Hi,

I would like to precharge the next and previous photo in F-SPOT to avoid the blurred image.

At this moment, when you browse your photos woth the "next" button, it takes nearly one second to load completely the image.

It will be a really improve if F-SPOT could pre-load 1 (or more) images to avoid this delay.

Thanks

Compiz Fusion is a great application, and most effects look awesome. However, it runs to 5% its capacity without compizconfig-settings-manager installed (unless you know how to configure it manually, thought that can be a pain in the ass). Thats why I think ccsm should be installed by default on Ubuntu for easier using of "other" plugins by new users.

EDIT: If you want simple-ccsm to be installed by default promote this idea, since they are pretty similar.
EDIT2: No, this will not make Ubuntu slower. Compiz Fusion is already installed by default since Gutsy, all I want is the configuration tool for Compiz (a very little app) to be installed. All what ccsm (or sccsm) does is to change configuration files.

Add the ability to change the Login Screen Resolution application and add a checkbox to default to the Desktop Screen Resolution.

I would like to switch my Monitor from Landscape mode to Portrait mode on the fly. Say by right clicking on the desktop like I do in MS Windows at this time.

In any of the Linux's, I have to edit the xorg.conf file to make this change and it's not on the fly.

Thanks

It's Ubuntu & Compiz ...IN 3D! Adding support for shutter glasses (which let each eye see a slightly different image from the monitor) would be really cool! OpenGL Games and the Ubuntu UI would be rendered in 3 dimensions. Philips is also has a 3D monitor, which you don't need any glasses for to see the 3D effect.

Proprietary drivers would probably be required. Nvidia has 3D stereo drivers, but they only support windows :.(

This idea is a long shot to implement...but it would sure be awesome!

Philips 3d monitor:
http://www.business-sites.philips.com/3dsolutions/products/3dscreens/index.html

Shutter Glasses:
http://edimensional.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=28

Driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d_stereo.html

A point (pt) is defined as 1/72th of an inch. System fonts in Ubuntu are scaled by points and are 10pt by default, which means that you'd expect them to be 10/72th of an inch on any monitor.

However, Ubuntu (or specifically, Gnome) doesn't automatically decide the correct amount of pixels that are needed for an inch on a particular monitor. (I hear Xorg does detect it.) By default, the DPI (dots per inch) is set to 96.

That means that for my particular monitor (a widescreen 17" with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels), texts get really really small. I have to change the DPI manually to 119.

But that doesn't solve all problems. OpenOffice's Impress (presentation application) also uses points for fonts. That's really bad. On your screen, a slide with a 72pt title might look okay (that would make it 1 inch high), but imagine the same slide on your beamer. A line of one inch isn't going to be very readable by the audience. Even with smaller DPI discrepancies you'll still get the problem of having a slightly different layout. Text might fall off the slide, or not fit on one line, etc. So, OpenOffice should, at least for presentations, use font sizes relative to the size of the slide. Percentages for example. For print it's nice to know the physical size, so Writer should probably keep the pt-based font scaling.

Another issue is web browsing. With such a high resolution, browsing becomes a problem. Sites usually use pixel-based scaling. That makes them way too small. Firefox should have an option to zoom to 120% by default. And to 80% for low resolution monitors. A slight additional annoyance is the ugly scaling of images by Firefox 3. Preserving the layout is a great feature, but it should also preserve image quality by using a good scaling filter.

So in short:
* Automatically detect and set the correct DPI for each connected monitor.
* Don't mix absolute and relative scaling for presentations, and other apps that usually need to preserve the exact layout.
* Provide a way to zoom in by default for certain apps for which the content gets way too small at higher resolutions.

[....]

When I import my photos to F-Spot it always changes the time in the EXIF-information. Every single file is edited. F-Spot should not do this, since it is importing, not modifying, which I ordered. I did not find any way to prevent it from doing so. Not even setting the files read-only.

Ubuntu ships with GIMP as preinstalled graphics program. GIMP is a really impressive tool, once you figured out how it works. But there are a lot of people out there, who only need a fraction of the things GIMP can do. There are a lot of simple image editing tasks which can be done with simple programs:

John needs some help to do certain things on Ubuntu. He takes a screenshot of a program and tries to mark his problem with a hand painted error and some text.

Mark has been on a conference trip. He want's to remember the people he met, so he pulls a group picture from his digicam and marks everyone with a name tag.

Under MS Windows MS Paint fills this gap. Don't lough, I know a lot of people who use this program quite often. It does exactly what those people want to do. Nothing more, nothing less. For linux there are some mspaint alternatives [1][2]. But they could need some makeover (in the case of gpaint) or a targeted at a different users (tuxpaint is a program for kids).

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gpaint/
[2] http://www.tuxpaint.org/

It will be nice to see S-video configure right at the installation for PC's equip with one. In general, it will be great to be able to have a GUI that enables one to switch to dual monitors, S-video, VGA.

Ubuntu needs better artwork. Everybody know Fedora and Opensuse look better than ubuntu.
I'm not trying to say that the look is more important than the OS or the current theme is ugly but lets be honest the look is the first impression.

I appreciate the current efforts from ubuntu, but with this level of art I don't think "Ubuntu will surpass Apple in two years" as what Mark Shuttleworth said. I know there are a lot of buzz around deviantart this days, and I hope it makes some changes in intrepid, but with my full respect for the community contribution with the OS; ubuntu should have an artwork team which can be creative and handle this work correctly.