Re: [Ayatana] [Fwd: Re: Update manager]

2009-06-15 Thread Ryan Prior
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:00 PM, tacone wrote: > * If I am right, the issue with the orange icon is that not noticeable. > * The issue with popups, is they're intrusive. So time limits had to > be put on (the once a week limit) I don't see the popups as intrusive. No information is being sent out

Re: [Ayatana] Do You Use Gwibber?

2010-12-06 Thread Ryan Prior
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:58 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > esteemed readers, > > Do you use Gwibber? I use Gwibber and feel that it would probably fit better in the Me menu, especially if Me is going to eventually become a whole display screen in Unity rather than just a little menu. If I

Re: [Ayatana] Usability - Useless effect when clicking an icon (Unity)

2010-12-10 Thread Ryan Prior
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Peterson Silva wrote: > minimize upon click is probably a bad idea. too easy for users to > accidentally lose their window > > Hmm true. So doing nothing is the best behaviour (when there's only one > window)? I think "doing nothing" is probably a bad behaviour; i

Re: [Ayatana] Graceful degradation of Unity

2010-12-13 Thread Ryan Prior
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Mark Curtis wrote: > Unity requires 3d compositing.  For those without adequate hardware, it > falls back to the GNOME Panels.  While I understand for this cycle effort > should be put into getting Unity functioning, I think for the future a > better fallback shou

Re: [Ayatana] Me & Messaging Indicator Menu

2010-12-29 Thread Ryan Prior
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:36 AM, Saleel Velankar wrote: > I took a crack at making a mockup, please let me know what you think. :) Hey Saleel, I think that mockup is awesome. I haven't read the spec in detail, so I don't know whether it conforms, but it has a lot of advantages: clear case for ti

Re: [Ayatana] Grid snapping and corresponding animations are sloppy in function and appearance.

2011-04-12 Thread Ryan Prior
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Carl Simpson wrote: > It doesn't do that.  It does this weird, meaningless proximity… thing. I didn't notice that until you pointed it out - I assumed that you had to push the window all the way to the edge in order for it to maximize. I agree that the current be

Re: [Ayatana] Fitts Law

2011-04-12 Thread Ryan Prior
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Kevin Liao wrote: > Apart from "making Ubuntu look good", what is the > argument behind making the menu so obscure? > --Kevin Liao It really isn't a problem for a power-user like myself - I have basically memorized the (hidden) menu item positions for the apps I u

Re: [Ayatana] Alt-Tab and switching

2011-04-12 Thread Ryan Prior
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Pippa Kyle wrote: > Any thoughts on this, and what would be good for Unity? For power-users, the more important thing is that the window switcher applet appear and respond immediately. On my multi-core name-brand-graphics-card machine, it takes about a quarter-se

Re: [Ayatana] Alt-Tab and switching

2011-04-12 Thread Ryan Prior
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Jamu Kakar wrote: > Hi Ryan, > This behaviour was bothering me, too.  I found that there's a 200ms > delay, by default.  You can change it in CompizConfig Settings Manager: Thanks for the info - it's interesting that 200ms was chosen as the preferred delay time.

[Ayatana] Shadows around active window versus window tiling

2011-04-17 Thread Ryan Prior
When the user tiles windows by dragging them to the left or right of the viewport, they tile as to fit perfectly together. In order to increase the impact of that illusion, I think it would be neat if the window shadow for the active window would be supressed, so that one shadow would not overlap t

Re: [Ayatana] Persistent menu mockup

2011-04-20 Thread Ryan Prior
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Conscious User wrote: > > Without explaining what is your idea for maximized windows, the > usefulness of the mockup is very limited. > > Most people would agree that making the menubar moving left and > right is not an acceptable solution, so explaining what woul

Re: [Ayatana] 11.04 Comboboxes

2011-04-26 Thread Ryan Prior
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > In both Ambiance and Radiance, I see no difference in appearance or > behavior between the Power Management Preferences "When laptop lid is > closed" menu, the CCSM Unity "Hide Launcher" menu, and the Software > Sources "Download from"

[Ayatana] Clippy has noticed you've been trying to click on notifications...

2011-11-18 Thread Ryan Prior
I've noticed that some people, when being introduced to modern Ubuntu systems, instinctively try to click on notifications when they pop up. A certain amount of exploration of the notification area is to be expected of a new user, but some are really persistent and find the blurring behavior vexing