Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread cmaglothin
And I am sure that if it were really necessary, one could always implement a type of blur or something to keep text and colors from the underly windows from bleeding through. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > http://ubuntuone.com/7LNXXpuBOVSu20JTdSwLf9

Re: [Ayatana] semi-transparent indicator menus

2011-10-28 Thread cmaglothin
Maybe, instead of having a dynamic panel, we should implement a theme that is semitransparent and conforms to the dominant background image color. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Michal Strba wrote: > On 10/28/2011 08:48 PM, Omar B. wrote: > >> Would look more consistent and nice. >> >> some mo

Re: [Ayatana] "Ubuntu" Applications

2011-09-06 Thread cmaglothin
I don't think it would drive the community apart at all. In fact, this would most likely promote key apps that fit best within Ubuntu, and by doing so, would increase the competition for better apps across the whole of the ecosystem. As someone who is more visual than code oriented, I can easily sa

[Ayatana] Discover-ability / Desktop tips

2011-06-17 Thread cmaglothin
I have seen this brought up before here, but never has anyone mentioned the way that Android does it. Android uses a simple widget that throws up little helpful hints in a non intrusive way of getting you started. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Matthew Bassett wrote: > I hope I am not raising

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

2011-05-06 Thread cmaglothin
Why don't you try reversing the action, just as Jamu says, fading does seem a bit backwards. On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist < niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since this doesn't seem to be the best solution for everyone I hope we can > work together on making a new desig

Re: [Ayatana] Overlay scrollbars

2011-04-23 Thread cmaglothin
Actually on Android there are some instances where an overlay scroll bar IS used. For example, when moving through contacts or music albums. This makes it easier to jump to the appropriate entry as quickly as possible. On Apr 23, 2011 12:13 PM, "Christian Giordano" < christian.giord...@canonical.co

[Ayatana] Onscreen Keyboard

2011-02-15 Thread cmaglothin
Of late there has been much talk of Ubuntu taking steps to be "touch friendly." I was wondering if, to be more touch friendly, there was any consideration for implementing a polished onscreen keyboard for tablet users. I know that there are multiple keyboards in the software center but there are n

Re: [Ayatana] Indicator-Network

2010-12-30 Thread cmaglothin
My thought is that I would never want to disconnect from the internet unless I was actually trying to save battery. That's why you would use the enable/disable wifi item. And no I have no clue whether they will keep the current color scheme. On Dec 31, 2010 12:17 AM, "Phong Cao Viet" wrote: By

Re: [Ayatana] "fileless" paradigm

2010-12-19 Thread cmaglothin
Well if we are going to get into tagging photos, why not just do what Apple did with iPhoto. Implement a facial recognition software that prompts you to tag a face once, then it will tag all photos containing that face with the appropriate words. On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 2:35 PM, fain182 wrote: >

Re: [Ayatana] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2010-11-27 Thread cmaglothin
Really I think the purpose of expose is to view all windows, even the minimized ones. So having minimize and maximize available in expose would be superfluous because hitting minimize would do nothing for the state of the window in expose. So the only window control one needs is one to eliminate wi

Re: [Ayatana] "fileless" paradigm (was: File menu)

2010-11-13 Thread cmaglothin
To combat your argument that you need folders to keep organized, why not just supliment the idea of sorting by type with the adding of "projects." Not only could you search by filetype but you could link together files that are related in topic and have the "projects" searchable or tagged by their

Re: [Ayatana] Global Menu on the Desktop

2010-11-01 Thread cmaglothin
Why exactly would there need to be a distinction at all? It would be pleasing to the eye if it just blended perfectly with the gradient of the maximized window border. On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Alex Launi wrote: > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Luke Benstead wrote: > >> >> Well, ideally

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

2010-10-20 Thread cmaglothin
Even with just 3 it would be better, as your previously copied data is still there so you wouldn't be endlessly frustrated. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 05:43, cmaglothin wrote: > &g

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] Put a resize widget in the title bar

2010-10-13 Thread cmaglothin
I agree. The only reason I ever boot into Windows is that I have to annotate movies for a class, and Snap makes it very easy to do with just two clicks. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:34 PM, David Hamm wrote: > > in fact i'd say it almost a upgrade deciding factor for vista to 7

Re: [Ayatana] Put a resize widget in the title bar

2010-10-13 Thread cmaglothin
Snap is enabled by default, yes. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:16 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 23:52, cmaglothin wrote: > >> The way you say this brings to mind the Aero Snap feature of Windows 7. >> > &

Re: [Ayatana] Put a resize widget in the title bar

2010-10-13 Thread cmaglothin
The way you say this brings to mind the Aero Snap feature of Windows 7. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 01:29, Dylan McCall wrote: > >> I remain uneasy about having window controls in the client, but it's a >

Re: [Ayatana] Application Indicators improvement suggestion - optional text with icon

2010-07-08 Thread cmaglothin
According to mockups in the time and date wiki there will be options to show the date as well as seconds. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeAndDate� So why not have the ability to show the temperature in the weather indicator? On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Mark Curtis wrote: > I would wager to gues

Re: [Ayatana] Windicator Unnecessary

2010-07-08 Thread cmaglothin
I don't think he is saying bugs, but more irksome problems. Maybe more along the lines of papercuts. just reporting something that could make the application better, not something that completely breaks the app. though both could be used as the same thing, having the option to report as a bug or a

Re: [Ayatana] Application Indicators improvement suggestion - optional text with icon

2010-07-08 Thread cmaglothin
Yes, I too was hoping for this, as many people were complaining about our weather indicator not having the temperature accompanying the weather icon. This was a feature that was included in the gnome clock applet, so therefore it might be missed when the conversion to the weather indicator is made

Re: [Ayatana] Some thoughts about unclutter

2010-07-01 Thread cmaglothin
I know its default because I'm using maverick and it installed by itself. It was in an update a few days ago. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > hi there ;) > > On 2010-07-02, Lance wrote: > > I would add that my first annoyance with this behavior is that I often > use > >

Re: [Ayatana] Some thoughts about unclutter

2010-07-01 Thread cmaglothin
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:26 PM, David Callé wrote: > As a non native english speaker, this mail won't be long. I will just > share some assertions that I believe being true for a vast majority of > users. > > 1) When I see my mouse cursor on my desktop, it means my computer is > ready for action.