Written by XP1 the 17 May 09 at 19:26.

Add file sort and group sort together as options in Nautilus

The Windows Explorer file manager has this feature since Windows XP. It has been greatly improved in Windows Vista. In Vista, an entire group of files can be selected simultaneously once a file group is clicked on.



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Add file sort and group sort together as options in Nautilus The Windows Explorer file manager has this feature since Windows XP. It has been greatly improved in Windows Vista. In Vista, an entire group of files can be selected simultaneously once a file group is clicked on. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawpa2000/3478448103/sizes/o/" title="SortByName_GroupByType by dawpa2000, on Flickr" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3478448103_7419bac688.jpg" width="500" height="273" alt="SortByName_GroupByType" /></a> URI: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawpa2000/3478448103/sizes/o/

Written by Ssdg the 18 May 09 at 14:45.

One of the big advantages I found in "Linux" was the "relative" absence of extensions on most files. We should sort by mime types instead of extensions.

Of course, we will "forget" parts of the mime type to get it user friendly. For example, you shouldn't care about your music encodings, so MP3(music/mp3) and flac (music/flac) files will be merged in a single category (music). For more "generic" primari types, we'll use the second part (application/*)

Example:
image/png => Image
application/xml => XML

To rely on extension is as far as I'm concerned the biggest Window's mistake and we should not follow them on that path.

One of the big advantages I found in "Linux" was the "relative" absence of extensions on most files. We should sort by mime types instead of extensions. Of course, we will "forget" parts of the mime type to get it user friendly. For example, you shouldn't care about your music encodings, so MP3(music/mp3) and flac (music/flac) files will be merged in a single category (music). For more "generic" primari types, we'll use the second part (application/*) Example: image/png => Image application/xml => XML To rely on extension is as far as I'm concerned the biggest Window's mistake and we should not follow them on that path.

Written by r0g the 19 May 09 at 21:46.

Clicking the header row of the type column ALREADY sorts folders into alphabetical groups based on mime-type so the only NEW feature that is being suggested above is the ability to select all files of the same type in a single click.

This is hardly a slog to accomplish in the first place (click, move mouse, shift-click) BUT... If the community thinks this is a useful and highly desirable feature we should definitely avoid the screen wasting approach Vista takes.

I suggest such functionality could be better implemented as a plugin that makes clicking on an item in its Type column select all items of that type in that folder.

This gives the people who want it the single click functionality with no loss of screen space. This also spares those who don't feel the need the extra clutter.

Clicking the header row of the type column ALREADY sorts folders into alphabetical groups based on mime-type so the only NEW feature that is being suggested above is the ability to select all files of the same type in a single click. This is hardly a slog to accomplish in the first place (click, move mouse, shift-click) BUT... If the community thinks this is a useful and highly desirable feature we should definitely avoid the screen wasting approach Vista takes. I suggest such functionality could be better implemented as a plugin that makes clicking on an item in its Type column select all items of that type in that folder. This gives the people who want it the single click functionality with no loss of screen space. This also spares those who don't feel the need the extra clutter.

Written by gazilla the 20 May 09 at 12:14.

Add a small extra icon to the column heading of 'Type' in the list view. It should be visible at all times in list view, with an option in Preferences to disable the feature.

When clicked, it would work just like the auto-filter of both Excel (erk!) and OpenOffice Calc. It would present a drop-down of all the file types in the directory. Clicking on a single file type could either limit the view to just those files or select the files depending on whether a modifier key (Shift, Control, etc) is pressed. It should be possible to click on more than one file type. For example, the user should be able to use this mechanism to select JPEG and PNG files together. In this context, folders are just another "file type".

Other "groupable" columns in list view (e.g. Owner) should also have the new mini icon. So if the folder contains files from multiple owners I should be able to limit the view to just the files from a single owner. Etc, etc.

I won't comment on how Nautilus should determine the 'file type'. That is a different argument for a different day.

Add a small extra icon to the column heading of 'Type' in the list view. It should be visible at all times in list view, with an option in Preferences to disable the feature. When clicked, it would work just like the auto-filter of both Excel (erk!) and OpenOffice Calc. It would present a drop-down of all the file types in the directory. Clicking on a single file type could either limit the view to just those files or select the files depending on whether a modifier key (Shift, Control, etc) is pressed. It should be possible to click on more than one file type. For example, the user should be able to use this mechanism to select JPEG and PNG files together. In this context, folders are just another "file type". Other "groupable" columns in list view (e.g. Owner) should also have the new mini icon. So if the folder contains files from multiple owners I should be able to limit the view to just the files from a single owner. Etc, etc. I won't comment on how Nautilus should determine the 'file type'. That is a different argument for a different day. <a href="http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5093/proposedfilterinnautilu.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5093/proposedfilterinnautilu.th.png" /></a>

Written by MathUHenry the 7 Jun 09 at 16:02.

I think it would be advantageous to develop the search criteria options of Nautilus: by date modified, text within a file, mime type, size, et cetera.

I think it would be advantageous to develop the search criteria options of Nautilus: by date modified, text within a file, mime type, size, et cetera.

Written by ubby the 13 Feb 09 at 13:30.

There are many good ideas on this brainstorm to improve Ubuntu but there are only a few ideas in development.
Put more good ideas in development.

There are many good ideas on this brainstorm to improve Ubuntu but there are only a few ideas in development. Put more good ideas in development.

Written by kamuchau the 14 Feb 09 at 10:08.

there are very great looking mockup proposals by guys all over the net and i guess there should be a central site where they can be uploaded and voted on.These could lead to an overall unique themeset for ubuntu.
a few examples thru these links
http://www.junauza.com/2008/11/ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope-mock-up.html
http://www.sizlopedia.com/2008/08/05/ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-mockup-designs/

there are very great looking mockup proposals by guys all over the net and i guess there should be a central site where they can be uploaded and voted on.These could lead to an overall unique themeset for ubuntu. a few examples thru these links http://www.junauza.com/2008/11/ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope-mock-up.html http://www.sizlopedia.com/2008/08/05/ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-mockup-designs/

Written by jhoger the 29 May 08 at 01:39.

My idea is that Canonical should leverage their brand and become profitable using techniques that are not in conflict with the free software ideals.

a) Charge for support
b) Charge contracting/consulting fees for adaptation/customization
c) Advertising/marketing agreement fees for connecting downstream customers with upstream or 3rd party developers
d) Publish books
e) Get into the "trade show"/conference hosting business
f) Offer web hosting on Ubuntu servers
g) Offer paid-for certification on Ubuntu products
h) Sell Ubuntu foo-foo merchandise (hats, shirts, ...)
i) Sell Ubuntu branded computers (desktops, laptops, servers)... partner with an existing OEM to make these Ubuntu branded lines.

etc.

Probably Canonical needs to pursue a combination of these. Their long-term competitive advantage is their brand. If they guard it and build it up then they can sell all kinds of things with their name and logo on it.

My idea is that Canonical should leverage their brand and become profitable using techniques that are not in conflict with the free software ideals. a) Charge for support b) Charge contracting/consulting fees for adaptation/customization c) Advertising/marketing agreement fees for connecting downstream customers with upstream or 3rd party developers d) Publish books e) Get into the "trade show"/conference hosting business f) Offer web hosting on Ubuntu servers g) Offer paid-for certification on Ubuntu products h) Sell Ubuntu foo-foo merchandise (hats, shirts, ...) i) Sell Ubuntu branded computers (desktops, laptops, servers)... partner with an existing OEM to make these Ubuntu branded lines. etc. Probably Canonical needs to pursue a combination of these. Their long-term competitive advantage is their brand. If they guard it and build it up then they can sell all kinds of things with their name and logo on it.

Written by sinanaykut the 27 Jan 09 at 14:40.

My idea is, at the ubuntu bar, there may be a button or menu label that says "Support Ubuntu!". When the user runs it (if he/she wants of course), it should open a box that which has a title something like "UbiPoints". When it runs, it should show some ubuntu or linux ads or maybe Coca Cola (no kidding :)). Day by day, it collects ubipoints for supporting ubuntu. Then maybe the points will show up at the internet. Imagine "HI-SCORES".

I don't know, maybe this idea sucks, maybe it needs to improve or debate.


SAMPLE:
http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxubuntuthmsv3.jpg

Sorry for fuzzy english :)

My idea is, at the ubuntu bar, there may be a button or menu label that says "Support Ubuntu!". When the user runs it (if he/she wants of course), it should open a box that which has a title something like "UbiPoints". When it runs, it should show some ubuntu or linux ads or maybe Coca Cola (no kidding :)). Day by day, it collects ubipoints for supporting ubuntu. Then maybe the points will show up at the internet. Imagine "HI-SCORES". I don't know, maybe this idea sucks, maybe it needs to improve or debate. SAMPLE: http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxubuntuthmsv3.jpg Sorry for fuzzy english :)

Written by rouge568 the 27 Jan 09 at 22:50.

Have it so a user can easily donate to Ubuntu through either Paypal or a Credit Card though a link on the front page.

