Contributor Warbo

There are several situations to choose a whole folder, like when you import the folder to the Rhythmbox library or scanning a folder for space-wasters with Baobab.

So when you have once clicked on the folder you want (double-click for opening it and browse for subfolders) to mark it, the button you will have to click is labelled with "Open" (well, at least it says 'Öffnen' in the German translation). But this is confusing. With "Open" I understand that I execute the folder so I can see what's inside. When I'm choosing a file, "Open" is ok (archives are arguable), but when I'm choosing a folder (but don't want to open it literally (in the CHMOD meaning of execute)) the button should be labelled with "Choose" or sth like that.

I believe it would be a good idea to redesign the file system hierarchy in Ubuntu in a way similar to GoboLinux . Especially as a newbie migrating from Windows or Mac OS X is used to "/Applications" or "C:\Program Files" respectively, not to things like "/usr/bin" and "/usr/share". See the GoboLinux website for more reasons for this idea.

it would be cool if cd/dvd burning could be done without starting a specific program for the task.

files could just be dragged to the disk drive and then one could press the burn button.

Ubuntu works very hard to only distribute one app for one job. Yes, the Open Source world provides loads of choice - which is why we have repos... but for the simplicity and tidyness of Ubuntu, this rule is essential.

No matter what distro I've been using, I have always hated KDE, even though it has many strengths over Gnome, and I've always hated it for one reason - there are *far* too many icons on a default install. I would love to fall in love with KDE, but that's just not going to happen until I can install a KDE desktop with a sensible number of icons, and without 4 different programs to do everything.

So, my idea is, that Kubuntu also adopts the one app for one job policy, and seriously cuts down on the number of apps it provides by default. I can install more if I need them.

It is unnerving to touch buttons when the screensaver runs while a movie is playing.

Ubuntu Tweak is such a good tool for getting your Ubuntu system to work just right, I think it should be included by default. The first thing that I do when installing a system is put Tweak on it and fiddle a bit. It offers a comfortable, non-intimidating GUI for new/intermediate users to tweak their system. This is consistent in Ubuntu's quest to be Linux for Human Beings. A new user can use it to customize their GNOME setup and Compiz, or add easy scripts like Open As Root to Nautilus.

http://ubuntu-tweak.com/

I'd like that nautilus could burn files to a CD or DVD directly, dropping them into the cdrom window, at the sidebar there must be an option: "burn these files in a cd"

why do we have to go to places "CD/DVD Creator"?, why not at the side bar, dont u think it is complicated in the way it is right now?

We have, now, 3D desktops. My idea is that Compiz have support for VRML format (or any 3D file format) to build 3d Wallpapers, So if I turn my cube, a 3D structure could turn with it.

Canonical should hire a legion of tens of thousands of Chinese programmers.
It will be very cheap, and Chinese people are very intelligent and hard workers. Always top A grade students, perfect score on all tests.

In China people work 20 hours a day for only like $2 dollar a day.
We can employ them for only 6-9 hours a day with a great salary of $5-10 dollar per day.

It will be a great deal for them, because they can work less and earn more.

It will be great for us, because we can hire tens of thousand Chinese programmers, a whole legion of them and increase the development rate by a factor of a thousand.

I think that applets should not be locked to the panels so much. It might be nice for some people if they could put some applets on their desktop if they want to see it bigger or have any other reason for it. Maybe have an "add to desktop" option in the right click menu.

If you right click on a drive icon and go to properties then the volume or drive tabs, under the settings dropdown, there is a place to type mount point, options, and file-system type.

When typing in the mount point, if any type of not-permitted characters are put in it, it should warn the user that they can't use those characters. Some users might put a whole file path into that field (ie, /media/storage) and then unmount and on remount, it fails with an error message saying that slashes are not permitted in the mount point. It should warn about this BEFORE a user can get out of the dialog box.

Make an entry to "install-font" in the context menu when right-clicking a font file. The font would then be moved to the appropriate directory in the home folder. It took me a while to figure out how to install fonts!

When i try to customize my destop, i hate when i have to change mouse cursors, i must download a package with cursors that not always works(i think they need to be programmed) and i must change all the cursors, the worst is that i need to restart X only because i want to see how works my new cursors.
You may not like what i'm going to say, but windows is better in this way, you can get the cursors separately(don't need a full package) in .ico or .ani for animated and you can use your new cursors in the moment.
I know there are programs that "package" icons from windows format and converts then to linux, but it should be easier if ubuntu could change then in an easier way.

