Re: [Unity-design] proposal for making ubuntu really faster

2012-05-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On 05/27/2012 11:53 AM, supernova wrote: I got this idea: let's start automatically the icons on the launcher at login, or at least the most used (I know preload and so on...) as nautilus, firefox, libreoffice. This will give the perception of fast start at the first click. So as you log in nauti

[Unity-design] Desktop as a widget space.

2012-05-28 Thread Sunil Singh Rana
Hello Friends, On my table I use a big sheet -- almost as big as my table -- of transparent glass so that I can display some useful information under it. Desktop in my computer more or less plays the same role. Its a place where I spread my apps windows and use them. *Why not

Re: [Unity-design] Chameleonic theme

2012-05-28 Thread Aditya Vaidya
Matt, Maybe you should create a GitHub Gist for this. I think it'll make updating easier. Sincerely, kroq-gar78 On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Matt Richardson < m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Thank you! I have added that to the script and you can now choose between > the ImageMag

Re: [Unity-design] proposal for making ubuntu really faster

2012-05-28 Thread supernova
Well, after reading all of your comments I think that an option as the libreoffice quickstarter would be the best: one could decide which app make fast, just as now we do with libreoffice. Anyway these feature are maybe matter of each program, so I should contact developers of Nausilus, Firefox, To

Re: [Unity-design] holy shit! your competition did it

2012-05-28 Thread Michael Hall
Unity and Gnome Shell are developed on different design principles, with different methods of adding functionality. While Gnome Shell uses Extensions to allow developers to change the interface, Unity uses Lenses/Scopes, Launchers and Indicators to allow applications to enhance the functionality p

Re: [Unity-design] holy shit! your competition did it

2012-05-28 Thread Ian Santopietro
Unity isn't even in a competition anyway. On May 28, 2012 3:47 AM, "Omer Akram" wrote: > and seriously does it matter what Linus thinks in this very case? > > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Pedro Bessa wrote: > > Hi, > > > > with Gnome Shell Extensions, programmers can change the Gnome interfa

Re: [Unity-design] Software-Center proposals ...

2012-05-28 Thread Omar B .
not sure about the tag cloud, most say is dead: http://woorkup.com/2010/01/20/the-death-of-tag-clouds/ > Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 13:46:31 +0200 > From: sony...@live.de > To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: [Unity-design] Software-Center proposals ... > > * Searching for "vpnc" shows

[Unity-design] Software-Center proposals ...

2012-05-28 Thread Gustav Sony
* Searching for "vpnc" shows just the comandline-tool and hides the "network-manager-vpnc"-plugin as technical item. That would be OK, if there were shown some Add-ons on clicking "More Info". Same with "openvpn", "openconnect", ... * More info on "network-manager-gnome" shows some Add-ons, b

Re: [Unity-design] proposal for making ubuntu really faster

2012-05-28 Thread Matt Richardson
OK so I read your proposal as using graphics to communicate that the process is occuring, even if it is taking longer than usual. I find that the launcher icon pulsing does not provide enough feedback. When you launch a program and it doesn't start for a while, there are (for me anyway) two qu

Re: [Unity-design] holy shit! your competition did it

2012-05-28 Thread Omer Akram
and seriously does it matter what Linus thinks in this very case? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Pedro Bessa wrote: > Hi, > > with Gnome Shell Extensions, programmers can change the Gnome interface! > > from Gnome-Tweak-Tool, users can turn on or off a Gnome Shell Extension! > > Linus Torvalds

Re: [Unity-design] holy shit! your competition did it

2012-05-28 Thread balint...@gmail.com
You are such a hero for opening our blind eyes. 2012/5/28 SorinN > >> before your Holly Shift man, >> think that not all peoples around here can wear your pants >> please be respectful - this is a community not a circle of 3 friends >> around the block >> doesn't matter - high rank or low rank -

Re: [Unity-design] Borderless light-themes

2012-05-28 Thread balint...@gmail.com
+1 for the idea > 2012/5/28 Bilal Akhtar > >> That's because the bugs requesting border less themes were marked fixed, >> and not updated when the change was reverted. The wishlist one is marked >> fixed because it is "fixed for the time being" in light themes, and a long >> term solution is wha

Re: [Unity-design] holy shit! your competition did it

2012-05-28 Thread SorinN
before your Holly Shift man, think that not all peoples around here can wear your pants please be respectful - this is a community not a circle of 3 friends around the block doesn't matter - high rank or low rank - in this community no one should talk on this manner 2012/5/28 Pedro Bessa : > Hi,