Have it so a user can easily donate to Ubuntu through either Paypal or a Credit Card though a link on the front page.

Written by TheLions the 28 Jan 09 at 00:24.

why not add some banners on the bottom or the top of the ubuntuforums which would generate money per view?
Since forums have a lot visitors it could be a new source of funds.

why not add some banners on the bottom or the top of the ubuntuforums which would generate money per view? Since forums have a lot visitors it could be a new source of funds.

Written by coder543 the 28 Jan 09 at 00:43.

Don't add annoying advertisements
Don't begrudge people into donating
_DON'T_ do "UbiPoints"

However, if we support ubuntu by telling others about it, then we will be able to help others rather than (mostly) hurt ourselves.

Don't add annoying advertisements Don't begrudge people into donating _DON'T_ do "UbiPoints" However, if we support ubuntu by telling others about it, then we will be able to help others rather than (mostly) hurt ourselves.

Written by David.ZA the 13 Feb 09 at 12:15.

Ubuntu could be the delivery system for software that people would be willing to pay for.
E.g.:
In Synaptic: Install and Pay for commercial Software. Ubuntu could charge a little margin for this

Proviso:
The finances should be entirely transparent, and democratic efforts like brainstorm must be hold the 'final' vote.

Ubuntu could be the delivery system for software that people would be willing to pay for. E.g.: In Synaptic: Install and Pay for commercial Software. Ubuntu could charge a little margin for this Proviso: The finances should be entirely transparent, and democratic efforts like brainstorm must be hold the 'final' vote.

Written by Kver the 14 Feb 09 at 00:58.

A: Offer services that both the user can benefit from, and make revenue. The best example if the firefox search bar, where the fox makes profit off of the search box. Ubuntu could make deals with companies such as Google to make money off of internet searches conducted with modified tools such beagle or tracker.

B: Solution #5, mixed with a steam-like service. Valves Steam software is a good example of online distribution and copyright management. Users could purchase software steam-style and download it onto several computers as needed. Unlike steam, however, we would only require users to be logged in for updates or downloads.

C: Create a "Funding" website for software projects. Projects or people hoping for funding could post requests for funding. Authors would post a goal, and explain what they plan to do if the goal is met. For example, if the Nautilus project needs $200 for authors to go to a programming conference (to implement, say, improved file previews), they could post a goal of $200, with enabling several types of specialized file previews if earned. Then bids could be placed to fund the project, and specify any requirements if the bid is accepted (Ie weekly progress reports).

D: Run a folding project. Allow users to download a program similar to Sonys Folding@home; The computing power could be (cheaply) sold to other non-profit organizations; they get high-quality low-budget computing power, the software gets funded.

A: Offer services that both the user can benefit from, and make revenue. The best example if the firefox search bar, where the fox makes profit off of the search box. Ubuntu could make deals with companies such as Google to make money off of internet searches conducted with modified tools such beagle or tracker. B: Solution #5, mixed with a steam-like service. Valves Steam software is a good example of online distribution and copyright management. Users could purchase software steam-style and download it onto several computers as needed. Unlike steam, however, we would only require users to be logged in for updates or downloads. C: Create a "Funding" website for software projects. Projects or people hoping for funding could post requests for funding. Authors would post a goal, and explain what they plan to do if the goal is met. For example, if the Nautilus project needs $200 for authors to go to a programming conference (to implement, say, improved file previews), they could post a goal of $200, with enabling several types of specialized file previews if earned. Then bids could be placed to fund the project, and specify any requirements if the bid is accepted (Ie weekly progress reports). D: Run a folding project. Allow users to download a program similar to Sonys Folding@home; The computing power could be (cheaply) sold to other non-profit organizations; they get high-quality low-budget computing power, the software gets funded. E: Push boxed-copies of Ubuntu onto bigger retailers. Officially selling Ubuntu for $20-$60 in stores; Additionally, a year or two of bundled, professional support, and CDs / DVDs with extra repositories would help justify the cost cheaply - and benefit offline users. This could expose Ubuntu to the average user, and make massive profit. (I'm sure there's a competition law somewhere that could pave a modest amount of shelf-space away from Windows)

Written by RomanIvanov the 14 Feb 09 at 21:22.

As in Mozilla project companies(just users) could ask for rapid fix/new feature from developers from Canonical or any freelancer.
Companies post problem and tell how much they could pay for this, any developer could implement this and get money for fix. Even Canonical could use it as outsourcing for minor features.

As result we will have more quick bug fixing, and company does not need to wait for ages for fix - it encourages developers.

As in Mozilla project companies(just users) could ask for rapid fix/new feature from developers from Canonical or any freelancer. Companies post problem and tell how much they could pay for this, any developer could implement this and get money for fix. Even Canonical could use it as outsourcing for minor features. As result we will have more quick bug fixing, and company does not need to wait for ages for fix - it encourages developers.

Written by yman the 4 Apr 10 at 05:04.

For example: package Ubuntu with an official disc, a printed manual, included support, an Ubuntu One trial, and pre-installed full multimedia support from Fluendo for 125 USD.

Or some such deal. It should all come in a nice professional-looking package, and since the Ubuntu software isn't being charged for, the money will all be going for the extras, so pack them tight and give more bang for the buck compared to the competing products.

For example: package Ubuntu with an official disc, a printed manual, included support, an Ubuntu One trial, and pre-installed full multimedia support from Fluendo for 125 USD. Or some such deal. It should all come in a nice professional-looking package, and since the Ubuntu software isn't being charged for, the money will all be going for the extras, so pack them tight and give more bang for the buck compared to the competing products.

Written by Bayle the 12 May 10 at 18:25.

Ubuntu and all the software should remain open and free as in “free as a beer” being able to download from anywhere and anytime.A system that's not being updated should be fully functional with no strings attached.
Lets extend Ubuntu from just being a desktop system, to a time saving service providing the user with a vast software portfolio based on a secure,convenient and stable platform.
In order doing so, charge users a small amount (based on their subscription) for updates on their installed system, by requiring them to login as they would into their email account.
The only difference over the current situation are the (crucial) updates (tested and maintained by Canonical) which could be performed trough the access of cloud/email service (or any other feasible method). All other not officially supported repositories (multiverse/universe/restricted or any other manually added) should not be affected.Again every code change Canonical provides will be still available somewhere on the net,just not trough synaptic's main repos.Users can add stuff manually if they prefer not to pay.In essence, Canonical would provide the assurance that updates or software trough their servers are mature,clean,tested and a point-click matter.

Very few if at all would circumvent this process by re-downloading the updated Distro, wipe the entire hard-disk, doing a reinstall, setting up preferences, possibly losing some data in order to keep the system up to date, its just not worth the time.
A good approach would be to offer Ubuntu bundled with an email/cloud service so the potential customer would immediately get the sense he's receiving an added value over the traditional operating system.

Ubuntu and all the software should remain open and free as in “free as a beer” being able to download from anywhere and anytime.A system that's not being updated should be fully functional with no strings attached. Lets extend Ubuntu from just being a desktop system, to a time saving service providing the user with a vast software portfolio based on a secure,convenient and stable platform. In order doing so, charge users a small amount (based on their subscription) for updates on their installed system, by requiring them to login as they would into their email account. The only difference over the current situation are the (crucial) updates (tested and maintained by Canonical) which could be performed trough the access of cloud/email service (or any other feasible method). All other not officially supported repositories (multiverse/universe/restricted or any other manually added) should not be affected.Again every code change Canonical provides will be still available somewhere on the net,just not trough synaptic's main repos.Users can add stuff manually if they prefer not to pay.In essence, Canonical would provide the assurance that updates or software trough their servers are mature,clean,tested and a point-click matter. Very few if at all would circumvent this process by re-downloading the updated Distro, wipe the entire hard-disk, doing a reinstall, setting up preferences, possibly losing some data in order to keep the system up to date, its just not worth the time. A good approach would be to offer Ubuntu bundled with an email/cloud service so the potential customer would immediately get the sense he's receiving an added value over the traditional operating system.

Written by Richard.Kolodziej the 26 Aug 08 at 22:26.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12583 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12583 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by sicofante the 8 Mar 10 at 07:05.

Merging both bars in one will save vertical screen space and won't affect the way we use the windows now.

There's actually no need for more than the three buttons (minimize, maximize, close) since the window menu can be accessed by right clicking on the window's title or no-menu area.

When the window is too narrow for displaying the full title, we can provide a tooltip showing it in full. Also, developers would be careful by choosing what to display as a window title. Name of the application is usually unnecessary (we know what the application is, we launched it...) and usually only the document name is important.

How to technically doing it is out of the scope of this idea (I'm not a developer). Maybe it's just about removing the titlebar altogether (or reducing it to 0 pixels) and add the title and control buttons to the menubar.

