[Usability] Re: Usability Digest, Vol 16, Issue 25

2005-08-27 Thread michael chang
> > The definition of "panel" is not the problem here. The fact that he > > > thinks each desktop within the switcher is a seperate entity on the > > > panel (and thus he should be able to remove only one of them by using > > > "Remove from panel") is the problem. > > > > Oh I see now. In other wor

[Usability] Re: Usability Digest, Vol 16, Issue 25

2005-08-27 Thread michael chang
On 8/27/05, michael chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know, but the version of GNOME shipping with Debian Unstable > (it must be ancient, I'm sure) has a desktop switcher where the panels > are 1 px seperated, and the whole lot is "engraved" into the

[Usability] Re: Running gnome-terminal as a desktop background

2005-09-16 Thread michael chang
On 9/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:56:34 +0100 (BST) > From: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] Running gnome-terminal as a desktop > background > Cc: Usability gnome conference > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PRO

[Usability] Re: Default document formats

2005-09-22 Thread michael chang
On 9/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:30:18 +0100 (BST) > From: Joachim Noreiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] Default document formats > To: Vidar Braut Haarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: usability@gnome.org > Message-ID: <[

[Usability] Re: Bluescreens

2005-09-22 Thread michael chang
On 9/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of my HDDs died some days ago, in the middle of a GNOME session. > > This, of course, provoked some error in the kernel SCSI driver (or > something), and the computer froze. I could change TTY and tried to > log in at the prompt, but t

Re: [Usability] Default document formats

2005-09-22 Thread michael chang
On 9/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:54:12 +0100 > From: Phil Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] Default document formats > To: Vidar Braut Haarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: usability@gnome.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Usability] sound events in gnome

2005-09-27 Thread michael chang
On 9/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:39:06 +0100 (BST) > From: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] sound events in gnome > Cc: usability@gnome.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; chars

[Usability] Re: GDM

2005-09-30 Thread michael chang
> Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:50:05 -0400 > From: Dave Ahlswede <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] GDM > To: usability@gnome.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 16:47 -0700, Rob Adams wrote: > > The reasons for the way gd

[Usability] Re: Text wrapping in gedit

2005-10-02 Thread michael chang
On 10/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - There needs to a way to turn word wrap off/on in general [If Joe uses > gedit to always deal with tables he doesn't want to toggle the menu item > every time] > - There should be a way to toggle it on off for a single document > without

Re: [Usability] Re: Text wrapping in gedit

2005-10-02 Thread michael chang
On 10/2/05, Paolo Borelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Il giorno dom, 02/10/2005 alle 20.21 -0400, michael chang ha scritto: > > On 10/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Word Wrapping Menu item. By default, on. When selected to turn off, > >

Re: [Usability] Re: Text wrapping in gedit

2005-10-03 Thread michael chang
On 10/3/05, Paolo Borelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Il giorno dom, 02/10/2005 alle 21.13 -0400, michael chang ha scritto: > > No, it's not, because if he switches it off once, he switches it off > > forever for all documents except those he's turned it on or left

Re: [Usability] Re: GDM

2005-10-03 Thread michael chang
On 10/3/05, Andrew Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > michael chang wrote: > > >>On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 16:47 -0700, Rob Adams wrote: > >> > >> > >>>The reasons for the way gdm is aren't usability ones, but technical > >>>ones. It

[Usability] Re: Configuration Applications

2005-10-05 Thread michael chang
I apologise in advance for any 'tones' in this message, offensive or otherwise. Please take everything I say 'with a grain of salt'. > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:40:34 +0200 > From: Estradin Solaris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Usability] Configuration Applications > To: usability@g

[Usability] Re: gdm configuration dialog

2005-10-07 Thread michael chang
> Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:51:07 -0700 > From: Karim Nassar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] gdm configuration dialog > To: Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], usability@gnome.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Can

[Usability] Re: Panels and Usability

2005-10-27 Thread michael chang
On 10/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:35:36 +0200 > From: Estradin Solaris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Usability] Panels and Usability > To: usability@gnome.org > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; c

[Usability] Re: Activating find with /

2005-11-30 Thread michael chang
On 11/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:29:44 + (GMT) > From: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] Activating find with / > Cc: usability@gnome.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; char

[Usability] Re: Usability Digest, Vol 20, Issue 22

2005-12-14 Thread michael chang
On 12/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:29:59 -0300 > From: Daniel F Moisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and > GNOME > To: Olav Vitters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: usability@

[Usability] Re: Usability Digest, Vol 20, Issue 26

2005-12-14 Thread michael chang
On 12/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What about a "manual duplex wizard" instead of/in addition to odd/even? > > With pictures, like one sometimes finds in Windows printer drivers. > > Do people really still bother with manual duplex printing that > much these days when ma

Re: [Usability] Printing dialog in GNOME

2005-12-14 Thread michael chang
On 12/14/05, Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > michael chang wrote: > > On 12/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>What about a "manual duplex wizard" instead of/in addition to odd/even? > >>>

Re: [Usability] Keyboard prefs, layouts tab

2006-04-09 Thread michael chang
On 4/2/06, Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 2, 2006, at 9:09 PM, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > ... > > The layouts selection dialog shows you the diagram of the keyboard. > > This has problems of its own: the dialog is as big as it can be, but > > the diagram is too small to be

Re: [Usability] search is not easy to find aka "a few minutes with gnome virgins"

2006-07-09 Thread michael chang
On 7/5/06, Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Michael Gilbert wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:26:15 -0400 > > From: Michael Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: Gnome usability , [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [U

Re: [Usability] Navigating the Main Application Menu using the keyboard

2008-03-07 Thread Michael Chang
nd please direct me to > the appropriate one if so. > > Thanks! > > /Mathias > > PS. I should mention that I am running this under Ubuntu 7.10. Have you considered asking a Question using the "Launchpad Answers" system? https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ -- Michael Chang

Re: [Usability] Navigating the Main Application Menu using the keyboard

2008-03-12 Thread Michael Chang
(Forgot to CC the list, sorry.) On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:14 AM, Mathias Dahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Michael Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Have you considered asking a Question using the "Launchpad Answers" system? > > > &

Re: [Usability] Navigating the Main Application Menu using the keyboard

2008-03-12 Thread Michael Chang
ific to Ubuntu, whereas Places and System were already part of GNOME. But I could be wrong. -- Michael Chang Please note that not all formatting may be preserved in Office/Word/Powerpoint documents sent to me. Please use OpenDocument (not Open XML), HTML, and RTF where possible. See http://www