Contributor asham

One irritating thing about Ubuntu (I guess Linux in general) is the small inconsistencies. Take the way you switch tabs. In some places (like Firefox), you use Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch to the next/previous tab, which in my mind is quite logical. But then in other places (like Nautilu's properties dialog) you can't do that. Instead you have to use Ctrl+PgUp/PgDwn, which I think is quite confusing for new users. Also, in the aforementioned properties dialog this is very impractical because if you get to the tab "Open With" or "Notes", the Ctrl+PgUp/PgDwn key combo stops working! In yet other places (like gEdit) none of the above key combos work! There you have to use Alt+1/2/3/etc.!

That means that there are at least three different ways of changing tabs in the default applications of Ubuntu! In my view that is not acceptable! I don't mind there being different ways to switch tabs, as long as they all work in all apps. This is the case in Firefox, where you can use any of the key combos mentioned above to switch tabs. I would like at least the most known of these key combos (Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab) to work across all apps in Ubuntu. Please! :)

[PS: I'm not sure if this should be in Accessibility or Look and Feel. If it's placed in the wrong category, I hope an admin will move it for me. Thanks!]

I think, a lot of people like to help with ubuntu development, but they don't know where to start. This includes not only programmers but also designers, music composers or just the normal ubuntu user.

So how about creating a website "howcanihelp.ubuntu.com" where everyone (except for C/C++ programmers ;-) ) can find out how to contribute?

Examples:
PHP Programmer -> help with Brainstorm Development, someproject.ubuntu.com needs a new Website, ...
Music Composer -> (don't know where this should link)
Graphic Artist -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork
Foreign Language Native Speaker -> Translate Subtitles at screencasts.ubuntu.com,...
Beginner Ubuntu User -> (don't know if we find something for them :-) )
Advanced Ubuntu User -> Help people at IRC #ubuntu, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiToDo, join the Documentation Team...
Marketing Expert -> ...


and so on!

All the packages in the software repository should include a URL hyperlink to the official website of the software.

So when you read about the software, you can click on the link to get to the official homepage, for more information.

One thing that I noticed when I tried Ubuntu for the first time, coming from Windows, is that you have less space on your screen because of some certain settings. For example, window buttons are very large, menus (file, edit, view, etc) in windows are also bigger, possibly because Ubuntu uses a bigger font... I notice this the most in Firefox, where the toolbars at the top of the window take up about 1.5 times more space than the equivalent in Windows.
I would really like the Ubuntu developers to work on making toolbars, etc. take up less space and thus allow more space for the real important parts of the window, which is the content, whether that is a website you are viewing, the "sheet of paper" in a word processor, or anything else.
The reason for the larger menus in Ubuntu may be because of accessibility needs, but for the ordinary, non-disabled user, it doesn't make sense to give them less working space on their desktop.

My idee is to rename Hardy Heron to Wicked Wireless. People instandly know what the can espect of Bugbuntu 8.04 Long Term Shit.

ubuntu needs icons for python and ruby scripts like there is in KDE.

Offer choice during installation: system + programs or clean system only.
I have to install OpenOffice even if I never use this.

Summary: provide the options to turn on (1) context menus on button release, (2) autoscrolling.


I suggest that the user be given the OPTION to revert to a more Windows-like mouse behaviour. I understand that there are users who are accustomed to the Linux way, but some people have just made the switch and have a lot of other new things to get used to besides some queer things his (or her) mouse does.


1.) The action associated with the click of a mouse should begin not on the press, but on the press-and-release. For example, I press the right button to open a context menu, and while pressing it, I move the mouse a little to the right. What happens? When I release the right mouse button, I've already chosen some item of said menu.

It's rather disconcerting, especially in video players. Try right-clicking in Totem, pressing and releasing the mouse button in quick succession. It pauses the video, because you inadvertently press pause/resume. Install SMplayer, though, and try it there. That program emulates Windows behaviour, and for a good reason. I think there should be the option to make this system-wide.


2.) There is the action of the middle button. In Windows, when I pressed a middle button amidst text, I could quickly scroll the document up or down by moving the mouse away from the place where the click originated, and it kept scrolling until I released the button. In Linux, when I try to do it, at best, nothing happens, and at worst, a piece of text I selected somewhere gets inserted. That IS a nasty surprise, isn't it? I miss the ability to quickly scroll to the bottom of a document, although the quick copy-and-paste is, admittedly, rather handy once you get used to it.

Firefox gives the option to turn on "Autosrolling" (in Preferences > Advanced), as this functionality is apparently called. So it's convenient enough that there is a hack to simulate this functionality in a single program. I think this hack should be made system-wide.


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When we click on the Adept icon in the KDE panel, the second copy of Adept prints an error and refuses to start.

We could put wrappers around such programs so that when we select them they bring the existing process to the foreground rather than try to create a new one (and fail). This can be done fairly simply with wmctrl using a command like:
wmctrl -R "Adept" || adept.

descriptive services.i mean a description of services always
needed for new and old users.like some one told me to close
avahi i never knew it was for dhcp.still not sure but it will
only help.also mark some system services as red and warn about
these services,that can cause system break if closed.

Dophin should split the screen in top and under, not only left and right.