Merging both bars in one will save vertical screen space and won't affect the way we use the windows now. There's actually no need for more than the three buttons (minimize, maximize, close) since the window menu can be accessed by right clicking on the window's title or no-menu area. When the window is too narrow for displaying the full title, we can provide a tooltip showing it in full. Also, developers would be careful by choosing what to display as a window title. Name of the application is usually unnecessary (we know what the application is, we launched it...) and usually only the document name is important. How to technically doing it is out of the scope of this idea (I'm not a developer). Maybe it's just about removing the titlebar altogether (or reducing it to 0 pixels) and add the title and control buttons to the menubar.

Written by Klau3 the 10 Mar 10 at 23:25.

Merge title and menu bar like on the screenshot . To see the menu again the user has to click on the “Menu/Options” button in the left corner. Also remove the status bar and replace it by a mouseover information that will appear after a half second – like it is in Lucid right now for the Places menu.

<img src="http://nureineidee.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/nautilus-lucid-lynx-2-mockup.png?w=650" /> Merge title and menu bar like on the screenshot . To see the menu again the user has to click on the “Menu/Options” button in the left corner. Also remove the status bar and replace it by a mouseover information that will appear after a half second – like it is in Lucid right now for the Places menu.

Written by daas88 the 11 Mar 10 at 00:45.

It would be nice if for example the menu bar showed when I press Alt, Alt+M or one of the Fx keys. And there should be a small button in the title bar doing the same thing as the keyboard shortcut.

It would be nice if for example the menu bar showed when I press Alt, Alt+M or one of the Fx keys. And there should be a small button in the title bar doing the same thing as the keyboard shortcut.

Written by Mirek2 the 14 Mar 10 at 14:47.

As someone who has tried a prototype of this, let me tell you that with small windows, small screens, or large menus, it's a nightmare trying to move windows around, if possible at all.
I think Chrome has a good compromise: remove the text from the title bar and make it a lot thinner, but still keep the height big enough so that one can easily move and resize windows without accidentally opening up menus instead.
With maximized windows, the title bar should merge with the menu bar completely, as one can't move a window in maximized state and as it suits the Fitts law nicely (that is, if you remove the top panel in Ubuntu).

As someone who has tried a prototype of this, let me tell you that with small windows, small screens, or large menus, it's a nightmare trying to move windows around, if possible at all. I think Chrome has a good compromise: remove the text from the title bar and make it a lot thinner, but still keep the height big enough so that one can easily move and resize windows without accidentally opening up menus instead. With maximized windows, the title bar should merge with the menu bar completely, as one can't move a window in maximized state and as it suits the Fitts law nicely (that is, if you remove the top panel in Ubuntu).

Written by A.I. the 14 Mar 10 at 23:00.

Install gnome2-globalmenu applet by default to move menubar to top of screen (as in Mac OS X). User can disable it.

Install gnome2-globalmenu applet by default to move menubar to top of screen (as in Mac OS X). User can disable it.

Written by isantop the 16 Mar 10 at 00:22.

Think something similar to UNR. Remove the title from the active window, and display it in the top panel instead, which has wasted space on most systems by default. Long titles can be truncated like in the task list.

Make the titlebar thicker, and put the menubar in it, leaving space to grab and drag, like solution 4. If a windows is narrow, truncate the menu and place a "More..." button, similar to solution #1

Think something similar to UNR. Remove the title from the active window, and display it in the top panel instead, which has wasted space on most systems by default. Long titles can be truncated like in the task list. Make the titlebar thicker, and put the menubar in it, leaving space to grab and drag, like solution 4. If a windows is narrow, truncate the menu and place a "More..." button, similar to solution #1

Written by LukeM33P the 25 Mar 10 at 01:30.

There are a few points I'd like to make:

Most widescreens are 18.5 inches or greater. Many are also high-resolution. Lower-resolution screens are often 4:3, where this is not a problem and the resolution is the problem.

For the few places where the scenario at top makes sense (auto-detection on install would be nice for this), button sizes should be reduced, text should be reduced, and the bottom panel shrunk in height.

Next in line, we realize the top panel is mostly indicators which theoretically have popups which will appear over the windows. The links on the upper toolbar are quick-launch-like, and the drop down menus are mostly unnecessary when applications that are screen-filling are necessary. So, the top menubar is always behind any windows in a full-screen mode, but retains its solid shape for smaller windows. To avert frustrations when trying to use the full screen with multiple applications, lock points on the screen (user customizable) should allow an undefined number of applications to lock to a full screen view (taking up the full screen as a group, moving as a normal window would, or locking AeroSnap-esque, based on preference or per-window setting). Other non-full-screen applications, of course, would still be visible.

Possible solution.

There are a few points I'd like to make: Most widescreens are 18.5 inches or greater. Many are also high-resolution. Lower-resolution screens are often 4:3, where this is not a problem and the resolution is the problem. For the few places where the scenario at top makes sense (auto-detection on install would be nice for this), button sizes should be reduced, text should be reduced, and the bottom panel shrunk in height. Next in line, we realize the top panel is mostly indicators which theoretically have popups which will appear over the windows. The links on the upper toolbar are quick-launch-like, and the drop down menus are mostly unnecessary when applications that are screen-filling are necessary. So, the top menubar is always behind any windows in a full-screen mode, but retains its solid shape for smaller windows. To avert frustrations when trying to use the full screen with multiple applications, lock points on the screen (user customizable) should allow an undefined number of applications to lock to a full screen view (taking up the full screen as a group, moving as a normal window would, or locking AeroSnap-esque, based on preference or per-window setting). Other non-full-screen applications, of course, would still be visible. Possible solution. Edit: Forgot to mention GnomeShell. GnomeShell will make the top bar superfluous. Look up GnomeShell if you want more details.

Written by annex666 the 26 Mar 10 at 12:31.

I.e. implement the exact same functionality as that in the Hide Menubar plug-in for Firefox - the menubar is hidden until the user presses the Alt key; it is then rehidden when the user presses Alt again.

I.e. implement the exact same functionality as that in the Hide Menubar plug-in for Firefox - the menubar is hidden until the user presses the Alt key; it is then rehidden when the user presses Alt again.

Written by Liso22 the 27 Mar 10 at 18:37.

I've been dealing with the same problem for some time, and mostly considering I use awn that takes more or less thrice the space of a regular panel and that I have a laptop screen. I think the solution should be to add an optional applet which will normally show the regular Ubuntu menu bar and when an application is running it will switch to show the Ubuntu quick menu icon and the application title bar, this will be totally optional so it can hurt nobody and will benefit both the users who prefer a windows like behavior than those who prefer a mac interface. This is the mockup of how it should look when an application is running and the space that will be saved.

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Written by Liso22 the 27 Mar 10 at 18:49.

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I've been dealing with the same problem for some time, and mostly considering I use awn that takes more or less thrice the space of a regular panel and that I have a laptop screen. I think the solution should be to add an optional applet which will normally show the regular Ubuntu menu bar and when an application is running it will switch to show the Ubuntu quick menu icon and the application title bar, this will be totally optional so it can hurt nobody and will benefit both the users who prefer a windows like behavior than those who prefer a mac interface. This is the mockup of how it should look when an application is running and the space that will be saved. (I don't know how to make the image show I'll just paste a couple of links click any) http://i40.tinypic.com/2eeh7v7.jpg http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?134b0462fd.png <a href=http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?134b0462fd.png><img src=http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.134b0462fd.png alt="Free Image Hosting by FreeImageHosting.net"></a>

Written by ave2 the 29 Mar 10 at 11:31.

start looking at ways to use the horizontal space for menus- look at blender 2.5 as a good example of this...

start looking at ways to use the horizontal space for menus- look at blender 2.5 as a good example of this...

Written by Pfanne the 31 Mar 10 at 00:49.

Just use Docky as the lower panel.
Yeah i know Ubuntu will look alot like Mac OS, but who cares?
Apple did some good design choices with their desktop. Why shouldnt we copy them?

Just use Docky as the lower panel. Yeah i know Ubuntu will look alot like Mac OS, but who cares? Apple did some good design choices with their desktop. Why shouldnt we copy them?

Written by geoff.m the 31 Mar 10 at 01:40.

1. The titlebar and menubar are merged. we need to see always the window titles in order to see quickly what they are at all times, but not the menus. menus appear over windowtitle when mouse hovers around it.

2. The toolbars also need to be accessed often, but they have little need to be seen all the time. therefore they could just dock under the titlemenubar.

2.a. in the case of browsers, the url could appear next to the window title

Then we would have 1 bars instead of 3, saving about 80 pixels in height that can be now used for actuel software and content space.

1. The titlebar and menubar are merged. we need to see always the window titles in order to see quickly what they are at all times, but not the menus. menus appear over windowtitle when mouse hovers around it. 2. The toolbars also need to be accessed often, but they have little need to be seen all the time. therefore they could just dock under the titlemenubar. 2.a. in the case of browsers, the url could appear next to the window title Then we would have 1 bars instead of 3, saving about 80 pixels in height that can be now used for actuel software and content space.

Written by Duncan J Murray the 1 Apr 10 at 20:11.

