Re: [Ayatana] Lots of mockups, but what is the problem you're trying to solve?

2011-11-13 Thread James Gifford
Folks keep bring up the topic of a Unity Tweak Tool. It is being worked on, and it is currently almost ready for release. Cheers, James Gifford On Nov 12, 2011, at 22:40, tommy wrote: > I didn't mean to be offensive or make claims. But if you don't even read what > people ha

Re: [Ayatana] Can't send email to Ayatana list

2011-11-01 Thread James Gifford
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I got your message here just fine. Cheers, James Gifford On 11/01/2011 10:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > I'm subscribed to the Ayatana list and receive all messages daily, > but I'm apparently unable to send to the list. > >

Re: [Ayatana] Can't send email to Ayatana list

2011-11-01 Thread James Gifford
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I got your message here just fine. Cheers, James Gifford On 11/01/2011 10:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [Ayatana] Gnome-tweak-tool by default

2011-10-16 Thread James Gifford
ff topic there, but it's worth noting. Cheers, James Gifford On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:34, "Stefanos A." wrote: > 2011/10/16 Christian Rupp > But power users just head to the software center and install gnome tweak tool > - nothing big > Nice would be a simple tweak tool

Re: [Ayatana] Gnome-tweak-tool by default

2011-10-16 Thread James Gifford
would need to have a warning explaining "Oy, you can break your system like this." the first time you ran it, similar to the way the Synaptic package manager did. Cheers, James Gifford On Oct 16, 2011, at 2:38, Ian Santopietro wrote: > I disagree. The current setup is fine. Most

Re: [Ayatana] Gnome-tweak-tool by default

2011-10-15 Thread James Gifford
Hello Brandon, This is something that has been discussed before - it'd be better to create a "system tweak tool" that handles everything - think ccsm, gnome-tweak-tool and ubuntu tweak all in one. Cheers, James Gifford On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Brandon Watkins wrote: &

Re: [Ayatana] something wrong ??

2011-10-05 Thread James Gifford
The problem with putting package names first is it's the Software Center, not The Package Managerâ„¢. As such it's looking for software (application) names, not package names. My two cents, take it for what it's worth. Cheers, James Gifford On Oct 5, 2011, at 7:40 AM,

Re: [Ayatana] "Ubuntu" Applications

2011-09-26 Thread James Gifford
ocate areas where > things don't look so great and submit patches for them. Propose better > default values for the properties, submit code that generates pretty > menu bars, etc. We should take away choice by making the easiest > solution available to developers the so

Re: [Ayatana] New mockups for theme selector (ubuntu 12.04 )

2011-09-08 Thread James Gifford
Keep in mind that this is a GNOME program we're talking about here - gnome-appearance-properties. So this might not be suited for Ayatana, you might want to consider presenting this to the folks over at gnome. Just a though, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at

Re: [Ayatana] "Ubuntu" Applications

2011-09-07 Thread James Gifford
> Preferences", and not "Tools > Preferences" or "View > Preferences" or something else. It's all about consistency. The way it is right now, we are "consistently inconsistent". Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Sep 7, 2011, a

Re: [Ayatana] "Ubuntu" Applications

2011-09-07 Thread James Gifford
Ok, so reading through the thread, we all agree it's necessary - someone just needs to write it and present it for peer review and (hopefully) eventual adoption. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Sep 7, 2011, at 3:59, "Stefanos A." wrote: > Every desktop e

Re: [Ayatana] "Ubuntu" Applications

2011-09-05 Thread James Gifford
I love that idea. However, It'd be seen by many as "too Apple-like". Not that that is a bad thing, but it's something to consider. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Sep 5, 2011, at 20:36, Jonathan Meek wrote: > As things currently stand, if you want a

Re: [Ayatana] Unity Dash Problem

2011-08-15 Thread James Gifford
I think it might be your hardware - the dash always takes a little bit to load (about 2-3 seconds at most) for me. Both on 11.04 and 11.10. Cheers, James Gifford On Aug 15, 2011, at 9:34, Anthony Hook wrote: > I think this is a bug, but the dash always seems to take a little while when

