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Webcam with Pidgin!  
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Written by kwixbit the 28 Feb 08 at 19:24. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
Pidgin is a good program to chat on all protocols, but a webcam plugin is still missing.
The developers aren't decided to code webcam support, but having this in Pidgin is very needed.

Or why not code this plugin for emesene? But you can only use the MSN protocol at the moment!
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Solution #1: Implement webcam support
Written by kwixbit the 28 Feb 08 at 19:24.
Implement webcam support in pidgin

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Drag & drop with Atl + Tab  
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Written by netiauga the 28 Feb 08 at 19:05. Global category: System. New
I'm so frustrated. I can't use Drag & drop with Atl + Tab to move files.
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Solution #2: Allow Alt+Tab when drag and drop
Written by math the 4 Jan 09 at 21:00.
And then I would like to have the ALT+tab function enabled while dragging, in order to drop the file into the new email window.
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Solution #3: Hover over the desired window or task or viewport to switch
Written by loonyphoenix the 18 Jan 09 at 07:32.
Make it possible to hover while drag-and-dropping over the desired task in the taskbar or over a window in the background to bring the application to the front; or over a viewport in viewport selector to switch to it. No need for a keyboard!
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Solution #4: Do both - and expand the functionality to make it easier to use.
Written by jharris1993 the 24 Jan 09 at 22:00.
Both of these solutions have merit.
Being a (eek!) Windoze user, I am used to being able to hover over a window and drop there even if the window doesn't have focus.

What I would like to see:
(a) Allow Alt-Tab as above
(b) Allow Hover as above
(c) Allow "edge awareness" when dragging.
(i.e. If the place you want to drag to is not visible within the window, dragging to the edge where it's hidden should cause the window's viewport to scroll in that direction.)

I have noticed this a number of times - especially when trying to select text by dragging - that the selection process simply STOPS at the edge instead of scrolling the viewpoint.

What say ye?

Jim


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Different wallpapers on different monitors/workspace  
Written by greycode the 28 Feb 08 at 17:20. Global category: Look and Feel. In development
I've got two monitors, and right now if I use the wallpaper settings in gnome it stretches the wallpaper across the two monitors. It does this even for the default ubuntu wallpaper. This can look really bad depending on the image. In order to get around this I had to get two wallpaper images and join them into one large one with the GIMP and set that as my wallpaper.

There should be a way in gnome to set a different wallpaper for each monitor.

==== Merged with ideas of a similar scope: Different wallpapers on different workspace ===

Many workspaces option in Linux allows you to separate your work, why not allow users to have different wallpapers on each workspace. This allows for easier identification of which workspace you are on.
When used with compiz-fusion you can rapidly switch between your workspaces and the different wallapaper will allow you to quickly recognise what desktop you are on.

Currently this is natively available in KDE but not in Gnome. In Gnome you can't even let Compiz take over the wallpaper control because Nautilus doesn't allow for transparent backgrounds.

Other solutions like Wallpapoz are slow and when switching between desktops it takes too long to switch WP.

Developer comments
This feature is a Google Summer of Code 2008 project.
Follow the development of this feature on the student's blog:
http://gsocblog.jsharpe.net/
Update: it seems his code didn't reached Gnome 2.24, thus this feature won't be present in Intrepid.
Update2: Not in Jaunty too. It seems the code wasn't accepted in Gnome. Need to investigate.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #93
Written by greycode the 28 Feb 08 at 17:20.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #93 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Selected solution (#2): Wraparound Wallpapers
Written by Vendaval the 4 May 09 at 03:21.
With Compiz it's possible to put a different wallpaper on every workspace, so why isn't this used more to create a unified cube? A welcome wallpaper has been discussed, and having a simple welcome wallpaper could guide the user to the next workspace. Wallpapers could then come in sets, so applying a new wallpaper could give you a unified cube.

