Re: [Unity-design] Change shortcuts: Alt+F1 and Alt+F2 to Super+F1 and Super+F2

> 2.) Alt+F2 be changed to Super+F2 to open the Dash in "Run a command mode" Definitely a no-no. The only people who use Alt+F2 are people who already know about it. If you don't know about Alt+F2, chances are good you don't need to use it at all. For the sake of the only group of people who use

Re: [Unity-design] Indeterminate Progress Bar On Launcher

I've done a really basic mockup at [1] - I'm not much of a graphics artist, but hopefully it'll get the concept across. The use case I see for this feature is basically the same use case that the regular launcher-progressbar fills. When you have an application that's doing something, it's nice to

Re: [Unity-design] Compiz Spread

On 02/29/2012 01:14 AM, Nekhelesh wrote: On 02/29/2012 12:07 AM, Petko wrote: On 02/29/2012 12:32 AM, Nekhelesh wrote: @Jonathan Meek, It is not sufficient that the application titles are displayed on the top bar since a user would be focussing on the application window rather than the top b

Re: [Unity-design] Compiz Spread

On 02/29/2012 12:07 AM, Petko wrote: On 02/29/2012 12:32 AM, Nekhelesh wrote: @Jonathan Meek, It is not sufficient that the application titles are displayed on the top bar since a user would be focussing on the application window rather than the top bar. Also it makes sense to have all the a

Re: [Unity-design] Quicklists instead of Tray-Icon-Menu

On 02/29/2012 12:41 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: Yes, you've grasped the basic idea. Indicators are meant primarily as an indication of something, like a notification that you can or should respond to. Many applications should rather use a quicklist than an indicator. I absolutely agree tha

Re: [Unity-design] Compiz Spread

On 02/29/2012 12:32 AM, Nekhelesh wrote: @Jonathan Meek, It is not sufficient that the application titles are displayed on the top bar since a user would be focussing on the application window rather than the top bar. Also it makes sense to have all the application titles displayed beneath th

Re: [Unity-design] Very impressed with the latest changes

someone who doesn't particularly care to learn new things, but just wants things to make sense. I think we're there! Hsssh! Don't tell anyone. It's supposed to be a secret! After all, we're not supposed to reach the 200 mill target until three years from now! Seriously; we're not there. Co

Re: [Unity-design] Quicklists instead of Tray-Icon-Menu

Yes, you've grasped the basic idea. Indicators are meant primarily as an indication of something, like a notification that you can or should respond to. Many applications should rather use a quicklist than an indicator. I absolutely agree that Transmission should rather use Quicklists than in

Re: [Unity-design] some icons at low resolution

On 28/02/12 21:41, supernova wrote: Thanks a lot. What about libreoffice? If it can help, this happens also with Oneiric, where skype is included in ubuntu partners. It doesn't happen in gnomeshell environment which is, under some point of view, similar to Unity. Best regards Supernova Lib

Re: [Unity-design] Compiz Spread

On 02/28/2012 10:30 PM, Petko wrote: On 02/28/2012 09:23 PM, Nekhelesh Ramananthan wrote: Hi all, The compiz spread that is currently seen in Ubuntu is a nice way to see all the applications running. However, when you have many windows open it can sometimes be confusing which window is what.

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

On 02/28/2012 11:54 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote: Hibernate is disabled by default in Precise so that shouldn't be as big of a problem. :-) http://pad.lv/812394 Jeremy Oh ,well that solves that . I was with precise for some time , but I didn't have time to deal with the bugs , so now on Oneiric I'm

Re: [Unity-design] Is there a reason Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right/Up/Down was disabled?