Re: [Ayatana] The new Orange-Ubuntu-Button on the Launcher

2011-08-12 Thread James Gifford
I have to agree - the BUB ("Big Ubuntu Button") was a surprise, and I have to agree with what you're saying here. With that being said, I like suggestion #4 the most - it makes it a little more obvious. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:

Re: [Ayatana] keyboard bindings broken

2011-05-03 Thread James Gifford
This is the list for design - for help with troubleshooting stuff, please go to http://AskUbuntu.com or the Ubuntu forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/ Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On May 3, 2011, at 16:57, Melvyn de Kort wrote: > Hello List, > > I've mana

Re: [Ayatana] "Games"-application idea

2011-05-03 Thread James Gifford
After chatting with a buddy of mine who games a lot, I have to agree. (I don't normally game). Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On 05/03/2011 10:06 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist wrote: > I think it would be used rather extensively since most people don't want > to put al

Re: [Ayatana] Idea for improving visibility of running applications

2011-05-03 Thread James Gifford
This is probably the best way https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+filebug Attach the screenshot to the bug report. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On 05/03/2011 10:08 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist wrote: > How would I do that? I've never done that before :) > > 2011/5/3

Re: [Ayatana] Idea for improving visibility of running applications

2011-05-03 Thread James Gifford
Nicely done. I like it. If someone can add a "feature request bug report", I'd mark myself as being affected. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On 05/03/2011 08:13 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist wrote: > Here I have the finished mockup of how this configurable feature cou

Re: [Ayatana] "Games"-application idea

2011-05-03 Thread James Gifford
Ah right. I agree that it could be more visible - but I'm not sure how many users would use something like that. You have to balance features with "How many users are actually going to use this thing?" Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On 05/02/2011 06:01 PM, Niklas R

Re: [Ayatana] "Games"-application idea

2011-05-02 Thread James Gifford
There is already a way to do this - it's hidden, but it's there [1] Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com [1] http://lts.cr/arr On 05/02/2011 05:05 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist wrote: > Wouldn't it be sweet to be able to gather up all games into a > "games"-

Re: [Ayatana] Compiz default animations are too fast

2011-04-07 Thread James Gifford
The issue is that you have to strike the happy middle ground where its fast enough to be usable, but slow enough to be noticeable. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Apr 7, 2011, at 18:28, Carl Simpson wrote: > I can only agree. > > Some of the animations in the rec

Re: [Ayatana] Compiz default animations are too fast

2011-04-07 Thread James Gifford
I think that proves their too fast then. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Apr 7, 2011, at 18:08, Carl Simpson wrote: > There is. They fade out. > > 2011/4/6 Ian Santopietro > Ah, I see that now. There isn't a default close animation though, at least

Re: [Ayatana] New style of Minimize button for Natty

2011-04-02 Thread James Gifford
Maybe having this as a "Theme" for the Unity desktop would be a decent workaround? I'm thinking out loud here. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com @jrgifford On 04/02/2011 08:47:12 AM, Marco Biscaro ,James Gifford , Ayatana Discussion wrote: >Really nice i

Re: [Ayatana] New style of Minimize button for Natty

2011-04-02 Thread James Gifford
I love it. +1. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Apr 2, 2011, at 5:01, "M. Adnan Quaium" wrote: > +1 > > I liked the idea too :) > > On 2 April 2011 10:22, Luke Benstead wrote: > On 2 April 2011 09:17, Muhammad Nabil wrote: > > SInce t

Re: [Ayatana] create a keyboard shortcut for hiding/unhiding the Launcher?

2011-04-01 Thread James Gifford
I'm not aware of anything like that. And in my experience (as a Netbook user), it's easier and better to run everything fullscreen - on a 10" Netbook, there's not much space. So my Natty launcher is on autohide. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Apr 1,

Re: [Ayatana] create a keyboard shortcut for hiding/unhiding the Launcher?

2011-04-01 Thread James Gifford
If it's set to autohide in CCSM, you can get it to pop up again by hitting the Super key. (Windows Key). Is that what you're talking about? Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Apr 1, 2011, at 8:03, nick rundy wrote: > Has this been considered? Seems it would b