Docks are a problem (though the rest seems alright)
1) None of the docks out there work properly without compositing
2) None seem to be stable
3) They are not actually as good as a task bar (in many people's opinion)
4) The implementations that I have seen do not work as well as apples dock
(which
Ah yes... I remember the look of AIX from visiting my dad at IBM ages
ago. Now he works from home using Windows, but spends much of his day
remotely logged in and working in pure text on his VM account that
dates back to the 60's or 70's.
I think that old AIX model of handling windows and mini
I agree. I really like a lot of things Apple does to improve usability
and the quality of the user experience. The dock is not one of them.
Ubuntu should be like Toyota: pillage the best ideas, parts, and
features from its competitors and scrap the rest. Improve on those
stolen ideas. Toss in
Extra !
we need it in brown for ubuntu, in blue for kubuntu and in black for
ubuntustudio !
2008/2/5, Miquel Tarazona Belenguer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> I also love the Fela Kuti Wallpaper, but I think we can get a better
> result with translucent backgroud (see remixes) because you don't get
> l
Fantastic ! you find it in blue !
2008/2/5, xl cheese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Here's a shot of the ubuntuclearlooks with the fela kuti transparent bg:
> -- You can see the metacity button prelight in this pic as well on the
> minimize button.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/A
thanks for your comment
2008/2/7, Webmaster, Jhnet.co.uk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Docks are a problem (though the rest seems alright)
> 1) None of the docks out there work properly without compositing
> 2) None seem to be stable
> 3) They are not actually as good as a task bar (in many people's op
I can see some good points there! Possibly a good goal for a release where
we try and break from the standard desktop environment layout (much more
natural) but at the moment if you shrink down, say, a few open office
documents to a size where its not intrusive it is fairly indistinct (an icon
woul
When I worked at IBM we used AIX linux. The desktop doubled as the dock.
Windows were minimized to the desktop and there were no docks or task bars to
hold your working apps. Just a big ol' ugly panel.
See the minimized apps in the upper left corner:
http://www.operating-system.org/betrieb
Good menu ! i want it in the 8.04 !
2008/2/6, Andrew Laignel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Webmaster, Jhnet.co.uk wrote:
> > Yeh I see what you are saying, if I remember rightly you can indeed
> > bind shortcuts (involving the windows (or "super") key to locking and
> > other things though I have a fee
