Contributor Magnes

i was noticing in terminal when you update using

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

that it downloads the files and it usually takes a long time to do so

would it be possible after the Get has been done for 1 file the update manager starts to automatically update it, while the next file is downloading.

i believe this would increase the speed of updating a system

I have often to write chemical formulas, e.g.:

NH_4 Cl + H_2 O "<->" HCl + OH^"-" + NH_4 ^"+"

this arrow ("<->") should be like in this wiki-article:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichgewichtspfeil

It would be extremly useful to implement this, because rightarrow or dlrarrow are not the same

would be consistent with nautilus, gnome-terminal, firefox

Improve the ALT+TAB window switcher by make short-cut keys so you you can navigate to any specific window with a simple 3 key combination. The short-cut keys would be in the order of when the windows were opened.

Example of what I purpose:
Bob has 4 windows open, firefox, pidgin, nautilus and gedit. He opened firefox first, pidgin second, nautilus third and gedit last.
Now Bob is viewing the firefox window, he wants to switch to the nautilus window, since he opened it third, he presses ALT+TAB+e, now he wants to go to the pidgin window, so he presses ALT+TAB+w because he opened it second, after typing a message he returns to the firefox window by pressing ALT+TAB+q.

(Please note: The "short-cut" keys in the example are for example purposes only. I do not know what the best combinations for such a thing should be, I leave that open.)

As you can see, you can use "short-cut" keys to navigate directly to the window you want.

Now why is this a good thing?

Well lets take a look at the current situation:
Bob has 4 windows open, firefox, pidgin, nautilus and gedit. He opened firefox first, pidgin second, naultilus third and gedit last.
Bob is currently viewing the firefox window, he presses ALT+TAB once to switch to pidgin window, after typing a short message, he presses ALT+TAB+TAB to get to the nautilus window, after opening then closing a text file he presses ALT+TAB+TAB+TAB to get to the gedit window, after writing some code in, he wants to go back to fire fox, so he presses ALT+TAB+TAB+TAB to get to firefox, then he wants to go to back to pidgin,so pressed ALT+TAB+TAB+TAB!

Hopefully you can see how annoying all this "TABing" is, and will agree with me that having short cuts for the windows would a very good addition.

For example when you open 'Sessions Preferences' the window can't be expanded, i.e. if you put your mouse pointer on a corner it won't allow you to left-click and drag it to make it bigger.

It's worse when there is a lot of information, it's like looking through a mail slot.

Any application that restricts the window to a small size and then puts lots of information in it can be infuriating!

Dolphin (KDE) has it already, Finder (OSX) for a long time - but not Nautilus!

Why is there, again, no Column-View in Nautilus? Vote for it!

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/kde-40-review.media/dolphin_columns.png
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http://rudd-o.com/uploads/2007/10/13-the-columns-view-like-mac-finder.jpg
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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Tiger/Using_the_Finder#Column_View

GIMP is great graphic editor, but default interface settings is bad. Tune settings (config files, no source changes need) and put It in distro.

Where are many examples & howto about it. I don't know which one is better.

Give users good interface out of the box.
If some users don't like it they can simply customize it or get default UI.
But most of the users were happy with good _default_ UI.

I don't say it should be like Photoshop. No! Just make GIMP-style better.

Hardy is supposed to be the "Long-Term Stable" release which we can use until 2011 if we wish. According to idea #288, whatever it is that's causing laptop hard drives to fail has been fixed, but is only available to Intrepid users. If possible, shouldn't the "Stable" release also get these changes?

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/288/

GIMP is already included, but it's too advanced for beginners like Photoshop is for Windoze users. Ubuntu should come with something similar to Windoze's Paint. It's practical and easy to use!

install only icons pixmaps wich are in use are the butons are 24 pix only install the 24 pixs icons when this set to 48 ask user to install extra icons

Lot's of people are using a dial-up modem, and need an app to manage it. (If NetworkManager dosn't quite work right) You should include Gnome PPP so people can easily connect with their dial-up modem.

