[Usability] remove vs delete

2006-07-19 Thread Andre Klapper
hej hej, can anyone please clarify the usage of the terms "remove" vs "delete" with regard to dialogs and buttons? i've searched the archives (yes, via google ;-) and took a look into the HIG but could not find anything. (i'd like to fix http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307443 , that's wh

Re: [Usability] nautilus, mabybe OT here

2006-10-16 Thread Andre Klapper
hi maik, Am Montag, den 16.10.2006, 14:10 +0100 schrieb Maik Sinkovec: > I am not 100% sure but can I place questions/suggestions in regards to > nautilus here? this list is for general discussion of gnome desktop usability. if you have a question/suggestion about nautilus only, please feel free

Re: [Usability] improving alarm productivity

2007-02-21 Thread Andre Klapper
hi matthew, Am Montag, den 19.02.2007, 17:46 -0600 schrieb Matthew Nuzum: > For a while now I've been using Evolution as my PIM and I've noticed a > distinction between its alarms and Outlook's reminders. It seems there > is no concept of dismissing alarms. You can snooze them, but as the > bug ab

Re: [Usability] HIG suggestion

2007-05-27 Thread Andre Klapper
hi, Am Samstag, den 26.05.2007, 19:17 -0400 schrieb Caleb Marcus: > I'd like to make a suggestion for an addition to the GNOME HIG, and > I'd like to know where I can do so. Would I file a bug in the Gnome > Bugzilla? for example, yepp (though your description is as vague as possible ;-): http://

Re: [Usability] debugger installed by default

2007-10-19 Thread Andre Klapper
hi, the gnome-bugsquad list would be a place for this, though i can probably answer your email here. Am Dienstag, den 16.10.2007, 10:44 -0600 schrieb Tim McConnell: > I would like to ask if it would be possible/feasible to include the > debuginfo packages for GNOME by default when installing prog

Re: [Usability] time stamps and privacy

2008-04-15 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Montag, den 14.04.2008, 23:35 -0400 schrieb Yuval Levy: > Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > > The FS of the source is irrelevant. > > > > And it *is* only you or root who can access these thumbnails. Otherwise, > > your $HOME's permissions are either borked or set explicitly and > > knowingly. > >

Re: [Usability] Creating links on desktop

2008-07-02 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Mittwoch, den 02.07.2008, 17:00 +0530 schrieb My Own Linux: > I am working on a document file in a folder /home/user/files/mymy.doc > > I often need to create a shortcut link for this file on desktop. I > want a feature similar to "Send to" desktop. Where should that be located? And why don't

Re: [Usability] suggestions to ameliorate the ergonomics of totem

2008-08-07 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Donnerstag, den 07.08.2008, 20:22 +0200 schrieb Jelle de Jong: > Dorian Bannier wrote: > > What do you think about this proposition? I hope it's the good mailing > > list to do that. > To be more effective with your post, I suggest you create a bug report > on the totem bug reporter. The devel

Re: [Usability] Evolution bug question

2008-08-14 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Donnerstag, den 14.08.2008, 23:38 +0400 schrieb Jasir Alavi: > Very much need and I prefer that too. and... "that" means what here? Having vague "/me too"s doesn't really help in improving the usability of this bug fix... andre -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | failed http://www.iomc.de/ | ht

Re: [Usability] Standard keyboard shortcut for opening a new tab?

2008-11-25 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Dienstag, den 25.11.2008, 15:37 +0200 schrieb natan yellin: > If we're creating guidelines, I'd like to suggest ctrl+page-up and > ctrl+page-down for switching tabs. AFAIK, the only tabbed application > that doesn't currently follow that (with the obvious exception of > Gnome Terminal) is Anjuta

Re: [Usability] Gnome screensaver background should use gconf user background?

2008-12-31 Thread Andre Klapper
Hi Mark, Dnia 2008-12-25, czw o godzinie 22:32 +0100, Mark pisze: > I just changed my gnome background (right click on desktop -> change > desktop background) and right after that locked my computer. > The background i set was visible just fine on my desktop how you would > expect it but the scree

Re: [Usability] GnomeShell - Recent Documents

2009-06-22 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Montag, den 22.06.2009, 20:50 +0530 schrieb Vasanth Kumar: > 3) A privacy mechanism for Recent Documents. Say a Context Menu added > to each file stating "Open Privately"(or Something that makes sense). > When a file is opened through this mode, the file should not be > included in the Recent Do

Re: [Usability] An interesting video

2009-08-13 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Donnerstag, den 13.08.2009, 10:07 +0300 schrieb Anton Kerezov: > Here's an interesting video I found on one blog: > > http://anotherubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/08/did-you-know.html Please describe at least basically what it is about and how it is related to usability. andre -- mailto:ak...@gmx

Re: [Usability] An interesting video

2009-08-13 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Freitag, den 14.08.2009, 08:37 +1930 schrieb Dokuro: > Anton wrote: > > Another point of view would be that the desktop should be more web oriented > > and all of today's services like facebook and twitter should be easily > > accessible from within the desktop (e.g. If I want to upload a pictur

Re: [Usability] Reaching Users

2009-12-08 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Dienstag, den 08.12.2009, 11:27 + schrieb kerbe...@piestar.net: > Barrier 1: The majority of Linux distro's (Ubuntu and Suse to name > two) have no place on their forum for discussing ideas or engaging the > community Erm, http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ and https://features.opensuse.org/

Re: [Usability] Overthinking things.

