Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Andrew Laignel
Yeah. I was thinking Hardy+1 - Possibly even Hardy+2. I dont think there is even time for a full new theme, let alone a whole new UI for Hardy! Dalton Miyabara wrote: > I would like to use this new desktop interface suggestion ^^ > > But I think that we have no time to make these mods until the

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Dalton Miyabara
I would like to use this new desktop interface suggestion ^^ But I think that we have no time to make these mods until the launch of 8.04... :( Cheers, Dalton > Here's an idea, and something I have been wanting for a long time... > > Get rid of the 'Desktop' as a file store - remove it from

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Andrew Laignel
Here's an idea, and something I have been wanting for a long time... Get rid of the 'Desktop' as a file store - remove it from the directory hierarchy! The only reason to store something on the desktop is if you can't be bothered to put it where it's meant to go. Ideally everything should be

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick user switching panel applet. OT?

2008-02-08 Thread Andrew Laignel
Sumit Chandra Agarwal wrote: > This looks good to me. > Have you tried the KDE4 live CD? Their new menu is pretty decent and > its 'recent' functionality is nice. I don't like the default 'hover' > mode for switching tabs, but those KDE folk have always been funny > about hover/single-click/doub

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Travis Watkins
On Feb 8, 2008 5:01 AM, Andrew Laignel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's an idea, and something I have been wanting for a long time... > > Get rid of the 'Desktop' as a file store - remove it from the directory > hierarchy! > > The only reason to store something on the desktop is if you can't be

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Greg K Nicholson
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 14:52 +, Webmaster, Jhnet.co.uk wrote: > how is it possibly a good idea to 1) Have a programs list that > *SCROLLS*, 2) Have all the programs at the top of the menu (when you > open the menu by clicking something underneath it). ... > most frequently used/last used progra

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Sumit Chandra Agarwal
I do like this idea very much, but I think there would be a lot of resistance to it as I think people like having their desktop as a junk store. Or maybe they're just too used to the idea. But it gets a thumbs-up from me! Its mildly annoying to me that Firefox/etc don't use the home folder or h

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Álvaro Medina Ballester
Hi everybody! I was wondering how could be that app launcher and this is my point of view: First of all, I think that having a KDE/Windows menu is unusable. Why? you need several clicks to open recent apps so if you use an aplication frequently it slows your workflow. Mac OS X bar is a good appro

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Webmaster, Jhnet.co.uk
With regards to the file manager idea I think this would simply be genius! A start would be possibly to port across KDE's fabulous content sensitive "New device found" type window which offers such functionality. Given how good F-Spot is (and how few people realize it exists!) it would be great to

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Andrew Laignel
Sumit Chandra Agarwal wrote: > I do like this idea very much, but I think there would be a lot of > resistance to it as I think people like having their desktop as a junk > store. > Or maybe they're just too used to the idea. > But it gets a thumbs-up from me! Its mildly annoying to me that > Fi

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Dylan McCall
I was recently pondering file managers, too. A discussion a while ago covered how "regular users" should never need to use a file manager. Software like F-Spot and Rhythmbox in Ubuntu, as well as our *fantastic *drag and drop support, makes this a definite possibility. I can grab one of my photogra

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread sylvain marc
it's not in #ubuntu-fr-meeting, not in #ubuntu , not in #ubuntu+1 ...on "Discussion IRC XChat-GNOME" it's too late now... i'v got some ideas, & i give them in this discussion.list 2008/2/8, sylvain marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > i look for the IRC meeting, but i could'nt find it > > > 2008/2/5, Ken

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread sylvain marc
i look for the IRC meeting, but i could'nt find it 2008/2/5, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi all, > > We are slightly overdue for the next meeting. I suggest this Friday at > 20:00 > UTC. Is this too soon for anyone? Too early/late? Ideas? > > Items for discussion are: > > 1) recent wal

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Álvaro Medina Ballester
Andrew, your ideas are great, but I find one problem in that draft. I think that you will need at least 3 clicks to open an app, and that's not usable. Current gnome's menu is quite obsolete, three clicks needed to open any app, so improving this could be a killer feature. How can we do this? tryi

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Kenneth Wimer
As only one person responded we'll postpone the meeting until I know that people will actually attend :-) Someone suggest a time and date and let's figure this out. -- Ken On Tuesday 05 February 2008 12:16:13 Kenneth Wimer wrote: > Hi all, > > We are slightly overdue for the next meeting. I sug

[ubuntu-art] The desktop as a folder (Re: next meeting)

2008-02-08 Thread Greg K Nicholson
(Warning: the following is a personal example with no real point to make :) ) > The only reason to store something on the desktop is if you can't be > bothered to put it where it's meant to go. Ideally everything should be > in the home folder, rather than split across a locations. Yeah; that'

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Webmaster, Jhnet.co.uk
I do not think removing the desktop as a junk store is a good idea: think about a real desk top (the top of a desk!!) - when you are working on something, it, along with the other bits and pieces are placed over your desk, along with a scattering of tools (pens, pencils etc). The desktop as a tempo

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Dylan McCall
(Should have changed topic title when we had the chance...) A little applet I have been working on (very slowly) is designed to separate the idea of a window and the process that creates it, as the two concepts should be. It is effectively a fancy window switcher, but the magic is with an idea tha

Re: [ubuntu-art] next meeting

2008-02-08 Thread Álvaro Medina Ballester
Thinking about the idea of merging window selector and app launcher... imagine that theoric bar (let's call it uBar), you have firefox, evolution, mplayer and vlc running. Firefox is your most used browser, evolution _is not_ your most used mail client and vlc is your most used video player. If you