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1- i was downloading 100MB and my bandwidth is too low (6Kb/s) then it'll be downloaded in 5 hours , the electricity has been cutoff and the pc is off then i have to download it from the start

2- the user downloading large package and he used accidentally the sudo poweroff command then synaptic here starts over from the start of the downloads and ignore all the progress it made

3- the user want for any reason to pause the downloads of the applications , maybe he needs internet bandwidth for now and will resume the download later ... then now he can't do it

4. Download Packages and install them later : User want to download Packages now , but should for any reason leave fast the PC and shutdown it , and by the next Start user want to install the Packages.

but if the SYNAPTIC do that it'll be a very useful thing

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Autorun Prompt
Decrypt File
Font Viewer
Import Key
Menu Editor
Open Folder
Screens and Graphics
Sun Java 6 Runtime
Theme Installer
Verify Signature

All of these can be placed into already existing categories, i.e. accessories, preferences, and administration.

I also know that not all of this will come on a default installation for menu options... but seriously... an "Other" category is useless.

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It allows you to see the "Top 25" applications downloaded by users at the moment, A selection for the newest applications, and ones that are being specially featured by Apple. And, because of the iTunes account, it's also extremely easy to purchase applications without having to re-enter credit card information or anything like that.

Now, imagine what a desktop implementation of that is going to look like in the next version of OS X. Or, don't imagine it. Build it for Ubuntu first. Take gnome-app-install and beef it up with some of the before-mentioned features. Revise the rating system so that we can actually RATE something. Add paypal support (or something equivalent), so that we can donate to specific projects from our desktops without hunting around their website. And make it beautiful and simple, so that it will be a major selling point for new users.

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-Insert DVD-1
-Install it
-Unmount it(eject)

-Insert DVD-2
-Notice it doesn't remember the location of the icon.

I'm not sure if the computer has to be rebooted or if it's a bug

It is also possible, that just because a different DVD/CD is put in, it forgets it's place, even though it is on the same mount point.

I have tried to do this with the same DVD without rebooting, and it doesn't occur...

One thing that really really bugs me about this, is that they can commonly be overlapped by another common icon. For instance, Firefox can overlap the DVD icon, in which case, I have to drag the Firefox icon away from it, move the DVD out of the way, and put the Firefox icon back.

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The laptop I looked at was the XPS M1330 and the Windows version was $999 - $100 savings = 899, while the Ubuntu version was still at $999. Even though the smart ones (us) know about the benefits of using ubuntu, whats the incentive to buy the open source Ubuntu over the well-known Windows platform.

Right now, Vista Home Premium is about a $100, so the fact that ubuntu is free, the same computer with Ubuntu should be ~$100 less than the Windows computer with home premium.

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Who knows, maybe people would be interested in creating mashups based on Brainstorm data. At least, with an API, there would be the possibility of creating different ways of organizing and viewing the accumulated dataset.

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http://www.downloadprovider.mx/file/something1.rar
http://www.downloadprovider.mx/file/something2.rar
http://www.downloadprovider.mx/file/something3.rar
http://www.downloadprovider.mx/file/something4.rar
http://www.downloadprovider.mx/file/something5.rar
http://www.downloadprovider.mx/file/something6.rar

It would be neat if one could highlight all of these links, right-click and select "download all" or even just drag and drop the links onto an icon in the header or into the download window.

I realize that there are apps that accomplish similar but I am not big on having hundreds of apps installed for every little thing..

Maybe a plugin in Epiphany would do?

Thanks for reading.

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No attachments. ]]> Mon, 08-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12110/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12103/ Open) in any program (for example, Gimp) I sometimes found in this "Open file window" some mistakes in some file's name and I want to correct them. If I want to do that I have to go back to Nautilus. The same thing if I want to delete a file. I would like to be able to change name and delete files in this "Open file" window. In Windows you can do that.


kevinfishburne explains very well what I wanted to say in a comment (thank you!):

Most applications whose functionality include allowing the user to select a file or directory accomplish this by presenting the user with a GUI. The GUI is usually a separate (child) window of the main (parent) window, created with code from the API/library of the developer's choice. KDE, GNOME, and GTK all have their own libraries with their own different GUI's for selecting files and directories.

In contrast, MS Windows typically has two GUI's for selecting files and directories. The legacy GUI, with limited interactivity (can't delete, rename, etc.), and the Explorer GUI with full Explorer functionality (open, detail/thumbnail view, properties/permissions, etc.).

The problems being addressed here are that:

1) There are too many different GUI's being used for file/directory selection in different programs.

2) The GUI's are all terrible with extremely limited functionality.

