Re: [Unity-design] the plan for ludicrously high resolution displays

2012-06-12 Thread Callum Saunders
Yeah that would be pretty awful On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Alan Bell wrote: > On 12/06/12 21:38, Callum Saunders wrote: > >> Is scaling everything down really the best way to handle the interface? >> > that screenshot is what it would look like if nothing was done

Re: [Unity-design] the plan for ludicrously high resolution displays

2012-06-12 Thread Callum Saunders
Is scaling everything down really the best way to handle the interface? I do agree that support for Retina Displays is important though, now that apple has a retina laptop all the other OEMs will be rushing to compete and Ubuntu should be able to deal with that. On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Al

Re: [Unity-design] Faster Reply in Unity

2012-06-09 Thread Callum Saunders
For the shortcut savv, there could at least be an option to reply to notifications without there being any clickable elements in the notification itself, for example i receive a 'hi' message in empathy, while that notification is up i can hold ALT and reply, without changing window focus or really

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

2012-05-27 Thread Callum Saunders
That way the perception of speed would only happen after enough usage has happened to work out the most used apps, I think for now apps in the launcher would be sufficient that way the first apps users are likely to try after installing Ubuntu would be the fastest. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 2:25 PM,

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu: synchronizing settings among multiple computers using Ubuntu One

2012-02-21 Thread Callum Saunders
e, Feb 21, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Callum Saunders wrote: > At an OS level the ability to back up contacts, app settings, login > details to the cloud would be of > On 21 Feb 2012, at 17:16, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 6:03 PM, a.gra...@gmail.com wro

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu: synchronizing settings among multiple computers using Ubuntu One

2012-02-21 Thread Callum Saunders
At an OS level the ability to back up contacts, app settings, login details, wallpaper to the cloud would be of great use. Think Android's built in Back-Up service. It would also mean you would be able to log in to any Ubuntu device using your Ubuntu SSO and have your desktop there waiting for

Re: [Unity-design] Mac OSX Mountain Lion thoughts.

2012-02-16 Thread Callum Saunders
I have to say as much as I like the look of it, I don't think i like the implementation of Notification Center on OSX, I much prefer Indicators. It seems like if I missed the notification it would take effort just to find out what the nature of the notification is. Furthermore, what if you already

[Unity-design] Mac OSX Mountain Lion thoughts.

2012-02-16 Thread Callum Saunders
Apple unveiled their next Desktop OS today, i was just wandering what everyone thought of the new features... http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/2801047/mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-preview-photos-video Their turning OSX into iOS, is this a good route to go? -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/