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 01:56, Josh Strawbridge wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:28 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < > frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> AH.. now i see.. >>> i think it's better for blender3d users.. >>> >>> > unless they changed something recently, or if it's a shortcut in

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

On 28 February 2012 15:15, Petko wrote: > Also I want to raise a question as a user of Ubuntu : Why is there no "are > you sure" dialogue for Suspend or Hibernate ? At least once every week I > click one of those by accident (I did it yesterday again) and that's a lot > for an action that's very r

Re: [Unity-design] some icons at low resolution

> this is fixable (it is not in the binary) the skype package has files /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop, which references /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png which is a 48px square icon and this is the thing that gets used by Unity. > > Thanks a lot. What about libreoffice? If it can help, this ha

Re: [Unity-design] Very impressed with the latest changes

Thanks for the hint. I hadn't noticed that change between Oneiric and Precise. Now I must find something else to complain about it. I'm very serious about loving the recent changes. I think I'm a fair representative of the elderly community .. someone who doesn't particularly care to le

Re: [Unity-design] Compiz Spread

On 02/28/2012 09:23 PM, Nekhelesh Ramananthan wrote: Hi all, The compiz spread that is currently seen in Ubuntu is a nice way to see all the applications running. However, when you have many windows open it can sometimes be confusing which window is what. I was reading through some blog post

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

On 02/28/2012 08:54 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: As you know, Mark, I have always maintained (most strongly in a meeting with you on May 13th last year) that the menu should not contain System Settings items at all. Presenting system settings, software updates, and session commands in a singl

Re: [Unity-design] Very impressed with the latest changes

Den 28. feb. 2012 20:00, skrev Lance: PS: nit-picker that I am, one thing I wish I could do is add the date to the clock display, eg: Tue Feb 28, 12:58 PM. Look in System Settings > Time and date > Clock. That's where you add the date and other things. Cool, huh? :) -- Jo-Erlend Schin

Re: [Unity-design] Compiz Spread

Designs are currently in place to show the application titles in the top bar on hover as well as work out an option for closing from within the spread. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Nekhelesh Ramananthan < krnekhel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The compiz spread that is currently seen in

Re: [Unity-design] Very impressed with the latest changes

Hi Lance, I believe at the moment you can add the date to the clock display for enabling that option in the time & date setting. Thought I must ask, did you want it to be displayed by default in a fresh install? or you wanted that feature to be implemented? Nekhelesh On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:00

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

On 02/28/2012 12:11 AM, Ian Santopietro wrote: I'll argue that the 60 sec timeout popups are better than the current two in one situation . If there's two entries Restart and Shut down , and each has its own timer it's possible to click on whatever you like to do and forget about it , whereas now

Re: [Unity-design] FW: Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

On 28 February 2012 12:59, nick rundy wrote: The point is that it is NOT a Control Center panel that it launches. It launches an action queue for Printers. Not a settings panel integrated into the settings app. In GNOME Shell or Classic, we're using upstream's integrated Printers pa

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

> > Why would you "stretch" them out ? > > in every type of quicklist is *truncated*: > > And, if they are truncated, they run the risk of losing all inherent value. Also, you need to define how long is too long while considering the font size on Ubuntu Quicklists is larger than 7's so we can't hav

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

Why would you "stretch" them out ? in every type of quicklist is *truncated*: windows: http://www.mydigitallife.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/windows-7-jumplists.jpg linux: http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/06/dockbarx-main.png Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:34:56 -0500 Subject: Re: [Unity-de

Re: [Unity-design] some icons at low resolution

On 28/02/12 15:37, supernova wrote: Hi to all. I have noticed that some icons are at very low resolution. I refer to these cases: a) skype icon in the dash: it really seams a very small icon, at low resolution, which was zoomed in many times. b) libreoffice-pack icons (write, calc, impress) in t

[Unity-design] Compiz Spread

Hi all, The compiz spread that is currently seen in Ubuntu is a nice way to see all the applications running. However, when you have many windows open it can sometimes be confusing which window is what. I was reading through some blog post about Gnome Shell having a similar feature but they provi

Re: [Unity-design] HUD: tab completion is a must-have

"Express goals and intention" is what i was thinking. That's how I've been using adaptable-gimp and its task-sets prior to the hud. http://adaptablegimp.org/w/Welcome_to_AdaptableGIMP Hud is not as efficient yet as the task sets for A-gimp, But would be good if people can add their own contribu

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

On 28. feb. 2012 17:40, Omar B. wrote: >The same way you accidentally trigger the Launcher. is always visible now. And the problem with accidentally opening the launcher has been fixed by adding reveal pressure. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design

[Unity-design] Thoughts about reorganizing indicators?

