[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1138874] Re: high contrast window buttons NOT high contrast

2016-02-12 Thread Nicholas Joll
On my system (Linux Mint Cinnamon), the icons do not differ between maximised and non-maximised state - except that, irritatingly, the hovered-over version of the maximise icon is *very dark* when the window is maximised. I wonder whether the poster means 'low contrast (grey and white) when *the w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 841369] Re: English (South Africa) Language Pack is installed by default in Mozilla Firefox

2015-11-17 Thread Nicholas Joll
I am afraid that I do not understand the explanation for why this oddity-cum-inconvenience - and minor resource drainer? - will not be rectified. Why should Firefox ship with a language installed that most users will never use? Is there not a fairly simple way around this? If there is not, should

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1491666] Re: System Monitor hangs when network offline

2015-09-09 Thread Nicholas Joll
a better system monitor, why not include it, as > the default, in Mint? > > It just has become a standard to use many of the default Gnome > applications/tools. I use ksysguard but it wouldn't be a good default > program because it is KDE application and thus has lots of depende

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1491666] Re: System Monitor hangs when network offline

2015-09-03 Thread Nicholas Joll
Thanks for all that. About Ubuntu: there is a limit to how many bug trackers I will create accounts for. I am user, not a developer. And even if this networking problem (in its wider version, whereby one needs special software and fiddly config to make auto mounted shares work properly) owes to Ubu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 130997] Re: Non-Linux hidden files like Thumbs.db should be treated the same as .filename

2015-01-22 Thread Nicholas Joll
** Also affects: nemo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130997 Title: Non-Linux hidden files like Thumbs.db should b