Anyone who has used Workbench would remember the right-click and hold would bring up the menu over the title bar.

To implement this into Ubuntu I would suggest that the menu bar is removed, but would appear, temporarily replacing the title bar when the right mouse button is clicked and held (with the selection being made on the release of the right mouse button).

An alternative would be that a single right click would transform the title bar into the menu, and then you can navigate the menu as you normally would, left clicking to select.

This method does not add any extra key presses or mouse clicks in accessing the menu, which I think is crucial, but will save one horizontal bar of vertical space.

Anyone who has used Workbench would remember the right-click and hold would bring up the menu over the title bar. To implement this into Ubuntu I would suggest that the menu bar is removed, but would appear, temporarily replacing the title bar when the right mouse button is clicked and held (with the selection being made on the release of the right mouse button). An alternative would be that a single right click would transform the title bar into the menu, and then you can navigate the menu as you normally would, left clicking to select. This method does not add any extra key presses or mouse clicks in accessing the menu, which I think is crucial, but will save one horizontal bar of vertical space.

Written by DadsAndGrads the 3 Apr 10 at 21:39.

In the new OS X clone style:



This configuration keeps all the current information. If a window is made too small then first the title could be truncated then the menus if need be.

<img src="http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3367/ambicompact.png" /> <br /> In the new OS X clone style: <img src="http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9748/ambientcompactosxclone.png" /> <br /> This configuration keeps all the current information. If a window is made too small then first the title could be truncated then the menus if need be.

Written by jerome.bouat the 4 Apr 10 at 14:08.

What about putting the current top panel on the left on the desktop ?

The "Applications", "Shortcuts" and "System" menu could be replaced by icons.

The vertical position of panel at the left can lead to less area consumption than the top position of the same panel.

Currently, a 16/10 form ratio screen makes 17/10 form ratio of the maximized windows.

Therefore the panel at the left would make the maximized windows form ratio like ~16/10 instead of 17/10 currently. The horizontal form ratio is mostly used for watching movies in fullscreen. Thus the ~16/10 ratio of the maximized windows would make the use of the firefox and
openoffice easier but not impact the other applications.

What about putting the current top panel on the left on the desktop ? The "Applications", "Shortcuts" and "System" menu could be replaced by icons. The vertical position of panel at the left can lead to less area consumption than the top position of the same panel. Currently, a 16/10 form ratio screen makes 17/10 form ratio of the maximized windows. Therefore the panel at the left would make the maximized windows form ratio like ~16/10 instead of 17/10 currently. The horizontal form ratio is mostly used for watching movies in fullscreen. Thus the ~16/10 ratio of the maximized windows would make the use of the firefox and openoffice easier but not impact the other applications.

Written by la_serpe the 7 Apr 10 at 22:51.

Think about it for a moment. How often do you use Help and About menu for instance? What about the Tabs menu? Isnt it easier to use mouse? Bookmarks and Go have basically the same function. Instead of File you can simply right click on the blank surface. This redundancy isn't only annoying, but it's also confusing. It has been inherited from Windows 3.1 I guess. Let's abandon it finally!

Think about it for a moment. How often do you use Help and About menu for instance? What about the Tabs menu? Isnt it easier to use mouse? Bookmarks and Go have basically the same function. Instead of File you can simply right click on the blank surface. This redundancy isn't only annoying, but it's also confusing. It has been inherited from Windows 3.1 I guess. Let's abandon it finally!

Written by wenex the 9 Jun 10 at 12:04.

For the application you can normaly show or hide statusbar etc.

You should be abele to have there:

show/hide menubar or menu-button or menu-buttons (=for each entry a button; file, edit, view...)
use/not use global menu bar in the panel
merge/unmerge statusbar, titlebar
etc.
preferences for each programm

For the application you can normaly show or hide statusbar etc. You should be abele to have there: show/hide menubar or menu-button or menu-buttons (=for each entry a button; file, edit, view...) use/not use global menu bar in the panel merge/unmerge statusbar, titlebar etc. preferences for each programm

Written by wenex the 7 Jul 10 at 19:47.

a compiz effect that "hide" titlebar, so it looks like the other boarders. When the mousepointer is over the top window boarder, it expands to the titlebar.

give some options to choose hide and unhide delay and how it scales, if its a maximized window ...

merge titlebar and menubar into a single bar with the option to have a menu button in the titlebar.

a compiz effect that "hide" titlebar, so it looks like the other boarders. When the mousepointer is over the top window boarder, it expands to the titlebar. give some options to choose hide and unhide delay and how it scales, if its a maximized window ... merge titlebar and menubar into a single bar with the option to have a menu button in the titlebar.

Written by Lachu the 19 Dec 10 at 10:13.

Titlebars should been hidden, when mouse cursor are above of active/foreground window(having keyboard focus). It should appear again, when some button(like alt) pressed or mouse cursor are outside foreground window. Titlebar isn't part of active window(let's say).
Also titlebar of active window would appear when mouse react on top-corner of window.

In most times we don't need a titlebar at all. We've used it only to move window around or changing active window.
Dialog(like progress dialogs) contains a lot of useful information about which progress it observe... Conclusion is: we need a titlebar only to change active window and drag window around.

When window is maximized we should have top corner displayed, but it will be very small. When window is maximized there's way to display titlebar. On window is foreground we only move cursor at top of it or outside and we can drag it. When mouse is placed outside foreground window, we can also see titlebar of other window.

Titlebars should been hidden, when mouse cursor are above of active/foreground window(having keyboard focus). It should appear again, when some button(like alt) pressed or mouse cursor are outside foreground window. Titlebar isn't part of active window(let's say). Also titlebar of active window would appear when mouse react on top-corner of window. In most times we don't need a titlebar at all. We've used it only to move window around or changing active window. Dialog(like progress dialogs) contains a lot of useful information about which progress it observe... Conclusion is: we need a titlebar only to change active window and drag window around. When window is maximized we should have top corner displayed, but it will be very small. When window is maximized there's way to display titlebar. On window is foreground we only move cursor at top of it or outside and we can drag it. When mouse is placed outside foreground window, we can also see titlebar of other window.

Written by ester4 the 31 Dec 10 at 17:07.

Similar idea to this brainstorm: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/26826/

Allow users to customize the Titlebar by adding icons and menus to the Titlebar to decrease the need for toolbars below the Titlebar.

Similar idea to this brainstorm: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/26826/ Allow users to customize the Titlebar by adding icons and menus to the Titlebar to decrease the need for toolbars below the Titlebar.

Written by doyousina the 10 Jan 11 at 21:01.

There's already one project in google code which provides a Mac-like menubar: http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/
Although it doesn't works on firefox and openoffice (applications i use on a daily basis).

There's already one project in google code which provides a Mac-like menubar: http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/ Although it doesn't works on firefox and openoffice (applications i use on a daily basis).

Written by amitrane.swd the 22 Feb 09 at 17:13.

Just like we can change some transparency setting in gconf-editor. likewise we can have some alteration done for this rather then having compiz-plugins. So we wont spend more processing and memory space for it.
Let get our nautilus more close to futuristic

Just like we can change some transparency setting in gconf-editor. likewise we can have some alteration done for this rather then having compiz-plugins. So we wont spend more processing and memory space for it. Let get our nautilus more close to futuristic

Written by Vanostaajen the 22 Feb 09 at 23:52.

Nautilus can have the blur and so on if you install the right theme. So that's not the problem.
The problem, in my opinion is the viewing options:

When I open a file (for example: a picture in gimp), I have to select the picture to preview it(yes there are little tiny icons at the left but they are way too small.).

So I propose that icon view is enabled when opening a file from within a program.

Nautilus can have the blur and so on if you install the right theme. So that's not the problem. The problem, in my opinion is the viewing options: When I open a file (for example: a picture in gimp), I have to select the picture to preview it(yes there are little tiny icons at the left but they are way too small.). So I propose that icon view is enabled when opening a file from within a program.

Written by BadChoice the 23 Feb 09 at 07:57.

Integrate nautilus with gloobus-preview so in a file chooser panel you can preview in fullsize the file you're ready to choose

Integrate nautilus with gloobus-preview so in a file chooser panel you can preview in fullsize the file you're ready to choose

Written by yzarc the 4 Mar 09 at 12:46.

add +/- to easy selection of files, as in KDE. you can select several files using only the mouse if you want.

for who don't know how it is in KDE. when you pass the mouse cursor over the icons inside the file-browser, it shows a + that can be pressed to select this file and, once selected, it's shown a - to "unselection".

add +/- to easy selection of files, as in KDE. you can select several files using only the mouse if you want. for who don't know how it is in KDE. when you pass the mouse cursor over the icons inside the file-browser, it shows a + that can be pressed to select this file and, once selected, it's shown a - to "unselection".

Written by amitrane.swd the 24 Mar 09 at 08:26.

This is what i want to say
Just making some editing in gconf-editor
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Written by Google the 22 Feb 12 at 07:02.

Create a simple site which allow users to login with ubuntu passport.