Simply put:
Add RealPlayer for Linux to the multiverse repository, and prompt people (at least those from the USA) to install it when they go to play MP3s, AACs, or RealMedia files.

More Info:
Many people desire out-of-the-box, or seemingly out-of-the-box playback of MP3s, AAC (mpeg4 audio), and (sometimes) RealMedia audio and video files. Currently Ubuntu offers seemingly out-of-the-box support for MP3s by offering to install MP3 codecs that are open source but may violate patent laws in the US.
Suse has an easy solution to this: bundling RealPlayer. It supports the above-mentioned formats. Rather than bundling RealPlayer, Ubuntu should offer to install it from the multiverse. This would require that RealPlayer be added to the multiverse (Helix Player is insufficient because it does not support the proprietary formats.)

i think its better to provide man page with examples rather than just giving a syntax of the commands , to make the newbies more comfortable

Well e.g. if I has watched a video with sound on youtube , and then leaves youtube and then tries to play an audio file in vlc , then it won't play? Only if i kill the firefox process!

The same problem occurs if i go the other way around (first vlc = ok, then firefox wont play if i dont kill vlc)

Fix this!

Nepomuk ( http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main1/ ) is an EU-driven initiative to get semantic ideas into the desktop. This means that files (amongst other things) can be "tagged", rated, linked to each other, etc., allowing users or programs to run queries like "show me every photo that Dave sent to me over Jabber last March which has an elephant in it" (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARQL ).

The project currently includes work on Mozilla and KDE integration (work is here http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main1/Deliverables ) amongst other things.

My idea is this: Integrate Nepomuk technologies (for instance the KDE Nepomuk server) with Gnome, for instance tagging in Nautilus, rating in Rhythmbox, who email attachments are from in Evolution, who has sent files in Empathy, etc..

The KDE implementation makes heavy use of the Strigi search/indexing system, although Tracker and Beagle should be able to work just as well following the XESAM standard ( http://xesam.org/main ).

I'd like to see an Adobe Flash-like editor, which creates output as a HTML file (using HTML,SVG,Javascript & AJAX) instead of a custom file format. This will allow the files to run on ANY web-standards compliant browser, without requiring external plugins for every single browser. Such files will just work (even on mobile devices)

Advantages & Disadvantages
The main advantage is that no plugins or virtual machine is required. Any standards compliant browser will support the file, and any OS which has a standards compliant browser will support it.

It would also be much more secure, because all files would run within the confines of the browser. Flash for instance bypasses cookie controls because it stores its cookies outside of the browser. This is exploited by companies to track users. And as long as the browser is secure, the files will be too.

And, the editor could even be implemented as a web application, so that users don't need to install a development tool. And since it uses basic javascript, extensions to the editor could be easily made (this isn't possible in flash/Gnash/whatever else).

The only disadvantages is that the files will run a bit slower for now until the next round of browsers with faster javascript execution. And we may need to wait for the next version of HTML for the additional multimedia capabilities.


Examples of Current SVG/HTML/Javascript Combos include:
Photos Example
Tetris Example
Interactive Slide Show

If there is enough enthusiasm to code such a project, I would be willing to help program.. This should definitely be taken up by someone though so that we no longer need flash.

When one plugs in a thumb drive or an external hard drive, the mount point is always defined as /media/disk, /media/disk-1, or /media/disk-n. While it is great that the devices are auto mounted, it is not to great that the same device might have a different mount point depending on what else is plugged in. This is very confusing for new users when they configure applications to use the directories of external devices, and then have the mount points for those devices change on them.

I propose that when a new storage device is plugged in, a unique mount point is defined for that particular device, so that whenever you plug it in again it will always have the same mount point. The default mount should be able to be changed by right clicking on the volume and clicking "Properties." The user should not have to change the volume properties themselves first, it should be done for them.

Usage Case:
Bill has all his music on his external hard drive and is mounted as /media/WD-Passport and has Rhythmbox configured to look in this directory. Instead of Rhythmbox getting confused when the mount point changes from /media/disk to /media/disk-1, it always looks in the default mount point for this device.

Ubuntu is Linux for human beings and it follows the principles of the Ubuntu philosophy. Creative Commons licenses also follow the principles of freedom and openness associated with Ubuntu. Maybe we should encourage the use of creative commons licenses in the Ubuntu desktop. I suggest we integrate creative commons licenses throughout the Ubuntu desktop so that more users become aware of them and so that it is easier for them to use the licenses.

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Gnome_Integration
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/GnomeMockUps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons