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customization in unity  
Written by apierre.cardoso the 15 Nov 10 at 19:57. Related project: Unity. New
unity should be customizable.
In the way it is now, we cannot change anything.
Everyone that I know that uses ubuntu complained about that.
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Solution #1: create a manager
Written by apierre.cardoso the 15 Nov 10 at 19:57.
create a manager with options for the interface, or some other way of making it customizable.
For instace, I hate the recent documents in the folder/files navigator, I would like to take that off.
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Solution #2: Be able to switch between Unity and Gnome
Written by mcornejo the 21 Nov 10 at 20:10.
When I first bought my netbook, I installed Ubuntu Netbook version 10.10 for a try, but then you see that:

A. The graphic interface runs really slow in some moment's
B. That the graphic interface is really complicate

So you should be able to change between Unity and Gnome, because there are some users that like it
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Solution #3: Ideas are
Written by slsolaris the 5 Dec 10 at 18:08.
unity dock should have this options:
1. we should be able to set position: left, right, top, bottom.
2. I read this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415/comments/2

i am sure that mark wants it in that way just because he has not thought that we are able to set an icon where we can click and access: /usr/share/applications
we can give that idea and change his mind...

besides we can use that ubuntu white icon to group some options in tray, like shut down, system and unity dock preferences. (This menu should not have icons).

3. Let's change Terminal server client by Remmina which have a better graphic design and it is much much better:
http://remmina.sourceforge.net/


note: i do not like unity netbook interface, as its name indicates it should be just for netbooks not for desktops:
http://s0n1c2122.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/ubuntu_netbook_10-10.png
BUT i like unity dock and i think it should stay
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Solution #4: give some unity options in the app Appearance
Written by linuxdeef the 6 Dec 10 at 14:57.
In Appearance there should be options to change some things of unity. For example moving the launcher, chosing if you want a global menu, and when you change to another theme, unity should change as well, not only the window itself
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Solution #5: Add the options to the Unity Compiz plugin
Written by rubenverweij the 16 Dec 10 at 13:53.
Now Unity is essentially a Compiz plugin in Natty, add additional options to that plugin to change colours/background images of the panels, the position of the panel and dock etc.
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Solution #6: add folders to Unity bar
Written by rabideau the 3 Apr 11 at 21:27.
it would be very helpful if Unity supported/allowed the creation of folders within the Unity bar itself; this function would look much like what can be done do on an Ipad/iPod (drag one item on top of another to create a grouping/ group with two or more items)

see: http://www.ehow.com/how_6220490_create-app-folders-iphone-ipad.html
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Solution #7: make Ubuntu like Firefox
Written by deltrem the 23 Jan 12 at 20:28.
I can change Firefox in any way. I can position, add, edit, and remove any interface element however I think is useful to the others. So I created two add-ons. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/addon-tools-in-app-button/ and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ubiquity-in-awesomebar/

I reported many bugs to Ubuntu.
To make the Ubuntu team patch them, I need to convince them that the bug is so important that need to work, so it's very hard.
To make me patch them, I need to convince Ubuntu team that the bug is important, otherwise the patch won't be approved, which is hard, then I need to patch the bug, which is hard, then I need Ubuntu team to approve the code, which is hard, so it's triple hard.
To develop an app, I need to code my work and others will see my name, rate it high, install it lots, congratulate me by e-mail, recognize my work, which it's fun, then I need approval from the Ubuntu team to have my app in the Ubuntu Software Store and the Ubuntu team put a huge effort in the Ubuntu Software Store, the Ubuntu team wants more apps in the Ubuntu Software Store, so it's easy, then I show you since the app's popular, the bug is important and according to xkcd, I'm correcting a person on the internet, it's an important task, so it's important.

The Unity API is minimal. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI I can't position, I can't add, I can't edit and I can't remove anything.

Firefox has XML DOM with getElementById, insertBefore, createElement, setAttribute, removeChild etc and that's how you position. add, edit and remove anything.

Ubuntu needs an API like Firefox's XML DOM, but in C, not Javascript.

Imagine the experimentation that would happen. It would be awesome, like Firefox is. Features that you weren't expecting would be added to Ubuntu by the others, if you're a programmer, you would be able to create features and even if you're a user, you would be able to tell programmers how to create features. Maybe, Windows or Apple would copy the easy platform customization from Ubuntu which copied from Firefox.

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