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Speed Up Ubuntu-Gnome boot time  
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Written by Arioch the 28 Feb 08 at 15:26. Global category: System. Implemented
I guess everybody has experienced the rather long boot up times in Ubuntu (particularly with laptops). I know they are already working on it, but the change from feisty to gutsy was a pain in the ass in terms of boot up speed.
A default WinXP installation beats Ubuntu's boot up time by far!! That shouldn't be allowed fellas!!
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Selected solution (#1): Boot DevelopmentTeam
Written by Arioch the 28 Feb 08 at 15:26.
I propose to the development team (both Ubuntu and by extension Gnome) to work on the improvement of boot up times in Ubuntu systems.
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Selected solution (#2): Allow users to streamline the boot simply.
Written by tchalvakspam the 23 Jan 09 at 21:53.
In addition to speeding up the processes involved, which is key, make it simple for the user to streamline their own bootup. Installing different software can -always- slow down a bootup, no matter how fast it was initially.

Thus, to -keep- boot time short for the many different ways that people use ubuntu, provide the ubuntu user with a simple default tool to remove, delay the start of, or uninstall software that take the most time during startup. The combination of a default boot-time analysis tool and the current session startup manager would provide allow easy boot streamlining, and to a lesser extent so would showing on-screen indicators of what things are being started up over the course of the normal ubuntu boot load.
Allowing user analysis is the key feature missing to make streamlining available to the individual in addition to the developer.
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Selected solution (#3): Defer loading unnecessary programs
Written by aadityabhatia the 29 Jan 09 at 04:57.
Some programs take too long and are not required immediately upon boot. For example, sendmail takes forever to start and a regular desktop user usually wants to see a login screen asap, so sendmail can wait. Such programs could be identified and their initiation can be delayed while rest of the system continues booting up.
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Selected solution (#4): Profiler to log boot program times
Written by aadityabhatia the 29 Jan 09 at 05:04.
There is a contrast in the comments: some machines take more time before login screen, some do after. In many cases it's the compiz and in some it's dbus or a part of gnome.

The idea is to have a profiler start at the beginning of boot process, on demand, and measure the time taken by each program at startup, writing it to a log file. This will help users figure out what part takes the most time, and will simplify profiling the boot process.

Not sure how much effort is involved, but sounds possible. Any takers?
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Selected solution (#5): Prefech gnome programs while the user type his password
Written by Id2ndR the 15 Feb 09 at 16:10.
The programs that are loaded just after the login are always the same : gnome-session, gnome-daemons etc.

What take time to load the session is to read them from the hard drive. So as we are sure they will be loaded, we can prefetch them.

This can be extended to user's programs just after he give his name to gdm (so while he is entering his password).
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Selected solution (#6): Speed up GDM
Written by kleytonn the 2 Mar 08 at 12:40.
Turn fast and light the Gnome enviroment with a fast boot. Today, a login in GDM cost 10 or 20 seconds to load a user desktop in one fast computer.
KDE 4.0.1 is new but is visible more light than Gnome.

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Selected solution (#7): make gnome as fast as xfce by working with them
Written by slsolaris the 23 Mar 09 at 17:11.
gnome is too slow, it need a lot of implrovements, like when u see icons overlap any other, gnome panel bar is not real transparent, and i bring this things in mind just because i can not understand how xfce that does have this features is faster and and lighter...

i mean gnome should work in hand with them and give them things that they already do not have and they could give us some very important help to improve things