This question pops up from time to time. Some people would like to reorganize their indicators on the panel. I don't know exactly how that order is determined. (I would like to, so please tell). In this case, the specific question on AskUbuntu was how to move the weather indicator closer to the

Re: [Unity-design] some icons at low resolution

Are you using raster icons? That would explain distortion and pixelation. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:37 AM, supernova wrote: > Hi to all. I have noticed that some icons are at very low resolution. > I refer to these cases: > > a) skype icon in the dash: it really seams a very small icon, at low

[Unity-design] Very impressed with the latest changes

I generally don't say much unless I'm totally freaked out, ask Mark, but I'm so very impressed with the latest changes in both Unity and Unity-2D that I thought a heart felt thank you was in order. I'm not very smart, in fact downright stupid at times, and I now find Unity to be truly simple eno

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Shuttleworth wrote on 28/02/12 07:59: > > On 27/02/12 14:51, Jeremy Bicha wrote: >> >> On 27 February 2012 08:06, Nekhelesh Ramananthan >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Reading through the replies from Mark Shuttleworth, Paul, Omar >>> B., I propose t

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

We have a confirmation dialogue when the user clicks shut down, and they can also select restart from this menu. So why don't we change the menu so there is instead an option to 'end session', which then leads to a confirmation dialogue that includes all the possible options to end a session?

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

On Tue 28 Feb 2012 14:38:29 GMT, nick rundy wrote: >>>2) Not able to jump strata to the app or document you are working on If you want to switch between applications, use the ALT+GRAVE (Alt+`) keyboard shortcut. This cycles between windows of the same application. It is one of the AWESOMEST sh

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

> > I think a list of open windows could be added to the quicklist. Is simple > and would come in handy. > > Let's say you do this, right now, writing this email, the name of my window is "Gmail - Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit - obscure.em...@notreal.com - Google Chrome" And web title

Re: [Unity-design] Installing Apps right from the Dash

On 28/02/12 08:18, Omar B. wrote: > > > > > > Do you have any support for your claim that "lots of people" prefer > > > using the Dash to Software Center for installing apps? > > > > > > You cant install apps just yet without opening usc, but the feature is > > in progress: > > https://bugs.la

Re: [Unity-design] bring more user friendly switch application tab on unity bar

thanks for the heads up, Nick. i only familiar with alt tab and windows logo + tab. i'll give it a try tomorrow at office. :) On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, nick rundy wrote: > Charles, are you familiar with the Super+1-0, Alt+Tab, Alt+` (grave), and > Ctrl+Tab keyboard shortcuts? I find thes

Re: [Unity-design] FW: Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

>>>The point is that it is NOT a Control Center panel that it launches. It launches an action queue for Printers. Not a settings panel integrated into the settings app. Yes, I agree with you on this point. I was led astray because my box is not behaving as yours is. >>>And just as integral t

[Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

> > Yeah, I've clicked it. > for me clicking "printers" in the Power-Cog and clicking "Printing" in the > System Settings launches the exact same panel/window. If a difference > exists, this weakens the case for changing the order. > The point is that it is NOT a Control Center panel that it launc

Re: [Unity-design] bring more user friendly switch application tab on unity bar

Charles, are you familiar with the Super+1-0, Alt+Tab, Alt+` (grave), and Ctrl+Tab keyboard shortcuts? I find these make navigating between applications, different windows of the same application, and different tabs of the same application very easy and fast. Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:58:43 +

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

>>>Technically, yes. But for a desktop, one of those items are integral, the >>>others optional. Hence, they deserve a distinction. Forgot to add that I was also envisioning "multiple monitors" in addition to laptops when speaking of "Displays." The thinking being that Multiple Monitors

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

> > 1) Hard to rate music > > I asked them to rate music, the average time was 16.3 seconds with > banshee running when it was off the time ruffly rose by 10 seconds, they > all agreed that it is to hard and keeps the users from enjoying the > music so what i propose: > Banshee is no longer the d

Re: [Unity-design] FW: Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

>>>Have you clicked this item? For me it launches a separate application dealing with the printing queue. No, it does not launch the control panel itself (yet). Yeah, I've clicked it. for me clicking "printers" in the Power-Cog and clicking "Printing" in the System Settings launches the exact

[Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

> > "Printers" is also a shortcut to a panel in the system settings. > Have you clicked this item? For me it launches a separate application dealing with the printing queue. No, it does not launch the control panel itself (yet). > clicking "Displays" also launches software to utilize displays.