2009-12-09 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Mittwoch, den 09.12.2009, 16:05 + schrieb kerbe...@piestar.net: > There are generally only forums for support, and then they are > generally problem solving. New ideas and bugs have no real place in > any of the forums I have ever visited Repeating your statements does not make them mo

Re: [Usability] Overthinking things.

2009-12-09 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Mittwoch, den 09.12.2009, 22:50 +0800 schrieb Lincoln Yeoh: > I think in many cases having/requiring the user/"bug" submitter > "talk" directly to the developer may not be the best way of doing > things. And instead someone else should be between the two. That's what a Bugsquad is for, as dev

Re: [Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

2010-02-10 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Mittwoch, den 10.02.2010, 15:17 +0800 schrieb Allan Caeg: > I'm suggesting that we explore ways of implementing this idea to GNOME > 3.0. Probably a bit late with one release cycle left until 3.0 and in terms of stability expectations. andre -- mailto:ak...@gmx.net | failed http://www.iomc

Re: [Usability] I have a good idea on usability

2010-09-14 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Dienstag, den 14.09.2010, 22:07 +0800 schrieb Sharp Wong: > After I have thought carefully, I found a easy way to solve the > problem. Feel free to describe your idea briefly. I assume that the current "solution" for this is using more metadata (e.g. "tracker" integration in applicatoins). and

[Usability] Google Code-In for GNOME: We Need Tasks!

2010-10-21 Thread Andre Klapper
[Please strip the CC list in case of category specific answers!] Hi, some might remember Google's GHOP contest in 2007/08. This year it will take place under the name Google Code-In (GCI) from November 2010 to January 2011. GCI is a "small sibling" of Google Summer of Code for highschool student

[Usability] Google Code-In for GNOME: We Need Tasks! (Reminder)

2010-10-28 Thread Andre Klapper
andre Forwarded Message From: Andre Klapper To: desktop-devel-list CC: GNOME Documentation , Gnome Usability , marketing-list , gnome-accessibility-l...@gnome.org, GNOME i18n Subject: Google Code-In for GNOME: We Need Tasks! Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:27:48 +0200 [Please strip t

Re: [Usability] Zooming in HIG3

2011-02-06 Thread Andre Klapper
On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 22:24 +, Peter Clifton wrote: > My original (two) posts didn't seem to get through.. 3rd time lucky > perhaps? FYI, I received all of your three posts. andre -- mailto:ak...@gmx.net | failed http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper __

Re: [Usability] Too much distraction-free computing

2011-05-07 Thread Andre Klapper
Seeing unhelpful "me too" comments in recent threads, this might become a bikeshedding debate (yes, it's easy to have an opinion on anything), anyway, let me provide some comments: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 21:33 +0300, Mantas wrote: > But thanks to this feature, now I have lot of missed emails, IRC >

[Usability] Evolution Calendar Preferences UI: Asking for Help

2011-08-24 Thread Andre Klapper
Hi, I would like to restructure Evolution's "general" and "display" Calendar settings which both cover for example time settings. I have filed https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657233 plus screenshots from 3.1.5 and would appreciate any ideas and input (preferably as comments to that bug

[Usability] Google Code-In 2011: Tasks wanted!

2011-10-26 Thread Andre Klapper
[Please edit the recipients list if your answer is specific to your mailing list to avoid unneeded cross-posting.] Google Code-In starts again. GNOME took part in it last year already. === What is Google Code-in (GCI)? === You might call it the "small sister" of Google Summer of Code. It is a c

Re: [Usability] Google Code-In 2011: Tasks wanted!

2011-10-31 Thread Andre Klapper
On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 02:59 +0700, Andika Triwidada wrote: > Investigate the usability of GNOME applications on netbooks > * Task description: > ** Investigate the usability of GNOME applications when used on > netbooks with 1024x600 pixel screen. > ** Results should be recorded on a page

Re: [Usability] usability Digest, Vol 89, Issue 5

2011-11-01 Thread Andre Klapper
On Tue, 2011-11-01 at 20:35 +0700, Andika Triwidada wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Nikolai Rachmaninoff > wrote: > I suggest you to use Dockbarx or Cairo dock, since they both > can be used as panels too. > > Gnome 3.x is still under active development, a

Re: [Usability] Google Code-In 2011 time in hours

2011-11-17 Thread Andre Klapper
Hi Andika, [For future responses, please strip the long CC list.] On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 08:56 +0700, Andika Triwidada wrote: > After you have converted all estimated time from days to hours, it > seems that every task, > even the simplest one, need much more time than initially. For > instance,

Re: [Usability] [Feature]: Middle click an application in the bar on the shortcuts opens the app in the back ground.

