Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-09 Thread Bartosz
Hi. i don't want desaturate inactive icons. Every icon has its own background square (backlight). The idea is toggle it if it is inactive, I tested it, and it works perfectly. Try it by yourself by using Ccsm. It is really easy to implement this. If you don't like this solution, I have several a

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-09 Thread Ian Santopietro
I should specify; my comment was in response to Frederik. Turning off the backlight toggles by default I'm indifferent on, personally. I do appreciate that it helps people with poor vision, but I wonder a better solution is to include a Unity specific configuration tool in the repos or on CD. That

[Ayatana] What to call the unity panel?

2012-01-09 Thread Michael Terry
Hello! I was about to implement a part of the new System Settings spec [1] when I saw that it referred to the unity panel as "the top bar". But in a past cycle, I implemented the Time & Date spec [2] which has UI that refers to the unity panel as "the menu bar". So which one is the official

Re: [Ayatana] What to call the unity panel?

2012-01-09 Thread Jonathan Meek
Last that I've heard, the correct term is "Menubar." On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Michael Terry wrote: > Hello! > > I was about to implement a part of the new System Settings spec [1] when I > saw that it referred to the unity panel as "the top bar". > > But in a past cycle, I implemented the

[Ayatana] Universal Access font size

2012-01-09 Thread Michael Terry
Hello again! I'm looking into the Universal Access panel visual refresh [1]. One thing I noticed is that the spec has the controls all using the normal system font size. Whereas the current panel in Ubuntu uses a larger font size to help people with poor eyesight. Now, of course the larger

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-09 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
hi Ian ;) On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 01:40, Ian Santopietro wrote: > Desaturating inactive applications in the launcher is a bad idea. It > removes the ability to recognize different icons based on color. That would > leave only shape, which isn't enough on it's own, particularly if the > current ic

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-09 Thread Ian Santopietro
The indicators work well monochrome because they were designed from the start to be Monochrome, and include only simple shapes and outlines. Regular icons do not work this way. Perhaps an option to desaturate the launcher icons, or a Unity plugin if we get a plugin framework. But using this as def

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-09 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 23:57, Ian Santopietro wrote: > The indicators work well monochrome because they were designed from > the start to be Monochrome, and include only simple shapes and > outlines. Regular icons do not work this way. > > Perhaps an option to desaturate the launcher icons, or a

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-09 Thread Ian Santopietro
This seems more like a theme question then, rather than a UI one. A custom theme is better suited to solving the issue in your particular case. Removing all but one color from an icon by default is a bad idea, unless the icon is supposed to be that way. Even these exceptions should be kept to a mi

Re: [Ayatana] Software Center online backend

2012-01-09 Thread A H
I think the original poster is specifically looking for the ability to install apps remotely to one or more devices running ubuntu. I too like the Software Center as it is, although I don't want it to become too itunes-y / mac-app-store-esque [although I'm well aware of who was first! We just need