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

On 28. feb. 2012 15:38, nick rundy wrote: >>>2) Not able to jump strata to the app or document you are working on If you want to switch between applications, use the ALT+GRAVE (Alt+`) keyboard shortcut. This cycles between windows of the same application. It is one of the AWESOMEST shortcuts e

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

>I also like how Spread mode results from a specific user-action, as opposed to Windows 7 which activates the feature simply from the mouse moving over the icon. Mouse hovering over a window is considered an specific user-action (in fact hovering over a surface and waiting a short delay is ho

Re: [Unity-design] HUD: tab completion is a must-have

Thanks Ted! What you express, is exactly what I want. I wouldn't want to _replace_ that with tab completion. I realize I expressed myself somewhat poorly in the original email. It's not that easy to provide a precise description of something you've never seen. :) I have the same goal as you

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

>>>What do you use to select a specific window if you dont like the >>>thumnails/previews ? Selecting windows is not a problem in ubuntu because everything has tabs (eg, nautilus, terminal, firefox, gedit, etc), so I rarely have multiple windows open. But for the rare occasion when I do mome

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

Em 28-02-2012 11:38, nick rundy escreveu: I cannot stand those dang thumbnail popups that occur on Windows 7. I do not think this will be an improvement to the situation, especially considering the ease with which they can unintentionally be triggered due to the Launcher being on the left edge

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

>The same way you accidentally trigger the Launcher. is always visible now. And any hover action would/should only be triggered if launcher is fully visible (even when in auto hide mode) and then it takes a second or 2 for the hover action to display at a specific (or your desire) spot/app. >

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

>>>I also dont see how you would "accidentally" trigger things on the left side if the launcher is *always visible*. Even in firefox the back button is all the way at the top and you can see exactly >>>where the launcher is... I dont even accidently trigger the tooltips... The same way you acc

[Unity-design] some icons at low resolution

Hi to all. I have noticed that some icons are at very low resolution. I refer to these cases: a) skype icon in the dash: it really seams a very small icon, at low resolution, which was zoomed in many times. b) libreoffice-pack icons (write, calc, impress) in this situation: I usually reduce the si

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

I think a list of open windows could be added to the quicklist. Is simple and would come in handy. And since they keep their order, is predictable. I also dont see how you would "accidentally" trigger things on the left side if the launcher is *always visible*. Even in firefox the back button

Re: [Unity-design] HUD: tab completion is a must-have

On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 20:37 +0100, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > This was a lot of text, and I hope you got the point. If I wanted to run > the tests for My guitar effects studio, I would use this phrase: "pr\t > my g\t te\t ru\t", which would expand to "Projects > My guitar effects > studio > Te

[Unity-design] Change shortcuts: Alt+F1 and Alt+F2 to Super+F1 and Super+F2

Since multiple keyboard shortcut changes are apparently landing in 12.04, don't you think it makes sense to carry the change over to Alt+F1 (open Launcher Keyboard Navigation Mode) and Alt+F2 (Run a command)? Both of these keyboard shortcuts currently involve revealing the Dash and/or the Laun

[Unity-design] bring more user friendly switch application tab on unity bar

dear unity design team, my biggest complaint is it is a pain to switch tabs on unity especially when using pidgin to see the pidgin buddy list while having conversation. to switch between apps open is kind of hard compared to the old one where it spread on the task bar and grouped when the task ba

Re: [Unity-design] Installing Apps right from the Dash

On 02/27/2012 08:37 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: On 27. feb. 2012 13:57, Chris Wilson wrote: This sounds like it would be really useful if simply clicking on an app in the recommendations list installed it for you. A progress bar, similar to the one use for processes on the Dash could appear

Re: [Unity-design] Tweaking ubuntu interface just a little bit

>>>2) Not able to jump strata to the app or document you are working on If you want to switch between applications, use the ALT+GRAVE (Alt+`) keyboard shortcut. This cycles between windows of the same application. It is one of the AWESOMEST shortcuts ever invented. I cannot stand those dang th

[Unity-design] FW: FW: Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

Since both "Displays" and "Printers" are represented in the System Settings, "Attached Devices" should either list above or below them (ie, keep Printers & Displays together). I switched order accordingly: ___ System Settings Software Up To Date ___ Attac

