http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5720/ There are many things that already work in Ubuntu/GNOME/KDE with Drag&Drop, but there is much that can be improved:

- DnD an image from Firefox to the Desktop should place that image there, not a textfile with the link to the homepage.
- DnD from the icon on the left side of the URL in the Firefox address bar to the desktop should create a .desktop file with a link to that URL.
- DnD of devices onto the Pastebin should unmount them (like OSX)
- DnD of a Desktop file into a mainmenu/submenu of GNOME should create a menu item.
- fix the Nautilus-in-list-view-doesn't-accept-DnD-files issue: Launchpad bug #61237
- DnD file from anywhere (e.g. Desktop) to a folder in the "file open" "file save" dialogs.
- DnD a file into an edit box should insert a file:// link - KDE has this; Idea #3027
from Idea #4105:
- DnD Attachement from Thunderbird to Nautilus
- DnD Files From File-Roller to Nautilus
- DnD Picture from Nautilus to OOo

...and many more, please submit your ideas, I'll put them into the description!


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5720/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11325/ E.g. if you want to edit files in /etc, /boot/ etc... you have to go to the console, get root and edit the files either with nanno or with "sudo gedit" (GNOME) or "sudo kate" (KDE).

It would be a good idea to integrate a "Administrator mode" button or something like this with policykit backend into nautilus/dolphin.

I think for nautilus is something lika that underways, but for dolphin not.
To access root-only directories a question while entering the dir would be ok, but for editing files e.g this is not enough.

Other solution would be - every time I don't have the rights to do something (save /etc/samba/smb.conf e.g.) the systema asks me for the password.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11325/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5734/ Just create an empty file and name it with any word and one of the upper suffix; doubleclick on it and GNOME will tell you that it is "no directory". Funny.

I file that here because I don't think it's a bug, it's a lack of a feature: open these files with a nautilus servicemenu "Edit..."


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]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5734/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10461/
You (brainstorm team) would have less work if there were a *button* at each idea page which easily let *us* mark the idea as 'not an idea', to be reviewed by you, and you can decide if it really is one or not and set the flag

Let us help a bit.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10461/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10429/ I think it will be included in Intrepid Ibex, but since hardy is a LTS release it would be fine to have it at least in the backports repo.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10429/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11518/
The GNOME print dialog has this feature - the KDE one just very hidden in the printer driver options.



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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11518/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10660/
But it would be also useful to have the keywords "Idea #XXXXX" interpreted as a link:
Then I could write just "Idea #10660" or "idea 10660"
and it would automatically appear as "Idea #10660"
without the <a href="...">foo</a> tags.

Same could be done with "bug #XXXX"
I like cross - linking.

http://launchpad.net and http://bugs.kde.org does this fine.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10660/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9486/ But often there are more than one, or complement each other.
Same with bugs.
Mostly it's ONE IDEA -- ONE BUG, but sometimes it would be helpful to link 2 bugs/threads to 1 idea.



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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9486/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10631/ [key] in that case is the underlined letter.

I think it would be good to have additionally the possibility to answer with 'y' and 'n'

or - at least in dialogs where there is no other keyboard interaction possible - let me press JUST the underlined letter, without the Alt key, to speed up my workflow.

This of course should be systemwide, additionally to the normal hot keys, and standardized.
e.g.
y -> yes
n -> no
s -> save
ESC -> Cancel (already works in most of the dialogs)

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10631/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11615/ There are some reasons for this:

- people sometimes vote (good) ideas down just because it is a duplicate.
- It would help solve the problem of double votes.
- ATM you have comments spread all over 3-4 ideas which would be more convenient haveing them in one together.
- people are more lead to the leading idea and don't give the duplicates that much importance

The way launchpad works is really good.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11615/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9718/ B->C)

So I suggest redirecting duplicates:
so A->B should automatically become A->C

So there is just ONE real idea and all dupes should be direct dupes of that one.
Launchpad does this in a decent manner.

If you like this idea, also look at my other ideas

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9718/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12201/
Idea 12194: Add some features to the Nautilus File Operations function
Idea #3217: Create a minimal edition and/or a rolling realease of ubuntu!
Idea #12078: Laptop Mode / Power Management
Idea #12194: Add some features to the Nautilus File Operations function
...
It should be made clear that one idea should be *atomar* - because it's difficult to vote on an idea if you just like one of the included ideas, and the other two are crap...

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12201/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10064/
Sometimes I have two or three tabs open with searches, and I don't remember in which tab I entered which search terms.

Instead of "Search results" would be good: "Search results for 'foo bar'"


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10064/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/8161/
Fine toolkits like webtoolkit use it, but need a more recent version.
Please upgrade.


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/8161/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10233/ You can't move items on the panel, once they are there.
There is a huge discussion ongoing, the developers say it will be possible in KDE 4.2
It is NO bug, and it will be included in KDE 4.2, but that is WAY too late.

It was possible in all KDE, GNOME, Windows, OSX versions by now - not making it possible would be a backstep.
SUSE (11.0) made it possible in their with KDE 4.0(!), so there IS already a patch.

Please vote here, vote for the "bug" at the KDE Bugtracker if you have an account there, urge at launchpad, help to make that possible.


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]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10233/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10204/ ATM tags are included in brainstorm - VERY good.

But I vote to replace categories completely with tags - it is redundant information.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10204/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10548/
I think this could be done by just an apt-get call?



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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10548/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/8415/
The bar needs less space than the current window, it is faster and more comfortable to search, and you don't have another window open.
And the main reason for me is: Firefox searches WHILE you are typing, you don't have to press enter.

Kmail does this in a very good way when searching for a mail, even adept_manager can do this.


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/8415/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10205/
launchpad.net
ubuntu.com
ubuntuforums.org
wiki.ubuntu.com

I would suggest to add "brainstorm.ubuntu.com" to it (or just "brainstorm") for ideas related to Ubuntu Brainstorm!

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 05-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10205/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11782/ This is then saved in your ~ directory.
Or you change the preferences as root, which is also a user, and will be saved in /root.

But there is no easy way to change the behaviour of the default user, e.g. the next user that will be created.

You can edit the /etc/skel/* files - or you just can edit things manually in /usr/share/... it is spread over the system.

There should be a good concept to edit the "default user preferences".

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