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Update brainstorm website theme  
Written by hgibson the 4 Nov 10 at 06:14. Category: Website structure. New
The brainstorm website needs the new Ubuntu branding.
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Solution #1: Apply new Ubuntu branding to the brainstorm website
Written by hgibson the 4 Nov 10 at 06:14.
Use the new brand.
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Solution #2: Website is nice, work on ideas and solutions instead
Written by captnfab the 18 Nov 10 at 12:50.
Website is nice, work on ideas and solutions instead of loosing manpower for unnecessary redesign.

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Popularize ubuntu brainstorm  
Written by fracting the 15 Feb 09 at 11:57. Category: Others. New
Many people use Ubuntu but most of them know few about Ubuntu brainstorm
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Solution #1: Popularize ubuntu brainstorm
Written by fracting the 15 Feb 09 at 11:57.
Since many people use Ubuntu but most of them know few about Ubuntu brainstorm,it's helpful if one can read introduction about Ubuntu brainstorm when he get a new vertion of software or use a new feature of software,which is built by the Ubuntu brainstorm.
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Solution #2: Add links to Ubuntu Brainstorm in Ubuntu Software Center
Written by fracting the 25 Apr 10 at 21:20.
We can implement this idea with Ubuntu Software Center.Just
add a link to a referenced Ubuntu Brainstorm Idea (if there exist) into the discription of every software .

From Ubuntu
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Solution #3: Notify-OSD Broadcast
Written by fracting the 28 Apr 10 at 09:10.
From Ubuntu

From Ubuntu

From Ubuntu

Set options to turn on/off these broadcasts .
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Solution #4: Ubuntu Brainstorm Twitter Bot
Written by fracting the 28 Apr 10 at 09:30.
Forwarding new ideas, popular ideas, latest idea in development and latest idea implemented automatically .
Those really nice ideas will be RTed ,then more and more people will know about Ubuntu.

Add a hashtab #UbuntuBrainstorm in every tweets.
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Solution #5: Create an application integrated to ubuntu that allow to vote and see ideas
Written by nandayo the 6 Mar 09 at 15:45.
I don't know if this solution will be "popular", but I think it would be really usefull to get more feedback that Ubuntu provides an application that allow to connect to this site, display ideas, allow users to vote etc.

That would be interesting for two reasons : first it would make the brainstorm greatly more popular and known from ubuntu users and bring back lot of feddbacks ; second, it would be really usefull for brainstormers to follow new ideas and vote for it directly from ubuntu.
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Solution #6: Make brainstorm visible on ubuntu homepages
Written by nandayo the 6 Mar 09 at 15:46.
just a link to brainstorm on ubuntu webpages (in *every* language websites ! For exemple in the french website ubuntu-fr.org, there is not such a link) could help to bring back more feedbacks.
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Solution #7: Add little brainstorm BUTTON next to the MINimize, MAXimize, CLOSE buttons
Written by ulzysaihan the 7 Mar 09 at 07:56.
which is a link to page which has sections of add new idea and featured solutions list. Maybe it should be capable to store ideas offline and send them when computer connects to the Internet.

After that all ubuntu users will think about improving ubuntu and they can do it anytime, anywhere.

Ideas are like birds, we should take them as quickly as possible.
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Solution #8: Be more invoved in the brainstorm
Written by Id2ndR the 7 Mar 09 at 10:48.
I don't agree that there is few brainstormers. If you look for the ratio of implemented ideas/proposed ideas you'll see that it's very very low.

However I think that one someone voted for an idea, it won't come back later to see if there is other solution, how it evolve etc. I think that *this point* should be improved by for example :
- receive an email when a new solution is proposed
- attach ideas to some package if possible and link it to launchpad (bugs and blueprints). Actually there already is an option to make this link but I think it could be improved.
- allow to make threads in comment like a forum to discuss with others of a idea or a solution
- add a way to change description or solution if it could be easier to understand or more precise.
- etc (may be discuss in with comments)
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Solution #9: Brainstorm as a firefox favorite
Written by jackmcslay the 21 Mar 09 at 01:13.
Put a link to brainstorm on Firefox's favorites by default. I bet this will make a lot of people visit this place for curiosity
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Solution #10: Add a "Vote of the day" to the Ubuntu homepage
Written by frederic.mueller the 24 Mar 09 at 15:16.
This would promote brainstorm and would even give unpopular votes an equal chance.
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Solution #11: Add a 'Random Brainstorm Idea' box to the default Ubuntu browser start page
Written by chappell101 the 28 Mar 09 at 01:08.
Similar to solution #6 but add a non-distracting little series of boxes to the bottom of default Ubuntu browser homepage, So users might notice before they jump into a Google search and If the user doesn't like they can just change their homepage. The content of these boxes could be say:
Random Ubuntu Brainstorm Idea with a quick vote method,
Ubuntu Tip Of the day,
Ubuntu News Feed.

