[Unity-design] HUD: missing information from the message menu

2015-03-30 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
dded attention. I think it's important since that information can come from anywhere. (There might be a Messages menu in the current app, for instance) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : h

Re: [Unity-design] sharing a Thunderbid add-on with you

2012-05-11 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
list is only for Unity Design – the future of the shell. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Religion in the Ubuntu namespace

2012-05-11 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
doing it, then we'd be fermenting differences and off-topic would grow completely out of control. There are messages that are off-topic for Unity, but on-topic for Ubuntu. It would be nice if we could limit that as well. But that's another issue. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: ht

Re: [Unity-design] Religion in the Ubuntu namespace

2012-05-11 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
is a calm place to work. Religion is something I can easily discuss for hundreds of hours. But I need to pick the time and place. And this is not it. Here, it's all about Ubuntu for me. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists

[Unity-design] Religion in the Ubuntu namespace

2012-05-10 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
cause it's the one and only time I do. And it feels wrong to me, that I should be forced out of the community because of my non-religious beliefs – weird as they may be. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Replacing Nautilus

2012-05-06 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
a needs to be added automatically. Otherwise, you're still adapting to the system, and not vice versa. It sounds like a fairly simple task, but I think it's something that needs to mature over large amounts of time. But there's no obstacles to develop something like this right no

Re: [Unity-design] Replacing Nautilus

2012-05-06 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
gt; Zeitgeist can pretty much provide this right now. Would need a good GUI, though. Replacing the filesystem itself, is something else entirely. Think I can just guarantee that won't happen. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-des

Re: [Unity-design] unity-distilled list proposal

2012-05-03 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
at exactly does it mean that it'll be public, unmoderated and invite-only? If the goal is to enhance the debates, I think it's important that anyone is able to lurk and learn. I also think such a list should have very clearly defined scopes. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://

Re: [Unity-design] Minimize on launcher icon click

2012-04-30 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
r. :) Do all single-instance, single-window applications have anything special in common? Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] dash, embarrassing pic and clear recent history

2012-04-24 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
story and not everything else? > There should be something similar to Android launcher where you can > simply drag an item to the trash and delete it. I wrote about that. You can do it in Gnome Activity Journal. Right click and "Delete item from Journal". Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mail

Re: [Unity-design] Authenticating lenses

2012-04-24 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
;t yet support OAuth tokens that way? It's not obvious that any data a scope encapsulates, comes from a web based service. You might have an LDAP catalog of people, for instance, which requires some form of authentication/authorization. So yes, I'd think a general solution would be requir

Re: [Unity-design] dash, embarrassing pic and clear recent history

2012-04-24 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
og using Gnome Activity Journal. Right-click and choose "Delete item from Journal" Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Authenticating lenses

2012-04-24 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
to use certain credentials in order to obtain an OAuth token. There's currently no way to do that, or at least no unified way. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design

Re: [Unity-design] Authenticating lenses

2012-04-24 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 24. april 2012 16:28, skrev Alan Bell: > On 24/04/12 14:57, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: >> I'll take the opportunity to remind everyone of the >> http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-app-devel mailinglist. (I'm CCing it). >> I don't think logging in and that type

Re: [Unity-design] Authenticating lenses

2012-04-24 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
should be done in lenses at all. I'd present the user with a normal dialog if there isn't a valid OAuth token. But it is an interesting question. Perhaps "Authorization required" should be seen as messages and added to the message menu with a red envelope? Just an idea. Jo-Erl

Re: [Unity-design] integrating powers of the shell in applications

2012-04-22 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
tting a very nice reception from the Gnome design team. > All applications that use GtkRecentManager will automatically work though? I'd think it was more about apps written in Qt, XUL and others. But yes, more integration will be good. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://la

Re: [Unity-design] integrating powers of the shell in applications

2012-04-22 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
x27;s lots of work to do though. But yes, it makes perfect sense. You can't make good choices without the necessary information. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] , brainstorming maximized rectangle windows, Was: design, give a suitable direction forward

2012-04-17 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
p, icon > to show menu, window title, app name, indicators. > This is how it looks in Ubuntu: http://ubuntuone.com/7NFfFgZJl4klWnnickXW8L Can you explain why we should have another button and add them to the desktop instead? Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~un