1) After login we have ubuntu passport or public url badgeid
2) Any site we can add that url to advertise and promote ubuntu seal further and further generation to generation

(like G+ did even there is Facebook and twitter, they want to create a symbol). We want also to create our U+ symbol.

- one unity, one community
- social platform
- professional profile
- wall for updates to tell about whats happening what gonna happen
- discussion
- companies has there own advertises post there updates

Create a simple site which allow users to login with ubuntu passport. 1) After login we have ubuntu passport or public url badgeid 2) Any site we can add that url to advertise and promote ubuntu seal further and further generation to generation (like G+ did even there is Facebook and twitter, they want to create a symbol). We want also to create our U+ symbol. - one unity, one community - social platform - professional profile - wall for updates to tell about whats happening what gonna happen - discussion - companies has there own advertises post there updates

Written by saybgjack the 23 Feb 12 at 22:35.

the community has a lot of creativity and talent, but getting involved is complicated for every-day users

having a user-friendly social network inspired by all the existing ones, using the present resources would help everyone.

-> flexible users walls and pages : developpers, users, LoCo, groups, projects
-> efficient lists so people get to know who has the same interests and get to work together

the community has a lot of creativity and talent, but getting involved is complicated for every-day users having a user-friendly social network inspired by all the existing ones, using the present resources would help everyone. -> flexible users walls and pages : developpers, users, LoCo, groups, projects -> efficient lists so people get to know who has the same interests and get to work together

Written by Aielyn the 10 Mar 12 at 07:24.

Rather than trying to make Ubuntu the only focus of the method, how about working to establish a true Linux Community? Have this community be expansive, including not just Ubuntu, but all the other distributions.

One advantage would be that more communication between various distributions would help to resolve issues found in each of them, thereby making all of them stronger in their fight to attract users away from Windows and Mac.

The subtler details would need to be figured out, but "defragmenting" the linux community would help to strengthen all of the distributions.

This "Linux Community" could be established on various existing social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Tumblr, etc), including a new website intended to help people find the new community elements, and provide links to various resources (for instance, omgubuntu.co.uk).

Rather than trying to make Ubuntu the only focus of the method, how about working to establish a true Linux Community? Have this community be expansive, including not just Ubuntu, but all the other distributions. One advantage would be that more communication between various distributions would help to resolve issues found in each of them, thereby making all of them stronger in their fight to attract users away from Windows and Mac. The subtler details would need to be figured out, but "defragmenting" the linux community would help to strengthen all of the distributions. This "Linux Community" could be established on various existing social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Tumblr, etc), including a new website intended to help people find the new community elements, and provide links to various resources (for instance, omgubuntu.co.uk).

Written by Klau3 the 17 Oct 10 at 13:56.

If two windows use all vertical space and they touch each other it should be possible to resize both windows, dragging the mouse cursor between them to the left or the right.

If two windows use all vertical space and they touch each other it should be possible to resize both windows, dragging the mouse cursor between them to the left or the right.

Written by Ssdg the 18 Oct 10 at 08:19.

In order not to mess with people's habits, the "multiple-resizing" feature should be associated with another button. Because left is linked with "legacy resizing" and because right shows the menu (I use it a lot, it helps see a window bigger than the screen) so let's use the middle mouse button.

In order not to mess with people's habits, the "multiple-resizing" feature should be associated with another button. Because left is linked with "legacy resizing" and because right shows the menu (I use it a lot, it helps see a window bigger than the screen) so let's use the middle mouse button.

Written by Lachu the 18 Oct 10 at 13:55.

Allow to use now floating mode in Metacity, but restrict settings to certain window. Each window will remember positioning type. By switching window, we switching also positioning mode.

You can imagine that like using fullscreen app. By switching to this window, it takes whole screen. When switching it off, it are minimized. We can extend this to remember different settings of sets of window, but each will be related to one main window. Now, by select another main window fullscreen application will be showed as normal window in ex. right-bottom edge.

Allow to use now floating mode in Metacity, but restrict settings to certain window. Each window will remember positioning type. By switching window, we switching also positioning mode. You can imagine that like using fullscreen app. By switching to this window, it takes whole screen. When switching it off, it are minimized. We can extend this to remember different settings of sets of window, but each will be related to one main window. Now, by select another main window fullscreen application will be showed as normal window in ex. right-bottom edge.

Written by Aielyn the 19 Oct 10 at 07:04.

Give the system the ability to attach windows to each other as far as layout issues are concerned - basically, you could anchor one window to another one, with various settings to allow you to anchor them in the way that suits you.

This would not only enable the functionality desired by this idea (moving two, or more than two, connected window boundaries simultaneously), but would also grant a few other features, including the ability to always keep the windows together in the display stack (so, in the image above, if you minimise the writer, it minimises firefox, and vice versa, and if you give one focus, the other is displayed directly "beneath" it in terms of display depth, above all other windows).

Options for the anchoring process would include:

- "Common Frame", which would make the windows operate as though they were a single window for the purposes of resizing, etc (drag Writer's right border to the left, and Firefox shrinks in proportion, while keeping the borders aligned - halve Writer's width, and Firefox's width is also halved).
- "Common Border", which would do as suggested in the idea, and move both borders without moving any other borders.
- "Glued Border", which would cause the borders to be held together, but otherwise leave all details of the windows separate; move the Writer right border to the left, and the Firefox window moves to the left so the borders still remain aligned, but the Firefox window keeps its size and shape.
- "Free Borders", which would decouple the window borders, but still attach the windows to each other.

Give the system the ability to attach windows to each other as far as layout issues are concerned - basically, you could anchor one window to another one, with various settings to allow you to anchor them in the way that suits you. This would not only enable the functionality desired by this idea (moving two, or more than two, connected window boundaries simultaneously), but would also grant a few other features, including the ability to always keep the windows together in the display stack (so, in the image above, if you minimise the writer, it minimises firefox, and vice versa, and if you give one focus, the other is displayed directly "beneath" it in terms of display depth, above all other windows). Options for the anchoring process would include: - "Common Frame", which would make the windows operate as though they were a single window for the purposes of resizing, etc (drag Writer's right border to the left, and Firefox shrinks in proportion, while keeping the borders aligned - halve Writer's width, and Firefox's width is also halved). - "Common Border", which would do as suggested in the idea, and move both borders without moving any other borders. - "Glued Border", which would cause the borders to be held together, but otherwise leave all details of the windows separate; move the Writer right border to the left, and the Firefox window moves to the left so the borders still remain aligned, but the Firefox window keeps its size and shape. - "Free Borders", which would decouple the window borders, but still attach the windows to each other. In all cases above, moving one window would also move the other window. Further gluing would be possible in order to attach more windows to each other, even sharing a single border. In the "Free Borders" option, only movement of windows would make a difference, resizing of windows would not matter.

Written by Mrinal Saurabh the 19 Oct 10 at 18:51.

Every new window opened should be a tab in title bar. Then a multiple display feature could be used to see more than one windows together.

Every new window opened should be a tab in title bar. Then a multiple display feature could be used to see more than one windows together.

Written by dsterry the 20 Oct 10 at 22:08.

If you want two windows to split the screen, you should be able to grab each one and move them toward their respective sides of the screen to put them in this auto-resized mode. Then if you want to move the boundary between them, you should be able to grab the boundary on either side of that split and move it back and forth horizontally.

This is similar to what another OS does but the addition of being able to drag the adjoining barrier can make this more useful for me. For example, I may want my web browser to be bigger than my gedit with as few clicks and drags as possible.

This may collide with compiz's ability to drag windows between desktops but it's a valid tradeoff.

Furthermore, this should be default behavior for Ubuntu.

If you want two windows to split the screen, you should be able to grab each one and move them toward their respective sides of the screen to put them in this auto-resized mode. Then if you want to move the boundary between them, you should be able to grab the boundary on either side of that split and move it back and forth horizontally. This is similar to what another OS does but the addition of being able to drag the adjoining barrier can make this more useful for me. For example, I may want my web browser to be bigger than my gedit with as few clicks and drags as possible. This may collide with compiz's ability to drag windows between desktops but it's a valid tradeoff. Furthermore, this should be default behavior for Ubuntu.

Written by 3esmit the 21 Oct 10 at 19:17.

Built as a Compiz 'plugin'.
While pressing super button, select windows to resize, and if the resizing selected window reaches other selected window, it will move it and if there is no space to move, resize it.

Built as a Compiz 'plugin'. While pressing super button, select windows to resize, and if the resizing selected window reaches other selected window, it will move it and if there is no space to move, resize it.

Written by david4dev the 24 Oct 10 at 23:19.

Introduce a window manager mode where windows do not overlap and act more like frames. By default the screen space should be shared equally but the borders between frames should be adjustable (a bit like terminator). Opening a new application window or selecting a frame from the window list (or alternatives) should add this window to the list of frames on the screen. The existing frames should automatically resize to accommodate the new frame. Clicking on the window list button for a particular frame that is showing (so the minimise action) should remove it from the screen and the existing windows should automatically resize to fill the space. This should not be a default but should be easy to enable or disable.