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Nautilus to display more info while asking for copying existing file  
Written by aufather the 9 Nov 08 at 04:07. Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com. New
When I copy a newer version of a file, nautilus asks whether to skip or replace this file. But it does not provide any info other than the file name. It would be nice if it would at least provide the file sizes too. More info maybe accessible from a drop down button. Like modified time, owner, permissions etc. But these can be hidden and be accessible from a drop down button (like the button which shows progress of individual files during software installation). This will help the user to compare both the files and make an informed decision there itself. Instead of canceling the operation and then comparing both the files and then redoing the same operation.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #15427
Written by aufather the 9 Nov 08 at 04:07.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15427 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Solution #2: Collapsed additional information
Written by dcruz the 28 Apr 09 at 10:47.
The dialog should contain collapsed additional information from both files that the user could access, such as:
* size
* creation date
* modification date
* creator
* etc.
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Solution #3: Diff view for text files
Written by dcruz the 28 Apr 09 at 10:48.
Have an option the see the difference between both files it those files are textual.
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Solution #4: Have an option to suggest another name.
Written by Lachu the 28 Apr 09 at 13:08.
GNOME should have option, like in KDE to write file in destination folder, but changes the name. When file should be named "SomeDocument", we should name it "SomeDocument-CurrentDate" or "SomeDocument-SourceFolderName".
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Solution #5: Have an option to rename old file
Written by Akerbos the 29 Apr 09 at 19:52.
Similar to #3, but rename the existing file (kind of backup style)
I'd like this because most often you want the new file to be in effect at that moment while preserving the old one.
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Solution #6: Option to Merge files/folders
Written by sanketmedhi the 4 May 09 at 09:55.
There should also be an option for merging files/folders together just as in some other operating systems. This will be especially beneficial in case of folders.
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Solution #7: Easy way to open both files for visual comparison
Written by philip the 5 May 09 at 22:25.
The motivation is like #2 but for non-text files. If one or both files are images, office documents or media files, diff will not help. Clicking on the file name should open the file. This saves a visual search for the files in the directory.
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Solution #8: Previews of the files
Written by philip the 5 May 09 at 22:52.
The dialog should contain pre-computed views of the files, so you don't have to wait for (say) the spreadsheet program to load and open the files. The views should be about 100x100 pixels large and should show a cropped, scrollable view of each file. When the user resizes the dialog,, the preview areas should show more or less of the files. Or, a larger preview can show as a tool tip when the mouse hovers over the small preview.
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Solution #9: nautulis: copy old file to trash before overwrite
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 13:01.
add an option to move old file to the trash before overwrite.
nautulis:
move file to trash before overwrite, if file is a text or document file below a preconfigured size such as 1 MB.

This way overwritten files can be retrieved at a dept of one.
Or you could make the trash bin a temporary source repository for overwritten/deleted files, only storing the diff of the text files, so you limit space taken up by the trash bin and have multiple restore points for files. The repository will be clear every time the user clears the repository or after a defined amount of days.

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Solution #10: Compare checksum of files.
Written by Matir the 26 May 09 at 03:19.
Since md5sum is necessary for parts of apt and is installed in every base system, only files with the same name and different checksums need to be considered.
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Solution #11: Relace If Newer button
Written by Redge the 2 Jun 09 at 18:34.
See also solution #6. We now have a "Replace All" button, but I miss Windows Explorer's "Replace if Newer" option. Displaying extra info is all nice, but I want to be able to do file operations that don't require further user interaction. So let's add that "Replace All if Newer" button.
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Solution #12: Push transfers requiring user feedback to the end of the queue
Written by Redge the 8 Jun 09 at 00:07.
When doing file operations and Nautilus encounters conflicts or errors that require the user's feedback to resolve, Nautilus should first try to complete the rest of the queue and push the files needing feedback to the end. That way, if the user is AFK as much of the operation as possible will be done by the time he/she gets back.
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Solution #13: Use Desktop files.
Written by Lachu the 19 Jun 09 at 08:47.
On situation in idea, Ubuntu should save file on different name and create Desktop file to it. Many user uses only GUI application with file managers supporting Desktop Files.

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Firefox/Mozilla: Synchronize "Open With" with Menu  
Written by JYC the 15 Mar 08 at 23:38. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
It's very annoying to try to find the binary file in Firefox/Mozilla's "Download" -> "Open With" -> "Other...(Select Application)" dialog. When you're compiling Mozilla for X11, shouldn't they detect the menu system?
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Solution #1: Show available apps, not root filesystem
Written by JYC the 15 Mar 08 at 23:38.
When choosing "Other.." instead of default associated application, Firefox should show available apps instead of showing the root filesystem.
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Solution #2: Change the file system - keep every app in one folder
Written by Biornus the 1 Feb 09 at 10:10.
It the same as the OSX way, you keep every program in one folder, or atleast a shortcut, it would then be easy to find apps with "Other" in Firefox.

