On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 12:13 +0200, Jason Brower wrote:
> Does the windows key work in remote desktop and other places like X with
> an ssh connection. We should dopuble check that before moving further.
Just a warning: I think some laptop keyboards omit the windows key - my
IBM T42p being one ex
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 23:20 -0500, Jacob Beauregard wrote:
> Using tabs/frames to a desktop environment rather than windows.
> This would be a step to optimize the navigation between different
> applications by a user.
> Frames are most optimal for multitasking and tabs are most optimal for
> na
On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 10:56 -0600, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> Second problem: Save as Dialogs are cluttered such that critical tasks
> are obscured. I use gedit a lot, and its save as dialog is a perfect
> example. http://people.ubuntu.com/~mnuzum/bugs/ShoddySaveAsDialog.png
> Note that folders I *nev
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 08:50 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 3/28/07, Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree that the shutdown option should not be removed from GDM. While
> it's possible to shut a machine down from a remote machine using ssh,
> which I do here once in awhile, it doesn't w
I've been discussing accessibility/usability with visually impaired
users lately, and one thing that came up, and that I believe to be
low-hanging fruit, is the problem of windows being bigger than the
screen in one or both dimensions.
This happens frequently for visually impaired users, since the
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 20:40 -0700, Elijah Newren wrote:
> On Nov 28, 2007 4:23 PM, Hans Petter Jansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I was told by one user that the way he worked around this was by going
> > to the control panel, choosing a smaller font temporarily, moving
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 12:08 +0530, ritz wrote:
> a possible workaround is to use a large Virtual screen size in
> xorg.conf.
That's painful because it's harder to reach the panel, and there's no
visual indication of where you are in the virtual screen. Plus windows
could get too large anyway.
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 00:51 +1300, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Hans Petter Jansson wrote:
> > ...
> > Which made me wonder if there's a more discoverable way of moving
> > windows around when they're too big/partially off-screen.
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On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 16:07 +0200, Cosimo Cecchi wrote:
> Summarizing what we've achieved so far:
> - Display better text messages, and make it clear which file is
> older/newer.
> - Avoid displaying file type (maybe we could display it only when it's
> different between the two files?)
> - Pre-fi