Introduce a window manager mode where windows do not overlap and act more like frames. By default the screen space should be shared equally but the borders between frames should be adjustable (a bit like terminator). Opening a new application window or selecting a frame from the window list (or alternatives) should add this window to the list of frames on the screen. The existing frames should automatically resize to accommodate the new frame. Clicking on the window list button for a particular frame that is showing (so the minimise action) should remove it from the screen and the existing windows should automatically resize to fill the space. This should not be a default but should be easy to enable or disable.

Written by argh0 the 25 Oct 10 at 08:11.

Introduce new options when right-clicking on the windows list (gnome-panel applet) :
- rearange the open windows vertically
- rearange the open windows horizontally
-> and when doing that, associate the connecting windows borders in order to move them together

Introduce new options when right-clicking on the windows list (gnome-panel applet) : - rearange the open windows vertically - rearange the open windows horizontally -> and when doing that, associate the connecting windows borders in order to move them together

Written by ganassa the 26 Oct 10 at 17:18.

In a tiling Wm like Ion, Xmonad, i3 etc., this problem is solved at the source: windows can't overlap each other, with some exception using floating windows and tabbed frames. It would really nice if metacity, or whetever WM adopted, could manage this behaviour.

In a tiling Wm like Ion, Xmonad, i3 etc., this problem is solved at the source: windows can't overlap each other, with some exception using floating windows and tabbed frames. It would really nice if metacity, or whetever WM adopted, could manage this behaviour.

Written by lemuelinchrist the 3 Nov 10 at 03:09.

Most users, when using a big screen (say 22'') almost never use the maximize button anymore. So why not give the user freedom to customize the maximize button such that it would only fill half or maybe 2/3 or 1/3 of the screen depending on his choice?

Or if we want to preserve the function of the maximize button, why not add a fourth button for this in addition to the min, max, and close button.

Sometimes manually resizing windows can be burdensome. pressing the maximize window is a lot quicker to fill up screens

Most users, when using a big screen (say 22'') almost never use the maximize button anymore. So why not give the user freedom to customize the maximize button such that it would only fill half or maybe 2/3 or 1/3 of the screen depending on his choice? Or if we want to preserve the function of the maximize button, why not add a fourth button for this in addition to the min, max, and close button. Sometimes manually resizing windows can be burdensome. pressing the maximize window is a lot quicker to fill up screens

Written by ejh the 4 Nov 10 at 17:32.

This is one area that I think windows 7 beats ubuntu. Windows 7's "aerosnap" function works as shown in this video: youtu.be/bopeB6QbOjI.

Ubuntu could implement the windows 7 functionality, then make it better by allowing you to move the vertical boundary between two programs which are sharing your screen left and right, by holding ctrl or shift or using a different mouse button.

This is one area that I think windows 7 beats ubuntu. Windows 7's "aerosnap" function works as shown in this video: youtu.be/bopeB6QbOjI. Ubuntu could implement the windows 7 functionality, then make it better by allowing you to move the vertical boundary between two programs which are sharing your screen left and right, by holding ctrl or shift or using a different mouse button.

Written by cyprys the 10 Nov 10 at 01:15.

Windows attached in the following manner should maximise and share one virtual space: there's a windows list on the bottom gnome-panel in Ubuntu - drag one window from this list and drop it on another window while holding "Super" key, repeat as needed.

When manually changing the width of one window neighbouring window should auto-resize (shrink or grow).

When certain width of the neighbouring window is approached during shrinking auto-resize of the next neighbouring window should start or the process should stop (when there are no more neighbouring windows).

Minimizing one of the attached windows should hide whole virtual space and all windows sharing it.

Unmaximising one of the attached windows should unattach only this one window and release previously occupied space so it could be redistributed between other attached windows.

Multiple virtual spaces on one workspace should be created by attaching two windows to each other (one virtual space) and then attaching two different windows to each other (second virtual space), etc.

When switching between windows (e.g. alt+tab), virtual space should be treated as one window regardless of number of actual windows sharing it.

Windows attached in the following manner should maximise and share one virtual space: there's a windows list on the bottom gnome-panel in Ubuntu - drag one window from this list and drop it on another window while holding "Super" key, repeat as needed. When manually changing the width of one window neighbouring window should auto-resize (shrink or grow). When certain width of the neighbouring window is approached during shrinking auto-resize of the next neighbouring window should start or the process should stop (when there are no more neighbouring windows). Minimizing one of the attached windows should hide whole virtual space and all windows sharing it. Unmaximising one of the attached windows should unattach only this one window and release previously occupied space so it could be redistributed between other attached windows. Multiple virtual spaces on one workspace should be created by attaching two windows to each other (one virtual space) and then attaching two different windows to each other (second virtual space), etc. When switching between windows (e.g. alt+tab), virtual space should be treated as one window regardless of number of actual windows sharing it.

Written by jeffster the 10 Nov 10 at 05:07.

If there is one window that is already set up, taking half the screen, double clicking another window's corner will fill the remaining space.

If there is one window that is already set up, taking half the screen, double clicking another window's corner will fill the remaining space.

Written by koenfloris the 14 Nov 10 at 09:33.

kubuntu already does this, just implent it in compiz and metacity

kubuntu already does this, just implent it in compiz and metacity

Written by Gonz-IT the 11 Nov 10 at 12:16.

Windows 7 implements a very neat way for window resizing and positioning. If you select a window and type WindowsKey (Super) + Right Arrow, the window will take exactly half of the space available in the right side of the screen, and so on with the WindowsKey + Left combo.

I think this is a very nice usability feature that should be implemented with Ubuntu.

Windows 7 implements a very neat way for window resizing and positioning. If you select a window and type WindowsKey (Super) + Right Arrow, the window will take exactly half of the space available in the right side of the screen, and so on with the WindowsKey + Left combo. I think this is a very nice usability feature that should be implemented with Ubuntu.

Written by thamawij pirajnaraporn the 28 Dec 10 at 08:53.

- User may increase/decrease slot numbers for a single workspace.
- Treat each slot as a cell in a spreadsheet, a user may merge them with the adjacent cells.

Currently, I'm not so clear about how it should works or the way that possibly implemented, I will add some details later.

- User may increase/decrease slot numbers for a single workspace. - Treat each slot as a cell in a spreadsheet, a user may merge them with the adjacent cells. Currently, I'm not so clear about how it should works or the way that possibly implemented, I will add some details later.

Written by thamawij pirajnaraporn the 28 Dec 10 at 09:11.

It would be nice if we can make one of our workspace split; for example, a 1280x960 may split into 4, 640x480, screens or 2, 640x960, screens as virtual attached monitors. Maximize make a window fit a monitor.

(In my head, it looks like compiz's Expo view with adjustable numbers of adjacent workspaces to show at the time)

I'm not so sure if this idea is implementable. Just share the idea so the superior in system and programming may see the way to go.

It would be nice if we can make one of our workspace split; for example, a 1280x960 may split into 4, 640x480, screens or 2, 640x960, screens as virtual attached monitors. Maximize make a window fit a monitor. (In my head, it looks like compiz's Expo view with adjustable numbers of adjacent workspaces to show at the time) I'm not so sure if this idea is implementable. Just share the idea so the superior in system and programming may see the way to go.

Written by cenora the 12 Sep 08 at 21:17.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13117 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13117 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by sparky11 the 4 Apr 08 at 21:15.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #6401 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #6401 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by slsolaris the 24 Feb 09 at 15:40.

replace Crux, Glider, Mist, Dust, Dust Sand and New Wave in ubuntu 9.04 with a new set of murrine themes with the same color, because we are going to be able to enable real transparency, beside some of those themes that we have know are ugly.
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/384589/rgba-murrine-170208.png
This! is the future.

and make a package with those old and ugly themes themes, so people who still like them, can download it from Internet.

replace Crux, Glider, Mist, Dust, Dust Sand and New Wave in ubuntu 9.04 with a new set of murrine themes with the same color, because we are going to be able to enable real transparency, beside some of those themes that we have know are ugly. https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/384589/rgba-murrine-170208.png This! is the future. and make a package with those old and ugly themes themes, so people who still like them, can download it from Internet.

Written by r0g the 25 Feb 09 at 10:33.

The default theme should be minimal in terms of bling and resources. What we have now is OK for most people although I personally think we could do with something a bit less chunky.

Those people who want more eye-candy can always download it. We should always bear in mind people use Ubuntu on old machines and in businesses and are consequently more concerned with getting their work done than having their desktop look cool.

The default theme should be minimal in terms of bling and resources. What we have now is OK for most people although I personally think we could do with something a bit less chunky. Those people who want more eye-candy can always download it. We should always bear in mind people use Ubuntu on old machines and in businesses and are consequently more concerned with getting their work done than having their desktop look cool.

Written by maybeway36 the 25 Feb 09 at 22:27.