Forget about the Ooo thingimibob. ;0)

this is really irritating, why do there have to be a dumbed down version of every app name on ubuntu? is it hard to memorize the names gedit, nautilus, totem, file-roller, etc...?

i say drop the silly names and use the original app names.

I love the desktop efecs however its sad that it ruins gameing and video playback on some graphicdevices.

I sugest that all desktop effects should automaticly shutdown when a game(/or something) goes fullscren. Of course the efects should start again when you quit gameing.

It is better to have an eject button for media in places drop down menu : http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotco9.png

This is practically useless. Sometimes it is possible to create folders in a usb as root. Infact some programs tend to save files in usb as root. But it really does not affect permissions. In a windows os, those files are accessible nevertheless. Therefore only enable folder options such as "read-only" and "hidden" but remove ownerships on usb's. Having access permissions infact makes us believe the files are safe but it isn't. USB's are portable devices. Either use a program like Folder Lock, TrueCrypt i it to make it safe, or just leave it plain without any misleadings.

Maintainers of packages in Universe which are still under heavy development (e.g. the swfdec Flash player) should be able, if they wish to do so, to provide a second package (called e.g. swfdec-latest) with a minimum of bureaucracy which could be updated to newer versions during the lifetime of a Ubuntu release. Obviously this should not require enabling the entire backports repository, which would cause a lot of other applications to be upgraded to less tested versions as well.

Ok, I love the transparency feature in the terminal. You can adjust alpha and everything so it doesn't hurt your eyes, and the terminal has a great compositing for when it is moved the transparency is seamless and elegant. What I would like to do is mimic that in the Gedit text editor. It wouldn't be necessary or that difficult (if someone else did it for terminal it can be done for gedit). Although it is basically an eyecandy situation it would fit the aesthetic if people use terminal with it, why not match it with gedit. I would go so far to say that nautilus too should have the alpha transparency background option, but baby steps first. This isn't a major necessity or anything, but seeing as customization is a major selling point for new ubuntu users, I feel just giving users the option is worth a shot.

I have gotten a lot of positive feedback from people for recommending the Dust theme (which I have personally been using for quite some time now) for use with Intrepid on my podcast. A lot of people have asked me why this isn't the official theme for Ubuntu, so why not make it so? I have not come across any issues with it that couldn't be easily fixed by the time Jaunty will be frozen.

Therefore, vote this up if you would like Dust to be the new official Ubuntu theme.

Link to the Dust theme: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/DustTheme

I would like it very much not having to type in my password every time I open synaptic, any time I choose to upgrade or any time I want to install a program.

I know it's a security issue, and that's why I don't necessarily wish it would be default. But I wish to be given the option remeber password or something when starting up synaptic.

I am the only user of my PC, and I don't care keeping my data TOO secure, being just a regular desktop user. I would also like to be given the choice for autologin without installing start-up manager. In every ubuntu critique I read this issue was raised, ex-windows users mostly hate typing passwords continuously. I know this can be fixed via terminal, but I'd much rather have an option in the GUI.

Before pressing the red arrow think that though you believe security comes first, some of us think usability tops it. And we should be given the CHOICE of not having to type in passwords non stop.

Instead of releasing a new version every 6 months. Have a hardened version that has a longer release cycle possibly a few years like windows or Mac OS. Do incremental updates instead of full version updates. Possibly combine multiple package updates into a update roll up as appose to releasing individual package updates. It seems that with every update something that worked is broke and needs fixed, or the new features were not tested and hardened to be fully functional. Another aspect of this issue is familiarity. Things keep changing. Seems like with every new version there is some new way of doing things that needs to be learned. Some configuration file is stored somewhere else, instead of installing something this way now you have to do it this way, and the list goes on. The general public will never be able to use Linux as a viable alternative if things are constantly changing. It’s the familiarity of a product that people come accustom too. Normal people outside of the Linux community do not have time to wrap themselves deep into learning all the changes each and every time they happen. They want to get something done as quickly and effectively as possible without the hassle of searching forums or wiki's to figure out why a particular method does not work anymore. I understand the whole bleeding edge factor of Linux, but 99 percent of people do not. Being more conservative with releases would make much more sense than the current way of doing things.