Just as a sidenote, all the files for each application would probably have to be spread around the file system, but either when you delete the shortcut or if you remove it through Synaptic or Add/Remove, Ubuntu remembers to delete all the files who is not gonna be needed anymore.
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Solution #3: Create a virtual folder with all apps
Written by twocool the 8 Feb 09 at 15:47.
If there was a a virtual folder (or even a virtual FUSE filesystem) with all applications it would not only solve the problem in firefox but in every application with the same problem. As an added bonus it could improve the overall usability of Ubuntu.
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Solution #4: Integrate it with GNOME's default applications system
Written by qense the 20 Jan 09 at 17:42.
GNOME already has got a program that allows you to select default applications.
Use that program and extend it to centralize the settings and point to it in Firefox at the right places.
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Solution #5: select gnome-open as default app
Written by sebek the 17 Jun 09 at 13:15.
Although I am in favor of solution #4, I don't know how difficult it is to implement.

The workaround I propose is a quick and easy one : the default path to the applications for every file-type should be gnome-open. You can change if you don't want gnome-open to open this kind of application.


gnome-open is a command line tool that takes a file as an argument. This file will be opened with the application defined in GNOME and nautilus.

Could this solution promoted as
One Hundred Paper Cuts ?



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Disk Manager by default  
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Written by frandavid100 the 29 Feb 08 at 00:37. Global category: Installation. New
There have been complaints that Ubuntu lacks a disk configuration utility, which forces newbies to manually edit fstab if they want to use a drive that was not present when they installed the system. Manually editing the file is difficult and frustrating to them, and not an ideal way to handle the issue on the long run.

An application exists by the name of Disk Manager, which keeps tracks and notifies of newly added units, and for extremely easy (automagical) configuration. That is the kind of stuff we want in Ubuntu.

-Disk Manager notifies about new drives:

http://flomertens.free.fr/disk-manager/images/notify.png

-Disk Manager allows the user to mount or unmount drives without any hassle, even by providing a simple name for them:

http://flomertens.free.fr/disk-manager/images/add.png

-Disk Manager allows to easily enable NTFS writing support:

http://flomertens.free.fr/disk-manager/images/main_general.png

-Disk Manager allows to keep track of mounted / unmounted partitions and free space on them:

http://flomertens.free.fr/disk-manager/images/main_advance.png

[....]
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #323
Written by frandavid100 the 29 Feb 08 at 00:37.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #323 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Improve Flash Player support for Linux.  
Written by Copitox the 9 May 09 at 17:18. Related project: Flash plugin (macromedia). New
Most of people are just "desktop users". They just want to listen to music, use an IM client, use twitter, facebook and youtube. So what? Well, youtube use flash, facebook use flash, and LOTS of sites use flash. It's clearly not the same wathcing a youtube video or playing a flash game in linux and in windows, the windows performance is WAY better. In Linux it barely runs, use a lot of CPU and sometimes even make the system crash. So, in order to make ubuntu really usabe for everyone, this should be solved.
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Solution #1: Lobby Macromedia/Adboe for better linux versions
Written by Copitox the 9 May 09 at 17:18.
Canonical could use their connection with Dell to push Macromedia/Adobe.
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Solution #2: Lobby Macromedia/Adboe to release the code
Written by Copitox the 9 May 09 at 17:18.
Canonical could use their connection with Dell to push Macromedia/Adobe.
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Solution #3: Work with Macromedia/Adobe
Written by Copitox the 10 May 09 at 03:28.
Maybe Canonical could make a team to work with adobe on Flash linux versions.
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Solution #4: Improve Gnash
Written by bitf the 10 May 09 at 03:38.
Gnash is Free Software, which means it can be bundled with Ubuntu. One step closer to getting Ubuntu to work out of the box.
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Solution #5: Adobe Just Started, so just offer Help
Written by Shady3D the 10 May 09 at 06:15.
just wait, because Adobe is just starting to develop for Linux, and they've spend a lot of time with windows to get this right, so its a matter of time.

