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Smarter way of navigating the Active appication Windows in UNITY  
Written by tijybba the 23 May 12 at 18:20. Related project: Unity. Not an idea
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 x64 bit as default DE

Is it possible to Auto Arrange the Current-Active applications in Unity Launcher panel to align in Lastly -Opened or Firstly-Opened in ascending or descending order ,irrespective of their locked positions in the Unity Launcher panel.

Just to get rid of Scrolling down the launcher panel every-time to search for active application thereby depriving the need of Alt-Tab shortcut.

[ I mean Alt-Tab alternative in more smarter way, though i also use Alt-Tab for the task Management purpose].


I already posted this as a Question here http://askubuntu.com/questions/137980/is-it-possible-to-auto-arrange-the-active -unity-launcher-icons#comment168118_137980.
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Solution #1: Honestly i am new to programming but i can mostly help with logic
Written by tijybba the 23 May 12 at 18:20.
As far as my stupidity allows , i suggest that,

The mechanism or Algorithm which shows the Small Triangular Indicator on the Unity Launcher bar at the Extreme Verticals of Active Icon (Application) can be used to do this.

FIRST , where it shows SIngle triangular indicator (Left of Active Icon) which is active can be placed in Ascending or descending order in the Launcher Panel Like the same Behavior of ALT-TAB ( where they overlap windows lastly accessed ).

SECOND , where it shows Double triangular indicator which is the Current Active Window can be placed First (Either below the Dash Icon or without it) or Last (In Active Icon Arrangement) .

These Active Applications Icons Should not be in their repectively locked positions , but rather in A Line Arrangement Showing that they are active.

If Applications is closed it can revert back to its original Locked position.

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True Cover Flow for Unity Launcher  
Written by svrom the 8 May 12 at 15:23. Related project: Unity. Not an idea
When you have many applications in the Unity Launcher (especially since 12.04 where every app is also added to it by default) it feels weird when unfolding the Launcher.

Tiles that are not precisely targeted with the mouse move when unfolding the launcher because the user targeted the wrong tile.

Whenever i use folded Icons on the dock I feel the need to move the mouse of the launcher and target again because scrolling is so slow and non tweakable by default. It makes me move the mouse out of the launcher and target the specific tile i wanted... again...

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Solution #1: make the Launcher Tiles move under the mouse
Written by svrom the 8 May 12 at 15:23.
Instead of folding and unfolding the files completely and doing nothing when moving the mouse up and down the launcher until you are at the border of the screen it should to something I'd like to call "smoking chimney" Animation where single tiles unfold from the folded stack on the bodem and scroll upwards.

If you move the mouse upwards the single tiles would fold again to the stack one by one.

This way scrolling on the Launcher could be completely avoided and it would look less weird because it doesnt unfold all of the Launcher Tiles at once.

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Make Gnome's Sushi a default in Unity  
Written by Souloohshuns the 19 May 12 at 13:10. Related project: Unity. Not an idea
Music file previewing was once a joy in Ubuntu, with the hover-over-to-preview feature. Alas, this is now gone, but searching since have led me to installing Gnome sushi in ubuntu, et voila... I can easily and quickly check out what a music file, video file or image is about. Can this not be a default in unity?
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Solution #1: Make Gnome's Sushi (or similar) a default in Unity
Written by Souloohshuns the 19 May 12 at 13:10.
unlease the power of the space bar on all kinds of files.... why stop at audio, images and video? why not PDFs, docs and ODFs, for getting info on apps... this would be a more useful 'revolution' than the HUD,

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make Unity look like cinnamon  
Written by donmarco the 25 May 12 at 22:23. Related project: Unity. Not an idea
Dear Ubuntu Community,
12.04 is really a great OS!! Good Job!
There are a few looks, that remind me heavy on OSX and that is what I dislike a lot. I dont think there is anything wrong in making things look similar, but I truly like Mint Linux Cinnamon looks/colors and userfriendlyness more than OSX.
I would prefer, if a lot would be taken over from Cinnamon. I am sure, many users would see it likewise.
What I am NOT saying is, it should NOT be a derivative like KUbuntu, etc.. It would be right, to make unity LOOK like cinnamon.