Re: [Unity-design] Suggestion for Dynamic LIM for Ubuntu 12.10

2012-04-17 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
the Locally Integrated Menus. It is also used in Kubuntu to provide something similar to HUD. > My thoughts on LIM has been put to rest nicely. Forward to trying > 12.04 stable with HUD. :) HUD is actually a fantastic tool. It takes a little for it to become a natural way of doing things, but

Re: [Unity-design] Suggestion for Dynamic LIM for Ubuntu 12.10

2012-04-17 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
rt. As far as I'm aware, there's been no discussion about removing global menus. In thar regard, this is an extra option. But this doesn't really exist in public yet, so nothing is certain. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to :

Re: [Unity-design] Suggestion for Dynamic LIM for Ubuntu 12.10

2012-04-17 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 17. april 2012 21:56, skrev Ryan Gauger: > Could somebody please explain to us what it is please? I don't know > what it is either. Thanks! > I provided a link that explains this, only two hours ago: https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg08710.html Jo-Erlend Schinsta

Re: [Unity-design] Suggestion for Dynamic LIM for Ubuntu 12.10

2012-04-17 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
alMenu instead of GlobalMenu? I don't know if > you guys understand what I mean, but I think it could be a good way > for LIM to operate. All of these questions were answered by John Lea about a month ago. Please read it: https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg08710.html Jo-Erlend

Re: [Unity-design] Is Unity 5.10 the reference implementation of Unity Specification 1.0?

2012-04-16 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
– we want to attract those. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Is Unity 5.10 the reference implementation of Unity Specification 1.0?

2012-04-16 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
b anyway. What we can do, is teach, communicate and provide good documentation for all aspects of Ubuntu. But in order for that to happen, we need a comprehensible system; for documenters, developers, and users. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : uni

Re: [Unity-design] Is Unity 5.10 the reference implementation of Unity Specification 1.0?

2012-04-16 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
That was the Old Ubuntu. In the New Ubuntu, documentation is easy to find. There are paths to follow when you want to learn something. All documentation is obviously either relevant or irrelevant. You should never ever feel that learning something new is a gamble. Unity should lead by example.

[Unity-design] Is Unity 5.10 the reference implementation of Unity Specification 1.0?

2012-04-16 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
s important to distinguish between the implementations and The Specification. It should also make Unity more attractive as a development platform in general. Can we please do this? It'll make it so much easier to communicate properly. Thanks, Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing lis

Re: [Unity-design] dash opening

2012-04-16 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
going to take a while I imagine but then it was also slow when it had the big application shortcuts in 11.10. It's not so much about CPU. It's mostly a matter of having a good driver for your VGA. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
n, but you are able to. That is why Alt is more suitable as a default than any other key on the keyboard, except maybe Caps-Lock, but that's in use by developers all the time, so that shouldn't be default. In any case, you should be able to write with both hands. Always. --

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
though obviously not quite as comfortably. I'd very much like to get a keyboard with a slightly smaller space bar so that super and alt could be moved further to the right. But without changing the layout radically, I see no way I would ever be able to use Ctrl as comfortab

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
;s much more comfortable than the Ctrl-key, which requires me to lift my arm or twist my hand. Do you have a weird keyboard, or do you have weird hands? :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
table, right? :) The Alt-key has been used like that for decades. For instance, to access File > Open, you do Alt+F, Alt+O. Doing things like that is much, _much_, faster if you don't move your hands out of position. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unit

Re: [Unity-design] thank you

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
behaves properly, and makes an effort should always be welcome. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
index finger on F, I can easily access Alt with my left thumb. There's no way for me to access Ctrl without moving away from F or J. I do use Alt all the time, though. To switch between tabs, for instance. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design P

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 14. april 2012 17:19, skrev supernova: ALT is easier to touch only for me? Supernova Yes, it's easier for you. It's easier for me too. :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscri

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
g Alt "copy" more often than I use Ctrl+C. Though Alt "save" requires more keystrokes, it's both faster and more comfortable than using Ctrl+S, since that requires me to move my hands. If the access key for HUD was moved to Ctrl, it would be far less useful for me.