Re: [Unity-design] FW: Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

>>>"Displays" is a shortcut to a panel in the system settings "Printers" is also a shortcut to a panel in the system settings. >>>while "Printers" and (for me) "Webcam" in the middle section launch software >>>to utilize those things. clicking "Displays" also launches software to utilize disp

Re: [Unity-design] FW: Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

"Displays" is a shortcut to a panel in the system settings while "Printers" and (for me) "Webcam" in the middle section launch software to utilize those things. This sort of categorization breaks down when considering why "Software Up-to-Date" (Which really irks me that that is still not hyphenated

[Unity-design] FW: Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

Guys, what about slightly rearranging the order of the power-cog entries? Can I file a bug for this? Do I have agreement? This arrangement would seem more logical to me: ___ System Settings Software Up To Date ___ Displays Attached Devices Printers __

Re: [Unity-design] Power-Cog turning blue when software updates are available off the table?

On 27/02/12 16:15, nick rundy wrote: I thought at one point there was supposed to be a blue-highlight of the Power-Cog when software updates are available. since there is an entry in the Power-Cog: "Software Is Up To Date" wouldn't it be a beneficial feature for the Power-Cog to turn blue color

Re: [Unity-design] Unity Scrollbars with a touch screen are very hard to use.

Bugs have been filed. See below for the bug numbers if you are interested. On 28 February 2012 08:34, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > We should: > > * support pgUp-pgDn in the Dash > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/942492 > > * use overlay scrollbars (i.e. they widen on mouse proximit

Re: [Unity-design] Installing Apps right from the Dash

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:18, Omar B. wrote: > >> > > >> > > Do you have any support for your claim that "lots of people" prefer >> > > using the Dash to Software Center for installing apps? >> > >> > >> > You cant install apps just yet without opening usc, but the feature is >> > in progress: >>

Re: [Unity-design] Is there a reason Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right/Up/Down was disabled?

Le 28/02/2012 02:30, nick rundy a écrit : Guys consider these keyboard shortcuts instead of the currently proposed ones. these basically keep the same pattern of old (e.g., Alt+F10 maximizes window and Alt+F9 minimizes window) but instead switches ALT for SUPER. Alt+F10 becomes Super+F10

Re: [Unity-design] Unity Scrollbars with a touch screen are very hard to use.

We should: * support pgUp-pgDn in the Dash * use overlay scrollbars (i.e. they widen on mouse proximity) * support good touch gesture scrolling too Please feel free to file bugs accordingly. Mark -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpa

Re: [Unity-design] Installing Apps right from the Dash

> > > > > > Do you have any support for your claim that "lots of people" prefer > > > using the Dash to Software Center for installing apps? > > > > > > You cant install apps just yet without opening usc, but the feature is > > in progress: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/7325

Re: [Unity-design] Are there plans to add "Reboot" item to the power-cog menu in panel?

On 27/02/12 14:51, Jeremy Bicha wrote: On 27 February 2012 08:06, Nekhelesh Ramananthan wrote: Hi all, Reading through the replies from Mark Shuttleworth, Paul, Omar B., I propose the following solution. 1. Integrate Startup Applications into the gnome control center (removal from power cog m

Re: [Unity-design] Include MyUnity By Default

On 28/02/12 03:47, Ryan Gauger wrote: I am not sure if we are the ones who deal with this stuff, but I think (along with another person at OMG! Ubuntu! That MyUnity tweaking tool should be installed by default. CCSM is too complicated for the beginner Ubuntu user. MyUnity is a great easy-to-us

Re: [Unity-design] Indeterminate Progress Bar On Launcher

It might be worth exploring the use of a spinny in the space we place numbers, but not a progress bar. Mockups welcome. On 28/02/12 05:59, Ian Santopietro wrote: In cases where there is no determined percentage or time remaining, I don't feel it would be appropriate to show a progress bar t

Re: [Unity-design] docky-like launcher magnification on mouseover

Regardless, it's not the behaviour we want. You can nack it in LP. On 28/02/12 05:53, Ian Santopietro wrote: Unfortunately, this specific behavior is patented by Apple, and our use of it would violate the claims made by said patent. On Feb 27, 2012 9:07 PM, "Brett Cornwall"