[Bug 382703] Re: "Home Folder" has 3 different names

2009-06-18 Thread Yann Lossouarn
IMHO, the issue is that users both use shortcuts from the menu, and have to browse the filesystem. If we use "Home" as a shortcut label in the menu, they may think that browsing to /home using Nautilus will lead them to the same place as the "Home" shortcut -> usability issue. BTW, making a bridge

[Bug 382703] Re: "Home Folder" has 3 different names

2009-06-18 Thread Yann Lossouarn
IMHO, the issue is that users both use shortcuts from the menu, and have to browse the filesystem. If we use "Home" as a shortcut label in the menu, they may think that browsing to /home using Nautilus will lead them to the same place as the "Home" shortcut -> usability issue. BTW, making a bridge

[Bug 389934] Re: During install, make the "Automatic login" option the default choice

2009-06-21 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Hi, Grofaty... Here's my argument : I did not recommend using *no password*, but *allowing people not to type their password when login*. This means their password would still remain applicable when sudoing : the system is not left without protection... My recommendation addressesthe case of people

[Bug 382703] Re: "Home Folder" has 3 different names

2009-06-22 Thread Yann Lossouarn
@Alex French > If such a generic name is no longer defined, references to it in discussion will be inconsistent. Do you really think so ? Imagine we're on phone. If I want to tell you to go to /home/alex (e.g.), I just have to tell you "Open the Places menu, and select your folder". If there's a

[Bug 390677] Re: Hidden line during install wizard

2009-06-22 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Or maybe split the screen into 2. It implies adding 1 step to the installation process, but it would also allow more "air to breathe", into this one. Maybe the computer name would be candidate to be a dedicate step ? This way everything in this step would concern the user (name, password, auto conn

[Bug 23293] Re: Nautilus windows should close on unmount

2009-06-23 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Errr... I see I'm not in the majority here, but eyh, I can still give my opinion... ;) Two major principles in HMI ergonomics are : - to let the user control the GUI, - to provide users with feedback so that they remain conscious of the system state. It seems to me that applying this principle h

[Bug 389926] Re: Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can

2009-06-23 Thread Yann Lossouarn
+1 on this issue... -- Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389926 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubu

Re: [Bug 23293] Re: Nautilus windows should close on unmount

2009-06-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Hello, Except maybe in contexts where you have a lot of windows, and you have to search among your taskbar to ensure none of your windows is the one corresponding to the volume you just unmounted... Martin Lettner a écrit : > confirming this. would be just nice if nautilus would close the tab

[Bug 369787] Re: Disable file system check at boot time

2009-06-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Hello, I tried to define a solution that would prevent laptop users from being blocked due to a read-only filesystem, but still allow the fsck sequence to be performed at shutdown time, so that users can quickly boot theier computer... My suggestion is : At boot time : -> Display a timer and ask

[Bug 391194] Re: Pasting a path should be possible without prealable switch to text mode

2009-06-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Hi Sebastien, I know the Copy/Paste action is *possible*, but what I meant is that it's not as easy as it should be : one has to switch into text mode (either by clicking on the "notepad-like" icon or pressing Ctrl+L. This should be possible using a single action (Paste) with no prealable action.

[Bug 95853] Re: Delete file in Nautlus - no warning

2009-06-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Mac_v, Sebastien, Holger, I understand your point of view, and I partly agree with you : basically, I think the way Nautilus runs is good. Deleting files is possible without asking confirmation each time, and asking confirmation only before the real deletion is really fluent... BUT, what makes

[Bug 389926] Re: Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can

2009-06-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
On my Jaunty fresh install, I only have to open any item in the Places menu, and I get a shortened path (behaviour visible in Capture-3.png, instead of the desired behaviour, visible in Capture-4.png) ** Attachment added: "Current behaviour" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28289869/Capture-3.png

[Bug 389926] Re: Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can

2009-06-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Here's the desired behaviour ** Attachment added: "Capture-4.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28289895/Capture-4.png -- Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389926 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 389035] Re: Strange dialog during upgrade