Re: [Unity-design] question

2012-04-14 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
. Hackers like it. You hit CTRL once to launch expressive HUD gui. Regular users like it. I don't really understand that question. Why is CTRL better than Alt? And what do you mean by "cryptic HUD action"? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity

Re: [Unity-design] Fwd: switching amongst application instances from the unity panel is ineffective (some suggestions on how it could be fixed/improved)

2012-04-11 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
esign tool-kit and Unity Task Switching specification. Someone should have a look at how emails are sent out when people use that contact thing. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://lau

Re: [Unity-design] emergency! global menu in 12.04

2012-04-07 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
art of the code is just a part of the code. What do you say? Please, reply! My understanding is that there won't be time to allow LIM to go into 12.04 at all? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsu

Re: [Unity-design] Which folders does home lens search for applications

2012-04-07 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
tting under the tree with the forbidden fruit. ) Just saying.. :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Which folders does home lens search for applications

2012-04-07 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
icult when you can't rely on locations. Homeless dotfiles too, annoys me to no end. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.lau

[Unity-design] Using a smartphone as a wireless touchpad?

2012-04-03 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
red, since it's likely that many of those who will design those other products are paying attention to this list, I might as well bring it up here. What do you think? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net

Re: [Unity-design] Redemption Codes for Ubuntu Software Center

2012-03-27 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
software from one user to another. Interesting question, and I think it would be useful in other situations as well. However, I don't think this list is the right place for that discussion. I'd take it to ubuntu-app-de...@lists.ubuntu.com. http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-app-devel --

Re: [Unity-design] what does set up broadcast account mean?

2012-03-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
I agree that "broadcast" is a suboptimal term to use. But the question is; what would be better? At least for now, I think the term "social networks" is better. Or "microblogs". I guess it all depends on how Gwibber will be used in the future. -- Jo-Erlend Schi

Re: [Unity-design] Scrollbars in Dash

2012-03-23 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
gave His one and only Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not die but have eternal life." - John 3:16 I very much agree with that. I'd think most users now have another way of scrolling than clicking and dragging the scrollbars, but some do, and they shouldn't be neglec

Re: [Unity-design] HUD: questions about using parent menu items as default actions.

2012-03-22 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
ications that have no visible interface, but is designed specifically for the HUD, like my Quickly-thing is. That changes things. And I think those kinds of applications can be quite useful. So to me, the question is not if, but how. I don't think it necessarily has to be too complicated. Ad

[Unity-design] HUD: questions about using parent menu items as default actions.

2012-03-18 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
s like a useful feature. This is a way to use menu structures that isn't common for visible menus, but I imagine this will be quite useful for many applications that has deep structures and wants to optimize for the HUD. So I hope I can get some feedback on this. Thanks. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Ability to remove Spaces-Icon from launcher for my parents :)

2012-03-16 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
a charming guy. But the virtualization thing caused some major problems for him. For instance, it wasn't possible to discover menus or window controls because of the top panel. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-d

Re: [Unity-design] Data sharing protocoll in Ubuntu

2012-03-13 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
to provide more specific examples. It was very difficult to understand what you meant. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Important Message

2012-03-10 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
ruptive on this mailing list, because it creates noise that has nothing to do with software development. I would also consider the possibility that people will add your address to their spam filters. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to

Re: [Unity-design] No more dodge windows in Unity?

2012-03-08 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
, etc. This is the effect we need. But that requires that after 30-60 minutes, the user will feel confident that this is something they will be able to learn if they choose to. There must be no confusion or negative surprises during that first hour. To me, the dodge effect was cool

[Unity-design] Make design/testing contribs easier by providing better API docs earlier.

2012-03-07 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
lay with, which helps promote Unity in general. Does it make sense, and is it something you'll be willing to consider in the future? Thanks for reading :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] HUD: players in sound menu is not accessible.

2012-03-07 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 07. mars 2012 15:28, skrev Paul Sladen: Please could you file this in a bug on Launchpad: Done: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/949032. There wasn't really that much to add, though. :) But I'm glad to hear it's supposed to work. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mail

Re: [Unity-design] HUD: players in sound menu is not accessible.

2012-03-07 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 07. mars 2012 15:19, skrev Colin Law: On 7 March 2012 13:42, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: Since Rhythmbox is in the sound menu and you can access play controls from it directly, I expected it to be accessible with HUD as well. It isn't. It is for me (running unity-2d if that is rel

[Unity-design] HUD: players in sound menu is not accessible.