2011-11-28 Thread Andre Klapper
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 18:16 +0200, Jason Brower wrote: > New to the list, but I assume this is a good a place as any to talk > about it. > I think it would be nice if we could middle click on the apps to let > them load in the background. Isn't that already case in GNOME 3? andre -- mailto:ak.

Re: [Usability] Will Nautilus ever be able to set recursive file permissions?

2011-11-30 Thread Andre Klapper
Jim, On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 21:18 -0700, Jim March wrote: > Folks, > > I'm on Mint12 and have confirmed that Nautilus is still broken. In > order to switch ownership or other permissions of, for example, an > entire USB drive recursively (all directories top to bottom) I still > have to drop to a

[Usability] Google Code-In 2011: Second (and last) round coming; Tasks wanted!

2011-12-09 Thread Andre Klapper
[Please edit the recipients list if your answer is specific to your mailing list to avoid unneeded cross-posting.] The second and last bunch of Google Code-In tasks will be published on December 16th. Afterwards no tasks can be added anymore, so if you have an idea take a look at https://live.gno

Re: [Usability] How does GNOME 3 compare to Windows 8?

2011-12-17 Thread Andre Klapper
On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 20:48 +0100, Szabó Gergely wrote: > Anyway, I promise I'll stop spreading anything as soon as I stop reveiving > emails from this mailing list, from which I've unsubscribed long ago. http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability is the link to unsubscribe (again). If it do

Re: [Usability] Topics.

2012-01-26 Thread Andre Klapper
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 01:10 +0100, Paweł Kubik wrote: > I'm here for about week but I don't see any discussions. Yeah, we don't discuss for the sake of discussing. :P If you want to get an idea of topics and frequency of postings, check the archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/ an

Re: [Usability] Will be the fallback session still maintained in the future?

2012-03-05 Thread Andre Klapper
On Sun, 2012-03-04 at 12:42 +0100, nikolairachmanin...@gmail.com wrote: > I heard some rumors:Is it true that Gnome 3 fallback session will not be > developed/maintained anymore? Yes, there are discussions to drop Fallback mode at some point when underlying issues (X [resp. Wayland] and graphics

[Usability] GNOME Quarterly Report Q1/2012

2012-04-16 Thread Andre Klapper
teams and writers: * Board and Executive Director - Karen Sandler * Bugsquad - Andre Klapper * Membership and Elections Committee - Tobias Mueller * GNOME User Groups - ??? * Accessibility Team - Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias, Joanmarie Diggs * Outreach Program for Women - Marina Zhurakhin

Re: [Usability] UNSUBSCRIBE

2012-04-26 Thread Andre Klapper
See http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability for how you can unsubscribe. andre -- mailto:ak...@gmx.net | failed http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper ___ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

[Usability] Reminder: GNOME Quarterly Report Q1/2012

2012-05-02 Thread Andre Klapper
Reminder as no updates have taken place yet && deadline approaching. Please take a few minutes to write a short summary on https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/QuarterlyReports/2012/Q1 Thanks a lot!, andre On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 16:21 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > Hi everybody,

[Usability] GNOME Quarterly Report Q2/2012

2012-06-30 Thread Andre Klapper
s and writers: * Board and Executive Director - Karen Sandler * Bugsquad - Andre Klapper * Release Team - Frederic Peters * Membership and Elections Committee - Tobias Mueller * GNOME User Groups - ??? * Accessibility Team - Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias, Joanmarie Diggs * Outreach Program for

[Usability] GNOME Quarterly Report Q2/2012

2012-07-15 Thread Andre Klapper
list of potential teams and writers: * Board and Executive Director - Karen Sandler * Bugsquad - Andre Klapper * Release Team - Frederic Peters * Membership and Elections Committee - Tobias Mueller * GNOME User Groups - ??? * Accessibility Team - Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias, Joanmarie

Re: [Usability] GNOME Quarterly Report Q2/2012

2012-08-20 Thread Andre Klapper
And the last reminder to please update your section for Q2/2012 here: https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/QuarterlyReports/2012/Q2 Apart from Web, Documentation and Bugsquad everything is still missing. andre -- mailto:ak...@gmx.net | failed http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper

[Usability] GNOME Quarterly Report Q3/2012

2012-10-14 Thread Andre Klapper
teams and writers: * Board and Executive Director - Karen Sandler * Bugsquad - Andre Klapper * Release Team - Frederic Peters * Membership and Elections Committee - Tobias Mueller * GNOME User Groups - ??? * Accessibility Team - Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias, Joanmarie Diggs * Outreach Progra