They're upstream GNOME themes, and pieces of them might be needed for other themes to work.

They're upstream GNOME themes, and pieces of them might be needed for other themes to work.

Written by slsolaris the 17 Mar 09 at 17:31.

make them murrine at first and then add them

make them murrine at first and then add them

Written by slsolaris the 17 Mar 09 at 17:59.

this could be a good solution, so people can make their own themes easily and they will not be mad because maybe they did not like the new brand ubuntu theme

this could be a good solution, so people can make their own themes easily and they will not be mad because maybe they did not like the new brand ubuntu theme

Written by Craig73 the 20 Mar 09 at 19:46.

Everybody wants a different look, so hire a designer to polish up 3-4 of the popular looks out there right now (regardless of platform) to make the various groups of people happy. A designer is also in a better position to ensure the widgets, colour, etc, all blend into a polished final "style".

[I would suggest updating the lively Ubuntu theme, adding a "designer" (iUbuntu ;-) ) theme, and a cold hard polished dark theme, a warm light inviting theme)

Then enhance the theme dialog to allow users to easily customize it or get new ones (why can't I pick a pre-determined set of colours that work well together, why can't I download a new theme right from that dialog?)

[I edited this for clarity, I hope]

Everybody wants a different look, so hire a designer to polish up 3-4 of the popular looks out there right now (regardless of platform) to make the various groups of people happy. A designer is also in a better position to ensure the widgets, colour, etc, all blend into a polished final "style". [I would suggest updating the lively Ubuntu theme, adding a "designer" (iUbuntu ;-) ) theme, and a cold hard polished dark theme, a warm light inviting theme) Then enhance the theme dialog to allow users to easily customize it or get new ones (why can't I pick a pre-determined set of colours that work well together, why can't I download a new theme right from that dialog?) [I edited this for clarity, I hope]

Written by shimi810 the 23 Mar 09 at 09:07.

becuse people still using old (like me for example).

becuse people still using old (like me for example).

Written by slsolaris the 18 Mar 09 at 04:25.

linux for human being should be democratic, i mean that ubuntu users should be able to choose wallpapers, themes and icons for the next release, open a yes or no question in ubuntu artwork web page, and send us the link

linux for human being should be democratic, i mean that ubuntu users should be able to choose wallpapers, themes and icons for the next release, open a yes or no question in ubuntu artwork web page, and send us the link

Written by cheesehead the 20 Apr 09 at 23:02.

The goal of the "Artwork Team" is to produce artwork for the community side of Ubuntu.

The Artwork Team aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality, original and beautiful themes to be available in the repo as an *alternative* to the default look.

We tend to work in small groups on themes, so alongside people with a strong vision who can lead a team, we need plenty of others that can work together to help polish a great complete, cohesive look.

This involves designers, packagers and GTK+ & QT themeing experts, and we could certainly do with a few more hackers.

Quoted From: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork

The goal of the "Artwork Team" is to produce artwork for the community side of Ubuntu. The Artwork Team aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality, original and beautiful themes to be available in the repo as an *alternative* to the default look. We tend to work in small groups on themes, so alongside people with a strong vision who can lead a team, we need plenty of others that can work together to help polish a great complete, cohesive look. This involves designers, packagers and GTK+ & QT themeing experts, and we could certainly do with a few more hackers. Quoted From: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork

Written by ydoc1992 the 24 Jun 09 at 02:39.

A Steampunk themed Ubuntu. This idea is all over the net but nobody is doing anything about it.

A Steampunk themed Ubuntu. This idea is all over the net but nobody is doing anything about it.

Written by da brain the 8 Jul 09 at 22:36.

A lot of people like the looks and feel of translucent glass (like KDE in Kubuntu or Aero in Windows Vista)! Also, some (if not most) people would like nature backgrounds.

A lot of people like the looks and feel of translucent glass (like KDE in Kubuntu or Aero in Windows Vista)! Also, some (if not most) people would like nature backgrounds.

Written by MyFanIsUUUU the 3 Aug 09 at 15:53.

Wallpaper is beautiful bright scene, and theme is elegant and glossy like Dust and New wave theme. Really, Human theme with brown color is so dump, with no glossy, and if compare with Windows Vista, 7, Mac, even Andoir and Chrome, The Human theme can't have a stand :(

Wallpaper is beautiful bright scene, and theme is elegant and glossy like Dust and New wave theme. Really, Human theme with brown color is so dump, with no glossy, and if compare with Windows Vista, 7, Mac, even Andoir and Chrome, The Human theme can't have a stand :(

Written by soyporti the 8 Oct 08 at 17:15.

HOW ABOUT SOME LEAVES?
HOW ABOUT GIVING THE IMPRESSION OF A LIVING JUNGLE.

I like the wood theme, but i proposed a better approach:

LET'S GO JUNGLE!! :D
how about make an ubuntu theme with leaves? rocks? sand?
Green, black and brown?
Lets keep with nature.
Something unique, inspired on the river, the trees, the leaves, etc. But not to messy ok, remember that jeje.

Even when there are other distros are using green, Non distro is ECO Friendly.

Ubuntu For human Beings and Mother Earth.

HOW ABOUT SOME LEAVES? HOW ABOUT GIVING THE IMPRESSION OF A LIVING JUNGLE. I like the wood theme, but i proposed a better approach: LET'S GO JUNGLE!! :D how about make an ubuntu theme with leaves? rocks? sand? Green, black and brown? Lets keep with nature. Something unique, inspired on the river, the trees, the leaves, etc. But not to messy ok, remember that jeje. Even when there are other distros are using green, Non distro is ECO Friendly. Ubuntu For human Beings and Mother Earth.

Written by solarwind the 7 Sep 08 at 19:54.

I propose to make the default theme for Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex to be the Shiki Colors theme. Theme website: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Shiki-Colors?content=86717

This theme is fast, clean and very much functional. It even has a GDM theme, colour schemed Gnome icons and more. It's complete and fully usable.

I propose to make the default theme for Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex to be the Shiki Colors theme. Theme website: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Shiki-Colors?content=86717 This theme is fast, clean and very much functional. It even has a GDM theme, colour schemed Gnome icons and more. It's complete and fully usable.

Written by maybeway36 the 23 Apr 08 at 19:17.

Ubuntu should ship with a few more themes besides the three Human variants and the GNOME defaults. I propose a sky blue theme. It would be based on Clearlooks, but use the Human window decorations (which will show up in blue), the Mist icon theme, and an appropriate wallpaper.
This can be done now by mixing and matching, but I think it should be a new optional theme in the next version of Ubuntu.

Here's a screenshot:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5325/skyyy1.png
The background is from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sc_2.jpg

Ubuntu should ship with a few more themes besides the three Human variants and the GNOME defaults. I propose a sky blue theme. It would be based on Clearlooks, but use the Human window decorations (which will show up in blue), the Mist icon theme, and an appropriate wallpaper. This can be done now by mixing and matching, but I think it should be a new optional theme in the next version of Ubuntu. Here's a screenshot: http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5325/skyyy1.png The background is from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sc_2.jpg

Written by retj the 3 Jan 09 at 02:27.

I fell in love with this theme the first time I sow it on Ubuntu's Arwork page, looks sleek and professional, with some details in brown (Already has orange) its the perfect balance between dark themes and bright themes.
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/New+Wave?content=87134

I fell in love with this theme the first time I sow it on Ubuntu's Arwork page, looks sleek and professional, with some details in brown (Already has orange) its the perfect balance between dark themes and bright themes. http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/New+Wave?content=87134

Written by elmoj the 27 Oct 08 at 09:22.

Like the Willwill theme, this one is one of the best I ever see for Ubuntu. Perhaps is good looking idea for the next release!

http://www.ubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/Didymous?content=88938

Like the Willwill theme, this one is one of the best I ever see for Ubuntu. Perhaps is good looking idea for the next release! http://www.ubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/Didymous?content=88938

Written by Stalker72 the 6 Nov 08 at 14:31.

Ubuntu's default theme is brown and boring. I think we can make it much fresher by adding more colors, not just brown. We could add green to the theme, and blue.

Brown = Earth
Green = Plants
Blue = Water

Ubuntu's default theme is brown and boring. I think we can make it much fresher by adding more colors, not just brown. We could add green to the theme, and blue. Brown = Earth Green = Plants Blue = Water

Written by melwin.a3 the 31 Aug 09 at 16:23.

Integrate Mozilla Personas (or similar applications) to gnome gtk-apps like banshee,nautilus,pidgin,etc..etc...So we can get better cool skins for gtk apps.

Mozilla Personas are lightweight(300 kb only), easy-to-install and easy-to-change "skins" for Firefox web browser.It has lot of cool themes.

more details, visit
http://labs.mozilla.com/personas/
http://www.getpersonas.com
under the MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license.

Integrate Mozilla Personas (or similar applications) to gnome gtk-apps like banshee,nautilus,pidgin,etc..etc...So we can get better cool skins for gtk apps. Mozilla Personas are lightweight(300 kb only), easy-to-install and easy-to-change "skins" for Firefox web browser.It has lot of cool themes. more details, visit http://labs.mozilla.com/personas/ http://www.getpersonas.com under the MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license.

