Contributor mwinarto

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The Ubutnu is a popular distribution, and the choice of their standard theme should be made by all by voting. And not by a small group. The community can elect the theme through the Ubuntu Brainstorm.


For the choice of a new theme that is the satisfaction of the majority that idea is essential.

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Initially thank you all. This idea may help it to developers in the choice, and can have an extra theme.

Can serve as a basis for changes in the theme chosen by the team of Ubuntu, even if the popular themes are not adopted.

This idea will help.

When switching workspaces, show workspace name for a couple of seconds.

Often after doing an update the double arrow icon will appear indicating a need to reboot. But if you click it, no reason is given as to why reboot is needed.

My idea is that clicking on the icon (or a "Why?" link for more information) should indicate why the OS thinks a reboot is needed so I can make a decision about whether to do it now or later.

my other ideas

Running python/perl/bash programs in gnome by double clicking them usually opens them as as a document wrongly, instead of executing them. The only way fix currently is for users to mess around with permissions, edit the source code, or/and use terminal.

Scripts are MEANT to be easy and convenient, and should consistently require only 1 click to run (as they do on any other platform). They don't do that currently because Linux sees them as plain-text files, and ignores the file extensions. And, the permissions trick only works if the script/program was coded in linux!

If we set up:
*.pl to run with perl
*.sh to run with the sh interpreter
*.py to run with python
properly, perl, python and bash programs will consistently run with 1 click, instead of requiring 2 actions at least. And it will be consistent with other OS's, without breaking any programs.

And users will be happier because everything runs in 1 click, instead of screwing with permissions or editing source code.

I think that Ubuntu needs to give the user better feedback for their actions. For example if you copy a small file from one folder to another, nothing seems to happen. If the file operations progress bar doesn't pop up, you have no idea if your computer just did what you asked it to do. You have to visually check that the file has been copied.

To me, the most obvious solution is to introduce a better and more comprehensive default sound theme. In my example, a short sound event could provide confirmation that the file has been copied. There are other examples - file operations; starting applications, changing system settings etc.

I know that a lot of people like their systems to be as silent as possible; but there's no reason why this should be the default. When you think about people trying out Ubuntu for the first time, they might not be so sure of themselves or the desktop environment. I think better sounds could provide an extra level of reassurance, and provide a richer experience overall.

Ubuntu has the human theme throughout, but no skin. Why not put some actual human being selections to go with the human theme.

My idea is that there should be desktop wallpaper available with attractive models with some actual skin showing. Not nude or so far as porn, mind you... say, beach attire or lingerie: calendar girls/guys. I think these wallpapers should be easily available with a few clicks whether or not they are on the install CD.

Lets not be prudes... probably most of our computers are used at home, and it would be fun. It would distinguish Ubuntu from uptight stuffy corporate-only alternative operating systems.

I think it would be fun for some machines (probably not for work though).

[Addendum: wow, getting some pushback from the no-sexo's. What a shock]

Better Title = Firefox option - Bookmark "Some" Tabs (to Folder)

Problem ;

Saving all tabs to a folder is handy.
But not all of the time do you want to save "all" the tabs to the "same" folder.

So what are the current options ? - save all of them to one folder, and save all of them to another, then go back and delete the ones you didn't want in each folder.
OR
do it the old way - save them individually to their separate folders.


Solution;

1) Have an option to "Save Some of the tabs".
This can either be from the menu, or as a prompt option once "save all tabs" has been selected.
Have a Check box list for selecting the tabs to save.
Bulk processing of tabs would be improved if the user was presented with a list of the addresses in the tabs, with a matching check box, so they can select which ones they want to save.

2) It would be handy if the list also showed (say on the line underneath) what the link text would be in the bookmarks, so the user can edit the text for a more meaningful description.

3) An option to request a prompting to continue to process the other remaining tabs, after these ones have been saved to a bookmarks folder.

4) An option to either leave the tabs still listed in the window (may want to save them to another bookmark folder also), or delete them.

Like the title says, it would be nice to be presented with ALL available drivers for each device that has more than one options detected, in case the default is not preferred. Example:


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Ubuntu has detected more than one drivers for your device (ATI Radeon 9250). Please select one for Ubuntu to use.

Note: Some packages may require a network connection.

fglrx (x.x.xxx, closed source)
"~Advantages/disadvantes here~

aiglx (x.x.xxx, open source) (default)
~Advantages/disadvantes here~

glx (x.x.xxx, no longer supported)
~Advantages/disadvantes here~
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And show more options for the driver if available:


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Ubuntu has detected more than one options for your driver (aiglx x.x.xxx). Please select one for Ubuntu to use.

Note: Some packages may require a network connection.

optional package 1 (x.x.xxx, closed source)

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Ubuntu should have a video training CD that could be downloaded like the installer CD. Something similar like lynda.com has for windows and mac os.

It would be extremely useful for new users.

The idea here is to make such a mode, when not only all IMs are set to "Busy" or "Occupied", but also the system doesn't show any notifications - update or else. Let it be a small lightbulb icon in the tray, which would go yellow as something happens and stay off as everything is ok: no text messages or popups whatsoever. This is really handy when you have to concetrate on the work.

Looking at the current "envelope" icon makes one think evolution is only for mail, i suggest using the original:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/images/48/evolution-icon.png

Or atleast something similarly informative.
maybe something like this from the NuoveXT theme:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3053/evolutionpk8.png

This is to supply an intuitive way for file searching within Nautilus (or any other search application)

* Searching with Tracker/Beagle alone has known insufficiencies (removable media).
* Searching with "find" is slow
* Searching with locate/slocate/updatedb is fast but is not always up to date and does not index file contents

My proposal is to merge these search technologies ("hybrid search") to get an intuitive result:

* Search files with all search technologies and merge the results. Per default let search on all backends.
* in a second step allow a user configuration:
- which searches should be used and in which sequence?
- special rules for special locations (search on a network share)
- can one search backend extinguish search results of another search backend? (this could be automated if search engines could be flagged "is always up to date?")



The goal is to always have an adequate search result when the search finishes and quickly display what can be found in a second.

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An advanced example: A search for "eclipse.png" on "/":
* Tracker does not find anything (it maybe did not index "/")
* locate finds a file (the database was updated some hours ago) - the file gets shown in the results
* but the search is still ongoing: find does not find the file (that means the file got deleted after locate updated its database) - the file disappears from the results

Ubuntu, and the FOSS community can help make existing and new application better, by creating a stamp of approval for applications that have high usability.

Criteria for the award:

1. adherence to the HIG (Human Interface guidelines)
Examples for HIGs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interface_guidelines
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/
http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/basics/
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/index.html

2. passes peer review.

3. passes user review.

JILetters is a phonics based alphabet tutoring software, that has also been endorsed by the Department for Children, Families and Schools in UK.

It could be included by default in Edubuntu. However, it has dependency on python-pygame package which is not available by default in Ubuntu.

JILetters Homepage: http://jiletters.sourceforge.net/
Entry in FSF: http://directory.fsf.org/project/JILetters/

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