2012-03-07 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Since Rhythmbox is in the sound menu and you can access play controls from it directly, I expected it to be accessible with HUD as well. It isn't. Are there any plans to make it so, and in that case, will it be internationalized? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list:

Re: [Unity-design] Update Manager Check Boxes

2012-03-06 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
eModel. There are a few other issues with Network Manager as well. For instance, it doesn't remove the model from the view before updating, which probably makes it a lot slower than it should. And it doesn't look good, either. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpa

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
;t want a quicklist item for it. When you pin an application, it should automatically get an entry in startup applications, but it should remain unchecked. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
. You should also be able to do it without opening the spread view, but then by pressing Alt, tapping the button above tab and then enter a number. It's not too far fetched? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launch

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
s and hold Alt, tap BAT, press a number and release Alt. Not quite as powerful as super+num, but I still think it would be an improvement. We'd need some way to organize windows though. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012-03-05 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
want it to automatically start, wouldn't you also pin it to the launcher? It would add some "false positives", but it's easier to remove an entry than it is to create one, so that shouldn't be a problem. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~un

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012-03-03 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
something else. The tool itself is great. It just needs a different "add" dialog that presents applications instead of recently used files and folders. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscri

Re: [Unity-design] adding a startup application is not average user friendly

2012-03-03 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
This is no doubt a bug. When you want to add an application, only applications should be shown, not the recently used media files. Setting an application to start automatically is something anyone and almost everyone should want to do. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.

Re: [Unity-design] Multi-monitor issues

2012-03-03 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
I filed a bug about it here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945847 It seems completely obvious to me that the "speed bump" shouldn't be be used when the launcher is set to always visible. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to

Re: [Unity-design] Multi-monitor issues

2012-03-02 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
s a bug and the solution would be using different values based on the visible-setting on the launcher. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : h

Re: [Unity-design] Multi-monitor issues

2012-03-02 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
e, I think? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

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

2012-02-29 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
inner without leaning forward and looking for it. What about using a spinner of the same size as the entry, above the icon, but below the other status indications? Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-d

Re: [Unity-design] Rationale for multi-selecting filters by default

2012-02-29 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
ut it would also make it more comfortable to browse by category. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

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

2012-02-28 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
all around you are loosing theirs, then you've probably switched to Ubuntu" :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

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

2012-02-28 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
than indicator as its currently being used, simply because it's just a menu and doesn't indicate anything. With regards to Skype, you'll have to use Skype/Microsofts bug tracker, I guess. :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post t

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

2012-02-28 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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? :) -

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

2012-02-28 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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-des

[Unity-design] Thoughts about reorganizing indicators?

2012-02-28 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
ive preferences. It would be a good thing if these things were collected in one place, I think. Perhaps adding Launcher and Indicators to the System Settings > Appearance panel? Thoughts? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to

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

2012-02-28 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
"Alt+BAT (Button Above Tab)". BAT is TAB in reverse, which makes it even easier to remember. Íf everybody does it, then together we can change the world! Or, maybe at least create a new expression. :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.

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

2012-02-28 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
hat's what most people would expect from tab completion, so I don't think that'd disturb anything. Even when using tab completion, you should be able to skip parts of the path. Did that make more sense? :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unit

Re: [Unity-design] HUD: reduce clutter by removing repeated information

2012-02-27 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
e, such as for a group of leaf nodes. It's not very important to me, of course. It would just make things cleaner, and reduce the need to chop parts of the path when it isn't necessary. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post t

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

2012-02-27 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
7;s worth keeping in mind that tab completion wouldn't change anything for people who doesn't use it anyway. It would still be possible to search for "test history" and navigate by arrow keys, but the search itself would be much slower. Thoughts? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

[Unity-design] HUD: reduce clutter by removing repeated information

2012-02-27 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
deration as a pure usability issue. In any case, I think this would be cleaner than repeating the entire path over and over. Thoughts? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

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

2012-02-27 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-27 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
g: user: Adrian did: open file: url: http://blablabla available: yes type: image mime type: blabla description: mockup to make browsing easier in: Firefox by: clicking on a link in: Thunderbird because: it was mentioned by: Josh Strawbridge in: email thread

Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-26 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
what will happen when we're finally able to ditch IPv4 and people are able to connect their computers to others and share data freely. If you're famiar with Last.fm's Scrobbler system, consider a digital life scrobbler that you can share directly with your friends without giant

Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-26 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
easy to do, though it obviously requires some work. Doing that using hierarchical structures, would be much more difficult. Using metadata to describe data content instead of just referring to a location, makes it possible to do extremely cool things with relative ease. That's what the se

Re: [Unity-design] Category-based app browsing, was Re: Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-26 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 26. feb. 2012 18:12, Adrian Maier wrote: On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 17:08, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: On 26. feb. 2012 14:55, Adrian Maier wrote: Yes , that's the point . With a classic apps menu it's super-easy to see the big picture : see what applications are available . Agai

Re: [Unity-design] Category-based app browsing, was Re: Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-26 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 26. feb. 2012 11:35, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On 02/25/2012 10:03 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: Each added step reduces the likelihood that a user becomes aware and sure of the functionality and completes the task. Setting a "Filter" does not fit well into a browsing approach.

