On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 19:08 -0700, Jim March wrote:
> My laptop runs 1280x800 resolution. I just ran an app that seems to
> have re-sized me a lot smaller while it was running - 800x600 at a
> guess. When I came back out, resolution went back to normal but my
> panel is absolutely scrambled to he
On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 13:17 +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
> Surely the Manage Groups button should be disabled if the unlock button
> hasn't been pressed?
I think there is a value in letting people go as far as they can go
without having to unlock, just so they have some idea on what to expect
after t
I'm currently trying to improve the usability of the gnome-system-tools
package. Specifically, the way it interacts with PolicyKit with Unlock
buttons. The relevant bug reports are:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578578
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558976
If you open the U
On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 08:58 -0400, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote:
> For those who want to know more about this proposed change, here is a common
> rational for the arrow position in Windows, Mac, and the web:
>
> v users perceive arrow as bigger on top so the list should contain the
> "biggest" items
This is a comment that isn't super-related to your actual ideas, but it
is something I've been thinking about with tab widgets:
Would it be better to make the tab widget in two parts, one for the
strip of tabs, and another for the actual contents of the tab? With the
current widget, I don't believ
On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 14:03 -0500, Philip Ganchev wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Dokuro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ... lots of people use the master
> > volume control (seating next of the notification area) with the mouse
> > wheel; ...
>
> And those who have a hardware volume knob
On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 22:39 -0800, Kirk Bridger wrote:
> Thanks Andy, great points.
>
> I think we have a basic question here that nobody is really asking:
> are users going to want to adjust volume per app? Yes, I know some of
> us may, but would users really use it?
It is a good question to as
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 06:42 -0800, Kirk Bridger wrote:
> Put another way, isn't there some way we can just intelligently guess
> which apps should be louder? For example, the application I'm
> currently working in versus background. Application notification vs
> application output (like music pla
On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 12:41 -0500, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 17:37 +0100, Diego Moya wrote:
> > And this is how it would be used in applications that require direct
> > sound input, like the media player:
> > http://www.imagebam.com/image/920a1620009224
>
> So is this being s
> (mostly related: IMHO a more important issue is that the volume control
> through the list is not the same as for example Totem's volume control.
> Having to check two places where one application is silenced sounds like
> a bad idea to me.)
Yes, it is bad, but if there was a standard volume co
This is mostly related, but kind of not related. I think that instead of
(or at least as well as) having a list of all applications with audio
happening, so you can modify their volume, there should be a volume
slider as part of the window decoration.
Bad mockup:
http://www.ultra-premium.com/scrat
For the benefit of those who don't like rapidshare, I've mirrored the
images here:
http://www.ultra-premium.com/scratch/nautilus/old.png
http://www.ultra-premium.com/scratch/nautilus/new.png
(I'll leave them there for at least a month)
Now the obvious question: What benefit does this change hav
> Windows does query-drag on the right button, but (as one of the
> comments in the bug report alludes to) they do this by waiting for the
> mouse-up event to decide whether a query-drag has happened or (if not)
> the context menu should be shown. I've never found this a major
> distracti
Is there a Windows or OSX equivalent? Can anyone test to see what they
do? (I'll try to remember to test on my Windows machine at work on
Monday).
I've kind of gone about this the way I don't really like (theorizing
about what would be best, rather than making a demo of both options and
doing an e
In the HIG there is a section on the Query Drag:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/input-mouse.html.en#drag-drop-query
10.1.3.1.2. Query Drag
Allow the user to drag objects with the middle button , or with Alt left
button. Pop up a menu when the mouse button is released, offering the
>
> Hmm, rather too much information in your face there, I would say-- so
> much that they've had to use bright green arrows to point out the
> important bits[3]! Think I'd have to read everything at least twice to
> figure out what to do.
>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
Yeah, I got faced with th
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