 Thread Arian van Gend
g > ps maybe i should add a dropdown menu to choose the version > > 2011/3/10 Arian van Gend : > > Hi everyone, > > I really like the idea of having the dash flip on interaction with the > > ubuntu button. It is surprisingly elegant as a space saver. > > However, I do

Re: [Ayatana] No one will ever use the upper-left Ubuntu button

2011-03-10 Thread Arian van Gend
Hi everyone, I really like the idea of having the dash flip on interaction with the ubuntu button. It is surprisingly elegant as a space saver. However, I do find some problems with it. 1. It makes accessing places somewhat harder, and since this is something I use often, it seems to detracts fro

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-17 Thread Arian van Gend
ence > users that maybe never had a webcam before). Even something as simple as a > one-off "hey we see you plugged in a webcam, Cheese or Kamoso would be great > programs to use with it. Click here to read more about them in the software > center" dialog can get the point across a

Re: [Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar

2010-11-16 Thread Arian van Gend
soon as it surpasses Nautilus we should consider switching over. :) 2010/11/16 Vishnoo > On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 10:14 +0100, Arian van Gend wrote: > > But fortunately, Marlin will come along to replace it. > > > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/nautilus-elementary-is-dead-m

Re: [Ayatana] innovative nautilus location bar

2010-11-16 Thread Arian van Gend
But fortunately, Marlin will come along to replace it. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/nautilus-elementary-is-dead-marlin-file-browser/ This could very well be a reaction to fact that Canonical decided against using Nautilus Elementary because the code seems hackish to them. This will be clean

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-15 Thread Arian van Gend
I agree that it is a good idea to support new users in such cases, but most people would get annoyed by these suggestions as they progress in their use of the system. Instead, I feel we should show new users how to use the software centre, which does an more than adequate job in managing software f

Re: [Ayatana] Introduction and thoughts on Unity

2010-11-14 Thread Arian van Gend
Hi Spike, I agree on all your points, but I do have some refinements. 2) Drag and drop in the Mutter version of Unity was implemented, but you couldn't grab an icon and drag it straight down or up. You had to pull the icon from the launcher a bit and then move it up or down. If you pull it away f

Re: [Ayatana] Messaging Menu and the MeMenu

2010-11-09 Thread Arian van Gend
It looks very slick to me. There are two things I don't like though. The word Broadcast continues to be confusing to a lot of people. There has to be a better word for it. And the chat status functioning is unclear to me. How would you change status? By clicking on the circles? Which status is ac

Re: [Ayatana] Unity - Web and People

2010-11-09 Thread Arian van Gend
This would indeed be a very welcome feature. I'm wondering about the possibility to choose your own back-end though. Personally, I would prefer to not use Ubuntu One for this, but my google contacts, which I've already managed and merged with contacts from other accounts (like facebook), so I'd rat

[Ayatana] File menu

2010-11-09 Thread Arian van Gend
The File menu should probably not be used on a lot of applications, since they don't do anything with files. The calculator can easily do without it, for example. Besides, the File menu has been overloaded with actions that have nothing to do with files anyway, and should therefore at least be clea