Re: [Ayatana] Windicators

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Schoof
the automatically-generated windicators (as window decorations) would be was to small in the preview to be of any real use to most users. Maybe either emlemized over the preview, or under the preview name? Perhaps the same could be done when "zoomed out" in gnome-shell/gnome 3. On May 17, 2010 5:5

Re: [Ayatana] Windicators

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Schoof
Somewhat contrived user story: suppose I have a whole bunch of applications open, and all of them have some sort of audio playing, and all of them have a volume level windicator. If one application starts playing some sound too loud, I can see -- while I'm alt-tabbing -- what the respective sound

Re: [Ayatana] Windicators

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Schoof
s of what should and what shouldn't be in a windicator. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Alex Schoof wrote: > > Somewhat contrived... ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : http

Re: [Ayatana] Consistent Issues: Smart Search

2010-05-20 Thread Alex Schoof
+1 This is one of those focus-stealing issues that most users (new and veteran) wouldn't notice if. It were fixed, but provides an annoyance from time to time. I feel like this is a papercut worth fixing. On May 20, 2010 2:13 PM, "Frederik Nnaji" wrote: hello again ;) i attached a screenshot s

Re: [Ayatana] Fw: Re: Rethink the noninteractive Live CD default boot?

2010-05-24 Thread Alex Schoof
I don't think anyone would ever argue that we shouldn't be intergrity checking boot media (or at least presenting the option); while I never considered it a pain point, I guess I could see a new user getting confused and giving up. Maybe the solution is to have the FIRST menu a user sees be "boot o

Re: [Ayatana] Inconsistencies from LHS buttons

2010-05-24 Thread Alex Schoof
+1 Chromium now can do LHS, but you're right: there are a lot of common applications where button placemennt is inconsistant. The gnome-shell point isbalso valid, with gnome 3 just around the corner, we need to nail this down. On May 24, 2010 4:13 PM, "Tyler Brainerd" wrote: +1 to all of these.

Re: [Ayatana] Papercut or not? Bug #495403 in On e Hundred Paper Cuts: “Do not raise windows o r dialogs without user input”

2010-05-24 Thread Alex Schoof
What's the current band aid? On May 24, 2010 3:34 PM, "Mark Shuttleworth" wrote: On 24/05/10 16:57, Conscious User wrote: > I think the ideal would be not to steal focus *if the use... It's definitely not a papercut :-) Personally, I think trying to prevent focus-stealing does more harm than go

Re: [Ayatana] Papercut or not? Bug #495403 in On e Hundred Paper Cuts: “Do not raise windows o r dialogs without user input”

2010-05-24 Thread Alex Schoof
Alright, well cross that one off the list. On May 24, 2010 4:59 PM, "Tyler Brainerd" wrote: apparently its denying its a problem. On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Alex Schoof wrote: > > What's the current... ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Ayatana] Putting some brakes on the enthusiasm

2010-06-07 Thread Alex Schoof
+1 Its not an issue of rebranding releases, its a matter of changing how projects evolve from ideas to something on the desktop. On Jun 7, 2010 10:50 AM, "Mark Curtis" wrote: Telling users Lucid will be an LTS for the past two years and then suddenly reverting to a previous release a month AFTE