This would make the distribution inform and involve its community of users much more in the direction Ubuntu's next release is heading.
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Solution #12: Implement some brainstorms to promote more brainstorm involvement
Written by stochastic the 28 Mar 09 at 09:14.
Without any implementation, people have no real reason to stick around this site and vote/read/suggest ideas. A community of developers needs to be formed or cultivated to work toward implementation. Once people see ideas from here coming to fruition, they'll be more likely to use this tool as an easy way to suggest improvements.
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Solution #13: Model Brainstorm similar to Launchpad (incorporates solution #4)
Written by stochastic the 28 Mar 09 at 09:33.
The sort function in Brainstorm only includes a handful of the Ubuntu derivatives, and the larger of the applications (hardly any backend stuff). With greater specification (i.e. better sortability) and a way to track brainstorms (a subscribe button), this site will become less of a wash of general ideas, and more of a multi-horned bull.

The closer the site becomes to Launchpad in design (structurally), the easier it will be to turn a Brainstorm into a Launchpad blueprint, into a bzr code branch. Thus helping to implement solution #8.

As it sits, it's difficult for a brilliant idea that affects only a fraction of users to gain any traction on this site.
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Solution #14: FireFox extension preinstalled
Written by furat the 29 Mar 09 at 01:20.
Create a firerfox extension and pre-install it with it to show the popular idea , enable people to vote directly from the browser and post solutions and notify them when their idea or solution or one they vote for had implemented .
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Solution #15: Latest solution while you wait!
Written by chappell101 the 29 Mar 09 at 11:26.
This idea would solve the issue of new solutions getting buried with old ideas, due to the latest page only showcasing only new ideas not solutions leaving many voices unheard.

Get Ubuntu to do a survey a see when people are sat at their screen waiting for tasks to idly pass, Such as when a DVD/CD is burning/encoded and offer the user the chance to help mould the next distribution update by voting on the latest idea to get a new solution!

The idea could take from solution #1 in that it is integrated into the OS so the browser doesn't need to be opened and the window could be semi transparent so you can still see your tasks progress bar behind!
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Solution #16: Add "Suggest an idea" to Help menu
Written by amrhassan the 1 Apr 09 at 00:55.
Like launchpad's integration with Help > Report a Problem, add a "Suggest an idea" that would open the idea submission page with the app name added as a tag.
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Solution #17: People should blog about their Brainstorm issues and link to the page
Written by stochastic the 1 Apr 09 at 07:32.
The more talk there is on the interweb, especially technology/linux-related blogs, the more ideas/opinions will flow in.
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Solution #18: "Improve This Application" menu item in applications
Written by sanketmedhi the 4 Apr 09 at 07:05.
Add a menu item called "Improve(or Brainstorm) This Application" in the Help menu of individual applications, linking to the Brainstorm page for that application.

Also, add functionality to rate applications on Brainstorm. Users should be allowed to rate the apps they love/hate and also contribute feedback + ideas on how the apps can be improved.

This will not only promote Brainstorm to users but also to developers who will check their application's Brainstorm page for feedback and new ideas.
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Solution #19: Enhance it now!
Written by humaneasy the 15 Jun 09 at 17:45.
Since this is a Drupal-based module why not benefit from Drupal Modules to enhance it.

Invite: http://drupalmodules.com/node/647
Notifications: http://drupalmodules.com/node/915
User Points: http://drupalmodules.com/node/1522
Add-To-Any: http://drupalmodules.com/module/add-to-any-sharesavebookmark-button
Share This: http://drupalmodules.com/module/sharethis
Drupal for Facebook: http://drupalmodules.com/module/drupal-for-facebook

Those are all modules that would help promoting this site.
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Solution #20: Add RSS feed to Firefox
Written by Kris the 12 Aug 09 at 15:09.
Use the RSS functionality in firefox bookmarks toolbar to automatically feed the latest additions to firefox when the ubuntu specific add-on is installed
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Solution #21: #7 give user a chance to choose
Written by vfonic the 11 May 10 at 11:12.
Ask user does he want to have small "ubuntu brainstorm" icon next to default three (minimize, maximize, close) in title bar of every window.

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Expand Brainstorm to help with community artwork selection  
Written by Nickedynick the 28 Jan 10 at 17:13. New
At the moment artwork selection appears to be fairly isolated from the community as a whole. Each release seems to generate a lot of controversy on the artwork side, so why not vote on these things to aid the process?

We already have a Flickr group and the wiki pages for submitting artwork, and various other community sources exist, but there's no cohesive way to manage their popularity.
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Solution #1: Include a separate section of Brainstorm specifically for artwork
Written by Nickedynick the 28 Jan 10 at 17:13.
Perhaps sub-categorised into wallpaper/themes/icons, etc. Content doesn't necessarily have to be hosted on Brainstorm, but there should be a thumbnail and link to each submission. In my head I've got an image of multiple wallpapers/themes being shown at a time in a grid, with their voting scores as an overlay on each.
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Solution #2: Create an "art" brainstorm
Written by Rodrigo the 29 Jan 10 at 18:28.
Maybe it could be better to create a different kind of web, with different section, for Wallpapers, Icons, Themes...
With some way to add points or stars.

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