Make the menus pinnable as used in Geoworks. The menus can be locked so they don't disappear after item is selected from drop down list. Once locked the menu can be moved anywhere on the screen. Great for use in graphics programs.Should be global. This was one of the best features of Geoworks and a big flaw in Windows.

I like to look at the various tabs of ideas in ubuntu brainstorm a certain way.

When most people think about education and IT, the only 2 ideas that come to their mind is: Apple and Microsoft.

Apple has a very strong reputation when it comes to education. With its iTunes U, Educational discounts on Mac, and its special education-related pages on its website, people feel the commitment of Apple to education.

http://www.apple.com/education/
http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/

When it comes to Microsoft, most people are instantly familiar since they've been using it at a very early age. Also, many course require knowledge of the Microsoft ecosystem.

But what about Ubuntu???!

I know others have made suggestions under the label "Ubuntu Social" (7730,17696,23642,25108,...) but what I'm about to suggest, though still 1/2-baked, is somewhat different and only really capable (IMO) through a major distro and custom, signed, secure, packages.

I realize that my notion is similar in spirit to
Idea #23642: ""Social from the start" must not strengthen the burgeoning online monopolies". To which I added my own response.
And is another voice saying similar to
Solution #4: Make each and every ubuntu machine social! - skip the need for websites!
Written by Blinky the 16 Feb 10 at 12:03.

Considering that Blinky got -51 votes, I imagine this suggestion will probably not fly far either.
But I would like to take it a step further, making the online monopolies irrelevant. As snooping grows, as .coms
kowtow to .gov, the REAL ISSUE is not Socializing as much as it is protections to privacy, data integrity,...
which all social sites cannot guarantee (ref: wikileaks).

The purpose of this suggestion is firstly to decentralize our social 'footprint' from all websites like FB; the second is to promote Linux generally and Ubuntu in particular as the OS/distro whose awesome app encourages users to migrate away from Windows.

The first purpose is to operate in a secure medium (GPG/SSH/SSL) and have full control over our content or data; as it would reside on localhost AOT someone else's server. No more data-mining, ads, etc..


Please note that this is just off the top of my head, but I believe that the next big thing (NBT) can be decentralization of the social web; somewhat like P2P; provided that computer users can run both clients AND servers (just not public-facing servers)

When posting an idea or solution on Ubuntu brainstorm the boxes you use to type your solution use a fixed font. When you submit, the result is shown in variable width font. This can be annoying when you want to use some text art to clarify your idea for example:

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(this is a sound measurement bar)

When I share my idea link through facebook, I cannot include my idea vote status in my link. A way to include vote status image in Facebook may help Ubuntu users promoting their idea...

I think there is a possibility for making all the folder names in an operating system generic
(and thus enhancing security) by making a central folder registry that updates on
changes in the folder structure. Even this central registry can be placed arbitrarily
by deploying it as a registry with an agent that reports itself to the proper place in
the operating system.

I mean, a person new to the Operating System would not have a chance
going into this unknown "sea" of folders over the internet (from where, you know,
everything begins with unknowing starter).

Good?

if you like Emacs(like me) or just lazy or novice may be you wish to use nano

The approval time for new ideas is way too long.

Sometimes it is not difficult to explain certain idea submissions in words. A method to allow brainstorm.ubuntu.com users to upload screenshots to ideas or comments should be researched.