Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-11-09 Thread Jan Claeys
Matthew Paul Thomas schreef op di 12-10-2010 om 10:23 [+0100]: > >> (I don't understand what it means to have a preferred "Multimedia > >> Player" or "Terminal Emulator", though.) > > > > There are system-wide hotkeys to launch a "mediaplayer" (e.g. many > > recent keyboards have a special key fo

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-12 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jan Claeys wrote on 07/10/10 00:50: > > Matthew Paul Thomas schreef op di 05-10-2010 om 14:08 [+0100]: >> >> If we discovered that most people expected to find the settings in >> individual applications instead, [...] > > That might be a learned trick

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-11 Thread Jan Claeys
Matthew Paul Thomas schreef op di 05-10-2010 om 14:08 [+0100]: > If we discovered that most people expected to find the settings in > individual applications instead, [...] That might be a learned trick after years of using a system that has no central place to change this sort of thing though. I

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-05 Thread Allan Day
> >> I would love to see results of this user test: Before the test, > >> install Ubuntu from scratch, then install Chromium alongside Firefox, > >> then put a shortcut to some Web site on the desktop. Then in the test, > >> get the participant to double-click on the shortcut to open it in > >> Fi

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote on 04/10/10 16:40: > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:57, Matthew Paul Thomas ... >> I would love to see results of this user test: Before the test, >> install Ubuntu from scratch, then install Chromium alongside Firefox, >> t

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chow Loong Jin wrote on 04/10/10 19:43: > > On Monday 04,October,2010 05:57 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: >> [...] >> I would love to see results of this user test: Before the test, >> install Ubuntu from scratch, then install Chromium alongside Firef

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-04 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On Monday 04,October,2010 05:57 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > [...] > I would love to see results of this user test: Before the test, install > Ubuntu from scratch, then install Chromium alongside Firefox, then put a > shortcut to some Web site on the desktop. Then in the test, get the > partici

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-04 Thread David Hamm
Did i mention other local Ubuntu computers should act as update servers. Since we're dreamin. -fy On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:34 AM, David Hamm wrote: > There is no Ubuntu without the internet. Destroy Everything! Netboot > install by default on website. (like netboot.me) > > Auto detect hardware,

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-04 Thread David Hamm
There is no Ubuntu without the internet. Destroy Everything! Netboot install by default on website. (like netboot.me) Auto detect hardware, asks for info while it installs. Chrome is default. One Iso or usb; always works; always up-to-date. Its the future.

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-04 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:57, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > I would love to see results of this user test: Before the test, install > Ubuntu from scratch, then install Chromium alongside Firefox, then put a > shortcut to some Web site on the desktop. Then in the test, get the > participant to doub

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote on 02/10/10 10:21: >... > after going through a lot of old problems, i find the GNOME window > "Preferred Applications" to be of special importance.. > Somehow, everything seems to be revolving around this one window and

Re: [Ayatana] preferred applications

2010-10-02 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
sorry, i forgot to paste a link.. http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.27/prefs-preferredapps.html.en i didn't find any design document in my brief search.. anybody? On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:21, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > after going th