Re: [Ayatana] On Vincent Moulin's idea of partial global menu in unity

2010-10-27 Thread David Stevenson
On 27/10/10 21:53, Daniel Silva wrote: > I think Vincent Moulin hit the nail in the head with his idea of windows not > maximized having their menus inside of them instead of the top. ... +1 > > There is only one problem, windows that don't get maximized, yet are big > enough > to fill the

Re: [Ayatana] Handling workspaces in Unity's launcher

2010-10-29 Thread David Stevenson
On 29/10/10 11:14, David Prieto wrote: For > example, right now the user does not have a fixed point in screen to reach > the workspace switcher because it will move up and down depending on the > number of open apps. > > I don't really think it's a problem, but even if it were it wouldn't be a >

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-10-31 Thread David Stevenson
On 31/10/10 12:43, fain182 wrote: > the solution would be use a shorter sound like mac ? > or maybe it's better put a mute button in gdm ? > I prefer the mute button option. A sound theme should be bold and loud enough to be noticed, but as has been pointed out there are times when silence is more

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

2010-11-13 Thread David Stevenson
On 13/11/10 19:00, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 23:39, Appi wrote: > >> >> The file less paradigm works well for music, where there are only a few >> ways in which everybody has it organized: artist, album, and genre. This >> explains why most snip > this is j

Re: [Ayatana] "fileless" paradigm

2010-11-13 Thread David Stevenson
ated in topic and have the "projects" searchable or tagged by their > keyword. > > On Nov 13, 2010 2:55 PM, "David Stevenson" wrote: > > On 13/11/10 19:00, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 23:39, Appi snip > >&g

Re: [Ayatana] More complete Applications view

2010-12-05 Thread David Stevenson
On 05/12/10 10:01, cyrildz wrote: > Le vendredi 03 décembre 2010 à 11:04 +0100, Vincent Moulin a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> Here are my ideas about the Unity applications view. This is not perfect >> and finished, but my goal was just to show other options and inspire. >> >> http://dropbox.nilux.org/uni

Re: [Ayatana] Menu bar integrated in title bar in Unity

2011-02-18 Thread David Stevenson
On 18/02/11 04:38, Greg K Nicholson wrote: >> Why not integrate (and hide) the menu bar in the title bar instead for >> ummaximized windows? > > This makes sense logically. I also like this idea. My top panel has always been full, the first thing I do on any install is to delete the bottom bar an

Re: [Ayatana] Design problems in general

2011-03-16 Thread David Stevenson
On 16/03/11 13:01, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Especially given the huge role habituation and familiarity play in early > evaluation of concepts and implementations by users. > > It's a small step from workflow to ritual. > > Sometimes the problem may be certain users stubbornness rather than > anyth

Re: [Ayatana] Design problem: Menus hidden by default in Unity

2011-03-28 Thread David Stevenson
On 28/03/11 11:44, Vishnoo wrote: > We really need to collect mass user data as to how people are using > their application windows, at what sizes they use the app and how often > they are resizing. While I absolutely agree on collecting user data, I am concerned with the idea that we then try to

Re: [Ayatana] Ubuntu welcome center

2011-05-13 Thread David Stevenson
On 13/05/11 11:43, Niklas Rosenqvist wrote: > What do you guys think about the "Welcome Center" idea? I agree. Although as other have said this is already there to some extent, I do think a basic install and then directly into a way to expand it to suit your needs would be good. I feel the 'one

Re: [Ayatana] Thoughts on Unity design

2011-05-19 Thread David Stevenson
On 19/05/11 22:49, Ed Lin wrote: > The mailing list is for discussions. I think we (the people posting > here since the release of natty and the last few months or so) reached > a consensus that some changes to the Unity application menu with a > focus on desktops is needed better sooner than late