Written by Slug71 the 23 Sep 09 at 04:51.

So my idea is to alternate the theme colours for each release while maintaining the Brown/Orange.

Ever since i saw this one, i really liked it.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot?action=AttachFile&do=view& target=mrdoob_madsrh_2.jpg

and figured that would be an awesome theme to go with for .04 releases. It has the Brown in it and since .04 releases are around spring time, the purple makes it a little bloomy.

Then for .10 releases have a Orange and Black theme.
.10 releases are in the Fall and right around Halloween which make those colours perfect and the Orange is in there.


This way both the Orange and Brown is used but theyre just separated by release.

And no other Distro does this.

So my idea is to alternate the theme colours for each release while maintaining the Brown/Orange. Ever since i saw this one, i really liked it. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=mrdoob_madsrh_2.jpg and figured that would be an awesome theme to go with for .04 releases. It has the Brown in it and since .04 releases are around spring time, the purple makes it a little bloomy. Then for .10 releases have a Orange and Black theme. .10 releases are in the Fall and right around Halloween which make those colours perfect and the Orange is in there. This way both the Orange and Brown is used but theyre just separated by release. And no other Distro does this.

Written by slsolaris the 21 Oct 09 at 04:05.

this is a good window border theme which I like, let's make this by rating, you can post the window border theme that you like:
http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/1286

this is a good window border theme which I like, let's make this by rating, you can post the window border theme that you like: http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/1286

Written by danielsouza the 23 Nov 09 at 10:43.

Ubuntu Sun is a new Metacity theme, proposed for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04. It brings the sunshine to your Desktop with it matching themes with different shades. If we can have these themes auto changed and with slow fading, by a to-be-developed feature, based on the real time Sun position, it can use GNOME Weather or user entered settings. Ubuntu will revolutionize the Desktop market and will bring more look and feel to his users.

Ubuntu Sun Themes: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-artwork-proposed.html#comments

Ubuntu Sun is a new Metacity theme, proposed for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04. It brings the sunshine to your Desktop with it matching themes with different shades. If we can have these themes auto changed and with slow fading, by a to-be-developed feature, based on the real time Sun position, it can use GNOME Weather or user entered settings. Ubuntu will revolutionize the Desktop market and will bring more look and feel to his users. Ubuntu Sun Themes: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-artwork-proposed.html#comments

Written by slsolaris the 14 Dec 09 at 17:24.

For me, Ubuntu should have just one to three theme maximum, and the other themes should become DOWNLOAD-ABLE, like google does with its browser chrome... that give us free space and Ubuntu becomes cleaner.

Ubuntu should stay with: Dark room, Human and blue Clear-looks.
we should be beauty but minimalist!

For me, Ubuntu should have just one to three theme maximum, and the other themes should become DOWNLOAD-ABLE, like google does with its browser chrome... that give us free space and Ubuntu becomes cleaner. Ubuntu should stay with: Dark room, Human and blue Clear-looks. we should be beauty but minimalist!

Written by Pack-O the 5 Jan 10 at 20:21.

i only propose a new look for kde on ubuntu can be the humanity theme y was made a video un youtube this is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhKkpReCdHA
I just want to support more canonical of kde and also be a good look and not what is left as default

sorry for my bad english :P

i only propose a new look for kde on ubuntu can be the humanity theme y was made a video un youtube this is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhKkpReCdHA I just want to support more canonical of kde and also be a good look and not what is left as default sorry for my bad english :P

Written by DLHDragon the 5 May 09 at 22:30.

Ubuntu and Canonical / others are
hunting for a new look that isn’t brown for Ubuntu 9.10...

my idea kept it simple...

all i did was change the brown to a blue ( #4365FF )
and make both panels half clear ...

...it use human + blue ( #4365FF )...

-- here are some screenshots..
http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=GkjB6otEl7daqLv0RZPQ4Q%3D%3D

http://tinypic.com/useralbums.php?u=FH0N87cgDG5u8wIHX4ZZrQ%3D%3D

http://i43.tinypic.com/nvzd5y.jpg

Ubuntu and Canonical / others are hunting for a new look that isn’t brown for Ubuntu 9.10... my idea kept it simple... all i did was change the brown to a blue ( #4365FF ) and make both panels half clear ... ...it use human + blue ( #4365FF )... -- here are some screenshots.. http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=GkjB6otEl7daqLv0RZPQ4Q%3D%3D http://tinypic.com/useralbums.php?u=FH0N87cgDG5u8wIHX4ZZrQ%3D%3D http://i43.tinypic.com/nvzd5y.jpg http://i39.tinypic.com/974dhe.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/2enc8pf.jpg ---------------------- i will keep working on ideas for the New Look gust keep looking at... http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=GkjB6otEl7daqLv0RZPQ4Q%3D%3D - and - http://tinypic.com/useralbums.php?u=FH0N87cgDG5u8wIHX4ZZrQ%3D%3D

Written by Clorox the 24 May 09 at 17:34.

If Agave is installed, a neat thing to do would be to create one's own theme colors randomly via Agave directly.

If Agave is installed, a neat thing to do would be to create one's own theme colors randomly via Agave directly.

Written by jeypeyy the 6 May 09 at 15:41.

Let's make a comparison of different distributions. Say Ubuntu, openSUSE, mint and fedora (probably the most common).

Ubuntu: Not many colors in default theme. Mostly orange, brown and light gray (almost white). My ranking: 3/10

Fedora: Not many colors in default theme. Mostly blue and light gray. My ranking: 2/10

openSUSE: Little more colorful. Green, light gray and blue. The theme has very bad contrasts in the components, so my ranking is 4/10.

Linux mint: Many different colors. Black, green, blue, light gray... not very annoying to the eyes. My ranking: 7/10.

Although it isn't good having too many different colors, getting stuck in one special color isn't good either. Take some inspiration from Linux mint and KDE4, that's my solution.

Let's make a comparison of different distributions. Say Ubuntu, openSUSE, mint and fedora (probably the most common). Ubuntu: Not many colors in default theme. Mostly orange, brown and light gray (almost white). My ranking: 3/10 Fedora: Not many colors in default theme. Mostly blue and light gray. My ranking: 2/10 openSUSE: Little more colorful. Green, light gray and blue. The theme has very bad contrasts in the components, so my ranking is 4/10. Linux mint: Many different colors. Black, green, blue, light gray... not very annoying to the eyes. My ranking: 7/10. Although it isn't good having too many different colors, getting stuck in one special color isn't good either. Take some inspiration from Linux mint and KDE4, that's my solution.

Written by Ssdg the 6 May 09 at 16:46.

Ubuntu's colors are orange/brown/red why changing?

But we can enhance them by expanding the spectrum from light orange/brown/red to dark/brown/red.

I don't think looking like other distros is a good idea, let's keep to it and enhance it.

Ubuntu's colors are orange/brown/red why changing? But we can enhance them by expanding the spectrum from light orange/brown/red to dark/brown/red. I don't think looking like other distros is a good idea, let's keep to it and enhance it.

Written by mackos-gnu the 17 May 09 at 17:55.

i propose to wait gnome shell to chenge the lokk, because is stupid make a new look only for 6 month.

i propose to wait gnome shell to chenge the lokk, because is stupid make a new look only for 6 month.

Written by shadeslayer the 23 May 09 at 21:39.

There are some awesome themes out there already why not work to incorporate them in ubuntu.
How about http://francois.vogelweith.com/ for starters ??

There are some awesome themes out there already why not work to incorporate them in ubuntu. How about http://francois.vogelweith.com/ for starters ??

Written by daas88 the 27 May 09 at 23:39.

I've installed ubuntu on several machines of people who don't know a thing about linux, and they ALL have told me the interface was ugly. That's not a good start for a new user.
Make the default theme other than the horrible human theme please, no matter what they choose, please not the human theme!! The Dust theme looks like a nice option to me, and a nicer icon set, the default folders icons are ugly too.

I've installed ubuntu on several machines of people who don't know a thing about linux, and they ALL have told me the interface was ugly. That's not a good start for a new user. Make the default theme other than the horrible human theme please, no matter what they choose, please not the human theme!! The Dust theme looks like a nice option to me, and a nicer icon set, the default folders icons are ugly too.

Written by dael99 the 3 Jul 09 at 19:18.

Currently there IS a great theme and icon set on the wiki.

But, a fresh Ubuntu installation does not use the benefits from it.

My suggestion is to use the Dust Theme with slights variations:

Screenshot:
http://yfrog.com/0tpantallazoxp

Theme: Dust 0.4 + Dust Extras 0.4
https://code.launchpad.net/dusttheme/0.4/0.4.0
> Controls: Dust Burnt
> Metacity: Dust Bordered
> Active colour: #E6990E or an orange similar

Icons: Humanity
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/elebuntu_Icons