so what should canonical do is just to offer Adobe for some help if they need, but working on Flash again will be waste of time and effort.
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Solution #8: Improve SWFDec
Written by anyedge the 15 May 09 at 07:16.
I list SWFDec(which actually works better for me) because Gnash has already been listed(and I voted for that as well). Adobe will only release their Flash code once the FOSS alternatives catch up to their software(think Sun and Java). Creating a team to work with Adobe WHILE they are keeping it closed source is a waste of time and resources that would be better served(and more coercive to Adobe) working on the FOSS alternatives.
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Solution #9: Assist with HTML 5 (includes native video support, scalable graphics, etc)
Written by weblordpepe the 28 May 09 at 11:55.
HTML 5 includes native video support, scalable graphics, and other neato things. Basically the aim is to provide all the beautiful stuff we use on the web today without having to resort to some binary, unaccessible plugin.
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When was the last time you saw a search engine tunnel through links in a Flash website?
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HTML 5 is something that Canonical is able to assist with and support. Its a W3C, international standards kinda thing. It is where the web is headed.. or at least should head.Remember folks, the web got big due to accessible protocols..
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We cannot let the future be run on closed platforms like Flash or Silverlight.
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Think Javascript + scalable graphics + native video support all without plugins! Improve the open stuff, not beg the proprietary vendors for more. It's not the GNU/free way.
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Solution #10: Work on ogv development
Written by malachi1990 the 3 Jun 09 at 00:22.
Mozilla and Wikimedia are working on the ogg video format to replace flash videos. This could be a viable alternative with a little bit of time and a lot of support from the community.

If someone can find the link on this, please post in the comments.
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Solution #11: Do nothing
Written by rocketflame the 8 Jun 09 at 00:23.
whats wrong with flash? the version from adobe works fine
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Solution #12: Based on #4 Add GPU acceleration to Gnash
Written by commodore256 the 22 Jun 09 at 12:13.
GPU acceleration will make flash media less of a resource hog.

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Drag select in Nautilus Please  
Written by spacejesus the 12 Mar 08 at 15:38. Global category: Look and Feel. New
Please consider modifying nautilus to enable drag and select multiple files in Nautilus list view. This is an incredibly annoying deficiency which is not present in virtually any other file manager I have used.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4371
Written by spacejesus the 12 Mar 08 at 15:38.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4371 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Better visualization of unmounted drives in Nautilus  
Written by gazilla the 15 May 09 at 03:38. Related project: Nautilus. New
When a drive (USB disk, etc) is mounted the view in Nautilus is like this (see ATOM)...


When the drive is unmounted, but not yet removed, the view changes to this...


As the visualization of the drive is very similar to other mounted drives it is difficult to tell which drives are mounted and which are not.

Please vote for the solution you like and only vote down the other solutions if you think they are wrong in some way (and a comment would be nice).
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Solution #1: Move the icon and drive name to a new section
Written by gazilla the 15 May 09 at 03:38.
Create a new section in the Places panel to house unmounted drives, like this...

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Solution #2: Grey out the icon and drive name
Written by gazilla the 15 May 09 at 03:54.
Simply grey out the icon and the name of the drive, like this... (see also Solution #5)

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Solution #3: Both Solution#1 AND Solution#2
Written by gazilla the 15 May 09 at 03:59.
Create the new section in the Places panel and put the greyed out icon and drive name there, like this...

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Solution #4: Add a (re)mount icon
Written by Valsodarg the 20 May 09 at 23:57.
Add a mount icon (simplest is to invert the unmount icon and change color to green)


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Solution #5: Combine Solution #2 and Solution #4
Written by nizarus the 24 May 09 at 09:56.
Solution#2 for visibility and Solution#4 for simplicity (simple click to mount)
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Solution #6: enhanced Solution #1 and #4
Written by derLars the 24 May 09 at 14:37.
I think there should be a permanent section of mountable/mounted places instead of the current mix of places, mountables and bookmarks.

Having an own section for it and having a proper marking of unmounted entries (preferably skinable, since I personally don't like the greying out and would prefer something like plain italics) would greatly benefit the usability.
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Solution #7: Different Background Colour
Written by kir360 the 25 May 09 at 16:11.
I think the graying out of the unmounted devices may induce the ill feeling that the driving is not working properly( might be with the windows culture :P ...

so I propose a different background color for the mounted and unmounted devices.. like an orange background for the mounted devices... that must make it easy to distinguish b/w the mounted and unmounted devices...

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