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 an idea that, if it would be implemented, should be optional at first and be tested through and through. It's quite experimental in my eyes. I'm not even sure if this idea can be executed at all.

When you use a system it will always become fuller and fuller. Although Linux doesn't suffer as much from this as Windows, it can still make things harder to find and influence the performance( a lot). A way to solve this is to regularly clean your system by removing all unused applications and manually search the whole system for files that were left behind. Sometimes the --purge option when removing software still leaves stuff behind and let alone compilated programs.

What I suggest is to create temporally views of the whole system as it should be. Every once in a while the system will return to that state with the exception of the user data, leaving alone the configuration but also deleting all unnecessary configuration files. In a more advanced stadium applications could be adapted to work together with this system and update their view files automatically so the user doesn't have to create a view every time he updates the computer or installs something new and it will probably include less unnecessary files and be able to handle already existing configuration better. This way a user can easily restore his system very easily reducing the need for backup applications and if the program would be a little bit extended and get support for GNOME's lock-down editor it could also be used in labs.

A view ideas behind the technique that could be used to do this. I'm not sure if what I say actually makes sense, but I'll try to let it.

I think it would be the best if a basic image/view of the whole system would be delivered when the system is installed. At least this image should be kept to allow the user to restore his/her system easier to the original state. Here you've probably got a question. Because, when you would keep all files, your system would be twice as large as normal, _at_least_. And we don't want that. I've got three ideas how to solve this:
1. Create a central mirror where the files are stored. There are two options here: a mirror owned by the user or a mirror from Ubuntu/Canonical. The latter has some huge downsides: you'll have to upload all files to the server, which won't make your ISP happy. And it would cost an enormous amount of space at the server.

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http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs31/i/2008/191/5/2/Elementary_GTK_by_DanRabbit.jpg

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Human theme is good. I've seen the proposals like this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Intrepid_Ibex_GTK_proposal
and they are pretty nice. But Orange/Brown is a warm combination of colors. Ubuntu should use them, but there is a limit. The actual Ubuntu theme is TOO orange, there's needed to be a balance, having Icons like theese:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Intrepid_Ibex_Icons_-_Art_Tea m

With a theme like the first one is too much.

I suggest something a little neutral like Elementary:
http://ddb.fiestapig.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/apr5-2.png

Brainstorm Idea:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/10709/

Warm colors are not calming, and a working station should be. So a color like Orange has to be used carefully.

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yea its kind of duplicate to my idea because i had 2 ideas in one post.. but I hate that if my language is not left to right then i see my contacts in left and not the right of the window.. and that is very annoying

I think that if ubuntu would support windows more then it would have a lot more users.. (and i mean a lot)
for example: if exe file would be more supported and you wont need to install wine for example then it would be nice.. (people that came from windows like to use there own softwares...)
and if the synpatic would created packages by it self it could be nice..
and if for example: i just started for the first time ubuntu and i think it would be nice if i could choose the software i would like to install at the first time i boot ubuntu then it would be nice..
plus i think that ubuntu isnt so supportive in drivers for hardware.. for example i have the printer: Lexmark z705 and the driver ubuntu installed for me (the default driver was installed) isnt good for my printer.. it should support better old hardware..
for last: i think that ubuntu (and linux at all) have a lot more job to do.. (thats why windows st stiil have more users)
plus my screen is old and ubuntu doesnt support it so well..
I just started to use ubuntu tweak and i think it is needed to be pre-installed with ubuntu and not by the user after ubuntu is first installed..
i think that the archive manager sucks.. and should be more improved

well so many of people suggested about gimp not use 3 windows.actually i and many i suppose(noobs) get scared when they see 3 windows all around desktop when they open Gimp(although there is a non official port called gimpshop but its outdated and not as good as gimp).
PS(photoshop) is setting web standards great piece of work but gimp too can compete with it.some needed changes:
*****single window.
****compatibility with photoshop filters .8bf filters,more support
****better documentation
**better icons and UI redesign(although i just saw feature planned for gimp next version 2.6) still deserves attention of developers.
**better support for pre defined key in photoshop also can be used in gimp
key combinations(keyboard shortcuts like ctrl+alt etc)
i am huge fan of photo editing software and web design somehow...usability in some software breaks barriers of commercial and free software.

Developers should post their own ideas for future Ubuntu releases so we can vote on them.

That would be a way for them to say "We are thinking about including this new feature and we would implement it this way" and get our feedback.

Of course it could be a new category or section or whatever.

Ok,the next Ubuntu is called Hardy Heron,the others is called
Feisty Fawn (oh,my god) Gusty Gibbon (gosh!) Edgy Eft (blargh!)

It isnt a good marketing for a Ubuntu, it isnt had a security for a user, it isnt had a professional face.
(I am a marketing analisator)

Had better names cause these names is ridiculous

Or some use this codenames for beta versions

With this option checked firefox should try all url with https:// even when an url starts with http://
of course if the url isn't available, it try again with http://

maybe apply only for urls from links, not manually typed.

Graphic User Interface (GUI) for Command Line Interface with command options and including a "Help" function.

Situations :
1) Newbies uncomfortable with Command Line.
2) Tired of referring to manuals, manpages, info, net (for help).
3) People want to avoid typing errors
4) Easy to learn and begin to use

Much of the problem in using system commands would be radically reduced for Ubuntu users, if the "commands and their options"(& default settings) were readily available together in a GUI window. The window could include display for explanations/documentation/help.


Solution Path - How the present help and man pages can be used for a new GUI command maker ;

Most programs and utilities that use the command line also have a help file and or manual file.

The help files and manual files list the command options, and some of them tend to use similar formats for listing the command options and their usages.

It would be possible to have a program that ;
a) goes through the system looking for CLI type commends and programs,
b) looks up their help files and manuals (on the PC and optionally on the net),
c) reads the usages and converts it (if needed) into standard help files and manual layouts.

These standard layouts can then be read by a GUI front end to a command (invoked say by the command GUI interpreter followed by "-command name"), to compose and show ;
a) a window with the command as a title,
b) a line for the compounded text of the full command,
c) a list of options (that may be tabbed if there are multiple multi-choice options),

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