Re: [Unity-design] Category-based app browsing, was Re: Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-26 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
requently. I don't understand why anyone would want to optimize for things they hardly ever do. Your email did point out some very strong reasons why the new system is far better, however. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-d

Re: [Unity-design] Dash - Favourites

2012-02-26 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 26. feb. 2012 13:50, Davor wrote: I don`t have control over "Most frequently used" and i like more control. How is it possible that you don't have control over what applications you use most frequently? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~un

Re: [Unity-design] Settled: Re: Quit vs Close - Quicklists

2012-02-26 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
n the case with Transmission, when you really tell it to quit, it will display a dialog asking you to wait for status updates to be sent, etc. This can take some time. How will this be handled? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to

Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
archy. A lot of people seems to have forgotten this already. It's perfectly legal to mean that using searches to access things is a bad idea, but nearly all users will disagree with you. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post t

Re: [Unity-design] Launcher should be optional on secondary displays

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
an try reducing it and see if that helps? -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Category-based app browsing, was Re: Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
ication is used, the less frequently you'll have to look for it as well, meaning it's not the most important aspect to optimize. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Apps available for download suggestions should be kept for searches.

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
d ever find objectionable. I'm not saying it isn't possible to find solutions to these issues, but I think it's an extreme challenge. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscri

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
ing I think should be looked into before release. In any case, when people come here for the first time and do their best to provide information about problems or hints about possible solutions, it's unacceptable for them to get their heads chopped off. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing l

Re: [Unity-design] Difficulty switching between windows

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
lt+tab _does_ only switch between applications. We use alt+(button above tab) to switch between windows. Same solution, different keys. :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchp

Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
no longer intend to spend too much energy with discussing on this topic . From my point of view the issue is solved : now I am aware about several possibilities that will allow me to happily use Unity without cursing every 5 minutes . Sure. There's lots of good software on the internet that

Re: [Unity-design] Apps available for download suggestions should be kept for searches.

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
he PornView application, which is quite appropriate, but would still be offensive to some people. As I stated earlier, I don't think the applications lens should display software from the software center by default at all. But that doesn't have anything to do with what's permi

Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
e the gnome panel. Hopefully this package will be available in the real repositories someday(now it's in ppa). I personally think that's not the right place for it, since it doesn't indicate anything. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-des

Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of Unity

2012-02-25 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
unds as if you want to change the behavior because you're not used to it. But that's not something good design should be based on. Of course, it will always be possible to add something like that if you want it, but that doesn't mean it should be default for all users.

Re: [Unity-design] Remove Pornographic Apps from the "Apps available for download"

2012-02-23 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
But if the main idea was implemented, Ubuntu would most likely seize to exist. Hackers tend not to be extremely focused on helping to create global sensorship. Apple seems to be more interested in participating in that than Microsoft and GNU/Linux is. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: htt

Re: [Unity-design] Remove Pornographic Apps from the "Apps available for download"

2012-02-23 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
e minds of the young by prohibiting information. :) I think I'll go listen to a CD of Frank Zappa now. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Unity-design] Remove Pornographic Apps from the "Apps available for download"

2012-02-23 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
rnographic application* It doesn't matter, you know. It allures to the possibility of naked animals creating offspring. The mere concept is off the scale! This is fun! :) -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@list

Re: [Unity-design] Remove Pornographic Apps from the "Apps available for download"

2012-02-23 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
eligion to be a decease. That doesn't mean I hate the patient. Quite the contrary. I feel great compassion for those who suffer from it. But this is Ubuntu. We can't be responsible for your health. -- Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design P

Re: [Unity-design] Remove Pornographic Apps from the "Apps available for download"

2012-02-23 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
You are becoming a dangerous class of countries; USA, Iran and China. Not all that different, when seen from the outside, but certainly dangerous. Do you really want to discuss porn vs religion with me? I can go on. I really can go on much further than you are probably prepared for. -- Jo-Erle

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