Written by pabelmont the 24 Jan 13 at 15:58.

Start with FILE BROWSER (gnome). ADD AN OPTION on right-click to reveal the full pathname, or, more simply, just reveal it! It must be copyable by "highlighting" in drag-and-drop fashion.

Then work through daily-used s/w seeing which choice mechanisms (such as "Choose an Icon" used in "Launch" within "Add to Drawer" dropdown application chooser.)

GEDIT should show the full file's pathname or make it available.

And so forth. This is a gradual business. I realize that. So it is a bit like a "philosophy" for acceptable software.

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Along the same lines, all software accessible via icon-click should have a right-click ability (via PROPERTIES) to identify the designated APPLICATION (location, name, package, whatever identifies it).

If YOU cannot figure out what I mean by "File Browser" or "Choose an Icon", you are seeing the result of the failure by LINUX to have this "philosophy" of identifying things easily.

Start with FILE BROWSER (gnome). ADD AN OPTION on right-click to reveal the full pathname, or, more simply, just reveal it! It must be copyable by "highlighting" in drag-and-drop fashion. Then work through daily-used s/w seeing which choice mechanisms (such as "Choose an Icon" used in "Launch" within "Add to Drawer" dropdown application chooser.) GEDIT should show the full file's pathname or make it available. And so forth. This is a gradual business. I realize that. So it is a bit like a "philosophy" for acceptable software. * * * * * Along the same lines, all software accessible via icon-click should have a right-click ability (via PROPERTIES) to identify the designated APPLICATION (location, name, package, whatever identifies it). If YOU cannot figure out what I mean by "File Browser" or "Choose an Icon", you are seeing the result of the failure by LINUX to have this "philosophy" of identifying things easily.

Written by superDave972 the 28 Dec 12 at 16:06.

I imagine my solution would work as follows:

1. type my terminal command directly into the prompt (probably a textbox) contained within a Gnome panel.
2. Press enter to submit the command.
3. The terminal command is ran successfully while opening a new terminal window.
4. The new terminal window can be closed at the user's discretion. BONUS: The user can select settings where the terminal prompt will automatically close based on the command entered.

Is something like this possible? I figured this might be a good place to start.

Thanks for hearing me out!

I imagine my solution would work as follows: 1. type my terminal command directly into the prompt (probably a textbox) contained within a Gnome panel. 2. Press enter to submit the command. 3. The terminal command is ran successfully while opening a new terminal window. 4. The new terminal window can be closed at the user's discretion. BONUS: The user can select settings where the terminal prompt will automatically close based on the command entered. Is something like this possible? I figured this might be a good place to start. Thanks for hearing me out!

Written by Pirieianip the 6 Jan 13 at 18:09.

A direct interface for the startup applications menu to a terminal as well as if a cmd is in /sbin/, a automated visudo to allow for cmd to activate on login.

A direct interface for the startup applications menu to a terminal as well as if a cmd is in /sbin/, a automated visudo to allow for cmd to activate on login.

Written by tschesse the 7 Jan 13 at 12:21.

A search in the panel. The search results should refer and lead to menu points and to the help of the programm. Similar to Mac OS X's spotlight and the Unity search function this could be a good solution to find efficiantly what you are looking for.

A search in the panel. The search results should refer and lead to menu points and to the help of the programm. Similar to Mac OS X's spotlight and the Unity search function this could be a good solution to find efficiantly what you are looking for.

Written by ehtesabi the 12 Dec 12 at 21:28.

I think this way is soft and usefull

I think this way is soft and usefull

Written by Darwin Survivor the 13 Dec 12 at 23:54.

I think this should be it's own applet because en/EN is not very obvious (many users may not notice it) and the language selector does not appear if you only have 1 keyboard layout.

I think this should be it's own applet because en/EN is not very obvious (many users may not notice it) and the language selector does not appear if you only have 1 keyboard layout.

Written by PaddyLandau the 14 Dec 12 at 14:01.

Add the Keyboard Indicators utility to the standard Ubuntu repositories.

Add the <a href="https://launchpad.net/indicator-keylock">Keyboard Indicators utility</a> to the standard Ubuntu repositories.