2009-06-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
@mac_v : ok sorry, I focused on the "usability issue" part of the project, and was not aware that paper cuts only focus on a fresh install... Sorry again... ** Also affects: aptitude (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Strange dialog during upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 389926] Re: Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can

2009-06-25 Thread Yann Lossouarn
@Sebastien : > the screenshot behaviour seems a design decision and not a bug True, but as we speak about usability issues, not only technical bugs are in the scope... >users usually don't care about things out of their directory and showing those >by default would be confusing Maybe. Or mayb

[Bug 389926] Re: Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can

2009-06-25 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Ivanka, what do you think ? -- Nautilus browser's pathbar doesn't display the entire path, even when it can https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389926 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

Re: [Bug 382703] Re: "Home Folder" has 3 different names

2009-06-25 Thread Yann Lossouarn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just a test... Michael Rooney a écrit : > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Christian Kujau wrote: >> So, Ivanka: +1 on the short username! > > I also prefer this solution, glad to hear it is the one being > considered. The user is very likely to und

[Bug 23293] Re: Nautilus windows should close on unmount

2009-07-01 Thread Yann Lossouarn
+1 on Sebastien as well. What about my suggestion ? (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/23293/comments/20) -- Nautilus windows should close on unmount https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/23293 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 95853] Re: Add an option to get a confirmation dialog before deleting files in Nautilus

2009-07-12 Thread Yann Lossouarn
@all : this is fun stuff for an HMI designer/UX specialist... Indeed, an excellent example case for a UX course : how to make a choice between all these point of view, and make everyone happy ? IMHO, there's no way to make everyone happy, as people have antinomic opinions. It seems we have 3 cla

[Bug 95853] Re: Add an option to get a confirmation dialog before deleting files in Nautilus

2009-07-13 Thread Yann Lossouarn
@mac_v : don't worry, I was just kidding... :) What I mean is even if all of us on Launchpad are some kind of power users, some of us are more prone to say things like : "I'm a grown up person and don't want to be treated by this machine like an imbecile by continually being reminded of the same d

[Bug 1069133] Re: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa

2014-04-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Hi ! I face the same issue for upgrading 13.10 to 14.04... I fiddled around the repositories, and upgrade commands, with no success... Is there a straightforward process to get this working ? :/ Bye, Yann -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 1069133] Re: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa

2014-04-24 Thread Yann Lossouarn
In fact I tried : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xorg-server sudo apt-get upgrade sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers ... and at the last command gives this message : ' Certains paquets ne peuvent être installés. Ceci peut signifier que vous avez demandé

[Bug 1069133] Re: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa

2014-04-25 Thread Yann Lossouarn
@stephen-skinner on my setup, this results in the following error message : yann@Tregor:~$ sudo apt-get purge ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait Construction de l'arbre des dépendances Lecture des informations d'état... Fait E: Impossible de trouver le paquet ppa -> w

[Bug 1069133] Re: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa

2014-04-25 Thread Yann Lossouarn
@tasgo : I just followed the procedure explained at askubuntu, without success : the upgrade still fails with the same error message... :/ @michael-ransbottom : I suspected that, but even after adding the xorg-edgers PPA like this : ' ' sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa sudo apt-get up

[Bug 1311143] [NEW] Impossible to upgrade my 13.10 to 14.04

2014-04-22 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Public bug reported: Hello, I deactivated third-parties repositories on my 13.10, but when i try performing the upgrade to 14.04, an error is shown after the "Defining new software repositories" (translation from french, so the label may not be exact) phase I get the following error message : '

[Bug 1389513] [NEW] nvidia-331-uvm 331.89-0ubuntu5: nvidia-331-uvm kernel module failed to build

2014-11-04 Thread Yann Lossouarn
Public bug reported: no other information to provide ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: nvidia-331-uvm 331.89-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8