On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:18, Omar B. wrote:
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>> > >
>> > > 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:
>>
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 01:14, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 26. feb. 2012 22:49, Adrian Maier wrote:
>> Locating/searching is one thing . And the actual storage of the
>> files is another thing .
>>
>> Let's not mix those two things together.
>
>
>
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 05:52, Michael Hall wrote:
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>> Locating/searching is one thing . And the actual storage of the
>> files is another thing .
>>
>> Let's not mix those two things together.
>>
> A filesystem, hierachical or not, is nothing more than a simple database
> with a specially craf
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 03:12, Josh Strawbridge
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> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
> wrote:
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>> On 26. feb. 2012 17:55, Josh Strawbridge wrote:
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>>>
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>>> when reading through this i thought the premise was more along the lines
>>> that the user doesn't know wha
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 21:10, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 26. feb. 2012 19:23, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 20:02, Michael Hall wrote:
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>>>> The hierachical directories is concept too deeply used in all
>>>> ope
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 20:02, Michael Hall wrote:
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>> The hierachical directories is concept too deeply used in all
>> operating systems . It will not go away just because many users use
>> their computers only for web and searching photos/videos/music .
>>
> Phones and Tablets don't expose a
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 17:08, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 26. feb. 2012 14:55, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> Yes , that's the point . With a classic apps menu it's super-easy to see
>> the big picture : see what applications are available .
>
>
> Again, th
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 22:07, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On 02/25/2012 07:58 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote:
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>> Directory based navigation is a bad concept for modern computing. Not
>> even Windows is holding on to that in Windows 8. Users don't care about
>> folders or files. They only want to intera
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:32, Matt Richardson
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> Whilst it's great that finding applications can now be done by tags, I was
> actually referring to replacing the whole folder/fie system with tags.
You can already have that : just save every file in a single
directory and prefix each fi
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 08:22, Josh Strawbridge
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> the dash and apps lens do allow you to browse your applications it's just
> not near as streamlined as the old menus or the dash search is and because
> of that the general experience of browsing applications in the dash for a
> number of us
dual clicks aren't hard or time consuming in this scenario.
I don't agree, but whatever ...
> On Feb 25, 2012 10:37 AM, "Adrian Maier" wrote:
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>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 17:52, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
>> wrote:
>> > On 25. feb. 2012 16:38, Adrian Maier
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 17:52, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 25. feb. 2012 16:38, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> There is a possibility to browse by categories. I know that you know this.
>> Perhaps you should explain why Windows' way of doing it is better?
>> Becau
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 15:48, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 25. feb. 2012 13:40, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 00:04, Michael Hall wrote:
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>>> The Dash is more like a search engine than a directory listing. Think of
>>> it
>
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 21:59, nick rundy wrote:
> I think the community (at a minimum) needs to ask Mozilla and TDF to change
> toolkits for their Linux offerings. Frankly, Firefox's
> appearance/presentation on Linux is rather pathetic. Just take a look at the
> forums and lots of folks are post
some more research , and it turns out that there are already
some unofficial solutions :
cardapio ,clasicmenu-indicator ,bliss .
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/use-classic-menu-in-unity-classicmenu.html
http://iloveubuntu.net/unity-bliss-lens-introduces-dash-view-ubuntu-1110
Cheers,
Adrian
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 17:43, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 23. feb. 2012 16:19, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> I obviously had no idea about the possibility to start this gnome-panel
>> inside Unity . Thanks for the tip !
>
> You're welcome. Use AskUbuntu. Nobo
..@gmail.com
>> CC: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net
>> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of
>> Unity
>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 13:17, pjssi...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> > Dear Adrian,
>> >
>&g
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 15:36, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 23. feb. 2012 12:27, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 00:55, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
>> wrote:
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>>> On 22. feb. 2012 23:13, Adrian Maier wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 13:17, pjssi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear Adrian,
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Adrian Maier wrote:
>> Wow , that's a shocking suggestion : in order to see what's
>> available I need to start an application.
>> And this is supp
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 00:55, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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> On 22. feb. 2012 23:13, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> The classic gnome2 menu is so efficient that I don't feel the need to
>> create shortcuts for applications ... That's why i find it extremely
>> produ
hose pieces for their specific purposes, not try to make everything do
> everything.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 22/02/12 15:29, Adrian Maier wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 17:19, nick rundy wrote:
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>>> The problem is having to "expand" options,
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 00:00, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 22/02/12 15:38, Sunil Singh Rana wrote:
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>> Why not have filter result shown by default, and at least in app lense
>> deselect a particular filter as soon as other filter is selected. Use may be
>> ctrl click or double click to select multiple
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 17:12, Omar B. wrote:
> Here is the bug report for people who want alternative views in lenses for
> better browsing (like list view):
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-lens-applications/+bug/741014
This bug is only about having a different , more compact , presentation
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 17:19, nick rundy wrote:
> The problem is having to "expand" options, like the "See more results"
> option. Too much stuff is being crammed into the dash.
>
> For example, on the Applications Lens, users should be able to use setting
> to configure it so that it ONLY shows
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 16:52, Omar B. wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
>
> i was just talking about Apps lens witht another user.
>
> i think the Apps lens (and maybe other lenses) could benefit of a "List
> view" (smaller icons and text on the side as you may see on nautilus), to
> showcase more items faster
Hello people,
Today I've been curious to see what is the current status of Unity
compared to the version shipped last year with 11.04.
So i've installed the Ubuntu daily beta 12.04 in a virtual machine .
The main thing I would like to comment about is :navigation around
the available applic
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