KDE's doesn't list GNOME bookmarks, none of them let you manipulate files with much of the functionality of their respective file managers, and they generally either don't show thumbnail previews or do so in a limited way.

This problem needs to be addressed on two levels:

1) Developers need to make an effort to make the file/directory selection GUI's specific to the desktop environment being used. This will help to create a consistent experience across different applications running under one desktop environment, in much the same way Windows gets heavy praise for. Its great that we can run K3b under GNOME, but is bad that the configuration dialogs, etc., work completely differently than native GNOME applications.

2) KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and other developers of libraries containing file/directory selection dialog routines need to specifically address the usability of their file/directory selection code. Desktop environment developers should integrate their file managers into these dialogs. That would be an easy fix and require very little new code. Other developers can either code decent functionality into their dialogs or optionally allow the detection and embedding of the native file manager into their dialogs.

This at first may seem to be a minor issue, but it is one of the many things that is keeping Linux a small-time player in the desktop market. Usability and consistency are very important and Windows beats Linux here unfortunately.

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Right now, the best default UI i've seen in an OS is OSX, and that pains me --but we can change that with a single panel applet.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5569873

http://bayimg.com/IakPnaabC

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All a will suggest can be done with simple (but not quite fast) customization.
In my opinion kubuntu look and feel should be simple, elegant, professional.

My suggestion:
Default: http://dolphin.kde.org/
Suggested:
1)http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dolphinmv8.png
2)http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=toolbarpm0.png

This is just an usability principle: keep things simple. Just show what is needed. Would be nice to see this everywhere in kde apps.
Apple knows this: http://media.arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.media/finder-sidebar.png
I'm daring to suggest a few configuration options to do this:
1) (MAYBE) Hide main toolbar and show it only when needed by clicking on the ''Menu Bar'' Button at the end of location bar.

2) LOCK by default all toolbars because it look very consistent, and its not needed unless you're editing them.

3) Only Icons View. No text is needed, if you want to know about a button, its enough to hover it and read the description.









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I believe it's more natural for the officers application the white background since all them come from procedure made on real paper (in the most of the case it's white). But the office apps use the textbox colour for background and also for the letters, and it can give a bad aspect to default documents.


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Fixing this would mean users get less confused and the interface would be more intuitive.

The current configuration (having the password field appear where the username field was a second ago) has been shown to confuse new users. It was in a study I read in lwn.net years ago and assumed someone would pay attention to it. No one has. That makes me sad. :(

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Piclens is AWESOME!!! It is probably the best and most useful ADD-On for at least myself and my use of FireFox. The best way to describe Picslens is view the demo on their website.

www.PicLens.com

From their website here is a brief description:

"Full-Screen, 3D -- PicLens transforms your browser into a visually stunning experience for finding and viewing online photos and videos. Our "3D Wall" lets you effortlessly search and zoom your way around thousands of images, videos, news feeds, sports feeds, and more."

I've already contacted the company that does PicLens. They responded by telling me that they fully support Linux in general but have not been able so far to create a Linux version.. They are concentrating on making PicLens as stable as possible for the Windows and Mac platforms. They hope to have a Linux version eventually.

If you want a Linux version of PicLens, please vote favorably. I believe its safe to say the developers at PicLens may well also be Ubuntu Brainstorm members like you and I.

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And I would like to have these gray kind of colours to be a bitmore like this: http://media.arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.media/finder-sidebar.png

They can still be gray, but really really light and subtle. When you don't notice something while it still contributes, then it is the best.

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Here's a few things I would like to see:

*configure folders to watch for new pictures
*Organize pics in folders & tags
*easy UI integration to send to photo sharing websites, order prints, or email pictures
*automatic cleanup & sorting of photo collection
*tons of easy to use picture tweaks & photo effects
*easy editing of pics in the Gimp
*support for video

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Make the interface as simple as possible BUT NO SIMPLER. Please.

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A nice progress bar implementation was used on the Amiga (and probably elsewhere) where there are two progress bars, one at the top for the current task and one underneath for the total task.

It would be nice to see a GTK/QT widget made which implements thi behaviour with a simple API and GNOME and KDE encouraging its use in applications where long-running, complex things are being done (like installing, for example).

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This should obviously be an optional collum when having detailed view in Nautilus as well.

I now always have to right click and select properties which is quite annoying if you need to check many folders..

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No attachments. ]]> Mon, 08-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11903/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11901/ If I then select the "Other" option it just gives me a menu in which I can select folders and files. I guess I'm supposed to find OpenOffice by hand or something..?

What it should do is give me a list of programs which I can choose from with the most appropriate ones on top. After that you might give the option to select manually, but I think this is for more experienced users.

(Thanks to Ubunteando below for the idea of the auto detecting of most appropriate programs)

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