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Submit Your Idea button and Search box proliferation  
Written by jamesisin the 6 Aug 08 at 03:40. Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com. New
Many of the pages on the site lack the two most important items of the site: the search box and the submission button.

Seems like these, especially the search box, should be ubiquitous throughout the site--as in on every page.

The search box is lacking on other post pages, which seems to be a logical place from which one might desire to launch a search.

The submit button is lacking on the search results page, and I can't imagine a more likely launching point for that button.


Thanks,

James
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Solution #1: Add Search boxes and Submission buttons
Written by jamesisin the 6 Aug 08 at 03:40.
Seems like these, especially the search box, should be ubiquitous throughout the site--as in on every page.

Certainly add the search box to the other post pages, which seems to be a logical place from which one might desire to launch a search.

And add the submit button on the search results page.

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iTunes cannot identify flac correctly under DAAP  
Written by jamesisin the 14 Apr 09 at 01:14. Related project: Banshee Music Player. New
I am able to convince iTunes to play flacs/oggs locally, albeit it's a pain. Well, not that painful. Two components have to be added into separate system folders.

http://www.soundunreason.com/InkWell/?p=928

However, when iTunes connects to a DAAP share from my Ubuntu/Rhythmbox machine, flacs or oggs are seen but misunderstood.

The playback solution from my disorganized post above gives QuickTime the ability to play flacs and oggs. The problem is that iTunes won't use QT for flac/ogg playback unless you add some metadata to the resource fork for an individual file. Never will happen for a non-local file.

DAAP, being non-local by nature, cannot participate in this slight of hand. Unless...

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Solution #1: Create new DAAP share plugin which dupes iTunes
Written by jamesisin the 14 Apr 09 at 01:14.
If the DAAP share were to lie to iTunes about which MIME type it was sending (masking a flacs and oggs as QT movie files), the aforementioned local solution would allow playback of flacs and oggs across DAAP through iTunes.

More information here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7055287

NOTE:

There is already a working DAAP plugin for Rhythmbox. It just needs to lie to iTunes so that when folks using Macs visit we Ubunut cats they can connect to the DAAP share too. This is a positive inroad for Ubuntu and flac usage. To the point, this is probably more likely to apply pressure to Apple than anything else (it would encourage a consumer demand for flac within their own user base).

Wikipedia points out:

"DAAP has also been implemented in other non-iTunes media applications such as Banshee, Amarok, Exaile (with a plugin), Songbird (with a plugin), Rhythmbox, and WiFiTunes."
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Solution #2: Put some presure on Apple to support FLAC
Written by Darwin Survivor the 14 Apr 09 at 22:09.
Apple, being a OS designed for audio/video/images guys should be able to implement a free, high-quality, lossless audio codec...

See the 5 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 22 Mar 11 at 03:37) >>

Rhythmbox cannot track File Hierarchy changes and loses song/playlist info  
Written by jamesisin the 18 Feb 10 at 00:20. Global category: Multimedia. Not an idea
As it stands, Rhythmbox is not able to directly track changes made to the file and folder hierarchy wherein a musical collection is housed.

For instance if I see that I have misspelled the folder for Teh Who and change that folder name, Rhythmbox lists those tracks as Missing. If those tracks happened to appear in any playlists, they would need to be manually re-added. This holds true for any file or folder name change anywhere in the folder hierarchy for the library (or any imported file or folder).

Right-clicking on a Missing track gives only two options: Remove (duh) and Properties.

The link breaks and there is no method by which to fix it.
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Solution #1: Give Rhythmbox ability to re-locate Missing files/folders/collections
Written by jamesisin the 18 Feb 10 at 00:20.
Right-click on a Missing file (a group of them) to tell Rb where that file is now located.

In my example in the Description, I would select all the Teh Who files and point to the The Who folder. Rb would then re-associate all library information formerly of Teh Who with The Who (including playlist inclusions).

(This functionality exists currently, in iTunes, for example.)

See the 5 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 4 Apr 10 at 02:51) >>

SOLVED does not cover all Closed situations  
Written by jamesisin the 11 Feb 10 at 18:56. Related project: ubuntuforums.org. New
When one opens a thread in the Ubuntu forums, there is only one choice for closing that thead: SOLVED.

This does not cover all the possible situations in which one may find oneself closing a thread.

For example, it would be wrong indeed to close a thread as SOLVED if in the end a bug report were filed. Also, if you created a workaround in lieu of a solution SOLVED again seems inappropriate.
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Solution #1: Include other important, relavant closing options
Written by jamesisin the 11 Feb 10 at 18:56.
Other important options: WORKAROUND, BUG, CLOSED.

Of course, this is just a list. I am not specifically committed to the items on the list; rather I am promoting the spirit of including certain important closing options for threads.

Please see the comments for additional information.

Suppose this system were implemented. What would each label mean?

SOLVED: In this thread you will find a solution to the problem outlined in the original post and title.

WORKAROUND: In this thread you will find a workaround which will allow expected results in spite of the problem outlined in the original post and title.

BUG: In this thread you will find a link to a bug report and information on the thread-starter's particular situation (as outlined in the original post and title).

CLOSED: There is no resolution nor bug report. Perhaps the user rebuilt the system. Perhaps the matter resolved itself. Regardless, the OP no longer requires assistance and no useful solution should be expected within the thread.

See the 7 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 24 Mar 10 at 06:58) >>

Opera 9.51 incremental release--please update reps  
Written by jamesisin the 6 Aug 08 at 03:35. Global category: Others. Not an idea
Opera 9.51 has been out for some time. Is it possible to get this incremental release updated through the repositories?

Thanks.
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Solution #1: Update Opera
Written by jamesisin the 6 Aug 08 at 03:35.
Is it possible to get this incremental release updated through the repositories?
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Solution #2: Add Latest Opera to Repos
Written by jamesisin the 5 Apr 09 at 21:03.
I would like to see Ubuntu keeping up with Debian with updating Opera. (Currently I have switched to using the Debian repo.)

See the 2 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 5 Apr 09 at 21:06) >>