Written by guraknugen the 19 Dec 12 at 16:50.

Caps Lock can be quite annoying. You hit it by mistake when trying to type an ”a”, and suddenly there are capital letters all over the place.

If you assign the Compose key to Caps Lock, the only thing that happens if you hit it by mistake, is that the next character is omitted. Annoying yes, but not as annoying as the capital letter scenario above.

Caps Lock can be quite annoying. You hit it by mistake when trying to type an ”a”, and suddenly there are capital letters all over the place. If you assign the Compose key to Caps Lock, the only thing that happens if you hit it by mistake, is that the next character is omitted. Annoying yes, but not as annoying as the capital letter scenario above.

Written by galvao the 19 Dec 12 at 19:06.

I suggest that the panel is concealable (intelligently) as the launcher for ubuntu to have a clean work area well. When you open a program, and this is maximisado, the panel bar is hidden to the work area is cleaner.

I suggest that the panel is concealable (intelligently) as the launcher for ubuntu to have a clean work area well. When you open a program, and this is maximisado, the panel bar is hidden to the work area is cleaner.

Written by msriram the 5 Sep 12 at 18:54.

Enabling it from the GUI is the way to go in the long run. It could be the default desktop application, or Nvidia / AMD driver application.

Enabling it from the GUI is the way to go in the long run. It could be the default desktop application, or Nvidia / AMD driver application.

Written by i30817 the 30 Sep 12 at 06:15.

convert a gif or movie to a efficient movie format. Make sure that the thread that plays the movie can sleep in most situations and that it can suspend the animation when it's only partially covered as option (when totally covered it would sleep inconditionally).
I thought of a movie format because i suspect that it would work better for large deskops and because as few pixels move it would compress more efficently than a gif and give better options to control the playing thread (but i might be wrong).

convert a gif or movie to a efficient movie format. Make sure that the thread that plays the movie can sleep in most situations and that it can suspend the animation when it's only partially covered as option (when totally covered it would sleep inconditionally). I thought of a movie format because i suspect that it would work better for large deskops and because as few pixels move it would compress more efficently than a gif and give better options to control the playing thread (but i might be wrong).

Written by sagar.varule the 7 Sep 12 at 07:00.

May be we can implement feature similar to Windows7 ease acess option & virtual keyboard

May be we can implement feature similar to Windows7 ease acess option & virtual keyboard

Written by tibasic the 16 Jul 12 at 23:38.

Ubuntu offers a wide variety of desktop environments. KDE (Kubuntu), Unity/Gnome 3 (Ubuntu) and LXDE (Lubuntu). Cinnamon is based on Gnome 3 making it easy to make another release with minimal effort.

Ubuntu offers a wide variety of desktop environments. KDE (Kubuntu), Unity/Gnome 3 (Ubuntu) and LXDE (Lubuntu). Cinnamon is based on Gnome 3 making it easy to make another release with minimal effort.

Written by tibasic the 16 Jul 12 at 23:40.

Ubuntu already has Gnome3 based desktops listed on the log-in screen: Gnome Shell, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Classic. Just add it here.

Ubuntu already has Gnome3 based desktops listed on the log-in screen: Gnome Shell, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Classic. Just add it here.

Written by aklavooza the 21 May 12 at 07:11.

The next version of ubuntu should have the ability within its virtual desktop to send the documents and applications to a virtual cloud service of their choice. The possible hosts would include Google Docs, Amazon Ec2, or other cloud service that would be feasible. In addition to being able to change the state of a virtual desktop to run on the cloud or natively applications can be dragged between these desktops. When applications or files are dragged between these desktops they will be transferred to the cloud or onto your computer.

The next version of ubuntu should have the ability within its virtual desktop to send the documents and applications to a virtual cloud service of their choice. The possible hosts would include Google Docs, Amazon Ec2, or other cloud service that would be feasible. In addition to being able to change the state of a virtual desktop to run on the cloud or natively applications can be dragged between these desktops. When applications or files are dragged between these desktops they will be transferred to the cloud or onto your computer.