Greetz!
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Solution #1: Nothing wrong in copying a look
Written by donmarco the 25 May 12 at 22:23.
As I said above, there is nothing wrong in looking on how other did a better job, so I really think the look and feel of Cinnamon should just be taken over.
The dark theme is not really nice over a long period and the menu bar is better on Cinnamon.

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Hibernate does not work when swap is encrypted   forum
Written by PaddyLandau the 1 Jan 12 at 17:43. Global category: System. Not an idea
When you use encrypted home folders, the swap is also encrypted (to protect privacy).

However, as Linux is currently structured, this means that hibernate does not work.

However, the menu still offers hibernation as an option, and does hibernate, but of course when rebooting the computer, it starts afresh because it cannot recover.

This is inconsistent, because people can hibernate without any error being displayed.

Obviously, we would like the problem to be fixed, but this depends on development that is not guaranteed to happen (I understand it affects all Linux, not just Ubuntu).
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Solution #1: Disable hibernate option for encrypted swap until the problem is fixed
Written by PaddyLandau the 1 Jan 12 at 17:43.
Until such as time as the hibernate problem is fixed, disable the hibernate option in the shut-down menu if the swap partition is encrypted.
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Solution #2: Display an error message if the user chooses hibernate but encryption is used
Written by PaddyLandau the 1 Jan 12 at 17:44.
If the user chooses hibernate, display an error message explaining that hibernation is not possible because of encryption, but that a solution is hoped for some time in the future.
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Solution #3: Warning message at installation
Written by checoimg the 9 Jan 12 at 19:28.
At installation warn the user that hibernation is not supported with encryption.

As a user I would like to know this before installing a encrypted system anyway good things has it's challenges.
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Solution #4: Put resources into fixing the problem, not a workaround
Written by alms66 the 29 Jan 12 at 20:45.
as per title...
Put resources into fixing the problem, not a workaround.

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Click on Unity launcher icon toggle app window  
Written by CannyDuck the 25 Mar 12 at 13:20. Related project: Unity. Not an idea
If I click on an app icon in the Unity launcher the application window is shown. It would be good if a second click on the icon hides the application window.
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Solution #1: Click on Unity launcher icon toggle app window
Written by CannyDuck the 25 Mar 12 at 13:20.
Hide the application window, if I click on an launcher icon and the window is already shown in the screen.

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Ubuntu needs better security to be Enterprise Ready  
Written by Hungry Man the 23 May 12 at 15:07. Global category: Security. Not an idea
For Ubuntu to really be considered "enterprise ready" it needs to take security up a few levels. I'm not going to start some stupid flame war between RHEL/ Fedora and Ubuntu security but I think everyone can agree that getting Ubuntu to be more secure is a good thing.

Recently the Seccomp mode 2 filters were introduced into Ubuntu's kernel (not the main iirc) but it isn't actually used by anyone yet except Chrome.

Seccomp makes privilege escalation much more difficult and it should be integrated into anything internet facing to provide the maximum fine-grained security.
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Solution #1: Compiling With Seccomp
Written by Hungry Man the 23 May 12 at 15:07.
By default Cupsd is restricted by apparmor. It has a ton of rights though even if its file access is pretty restricted.

Seccomp sandbox is new and this is probably a good place to start using it. Ideally seccomp would be used for more than this but it makes sense to use it here as seccomp pairs well with apparmor.

Further seccomp integration would be great in general but priorities should be with cupsd and other software that connects to the internet.

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Resize speed when mode is set to Normal  
Written by pinggi the 23 May 12 at 21:51. Related project: Compiz. Not an idea
If I set Default Resize Mode to "Normal" in Resize Window plugin of CompizConfig Settings Manager, windows resizing behaves the same as Windows does. Window content is updated when window size is changed.

Problem is that it is realy slow! I've tried that on Windows 7 where this kind of resizing is common and every app was quick. No problem there. Whereas Ubuntu Nautilus was almost unusable.
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Solution #1: Improve normal resize mode speed
Written by pinggi the 23 May 12 at 21:51.
Inspire by Windows 7 resizing

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Support the Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) for the NPAPI  
Written by Lyfang the 11 May 12 at 19:14. Related project: Flash plugin (macromedia). Not an idea
Ubuntu should find a way to implement the Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) for the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI).

The Chrome Flash Player Pepper plugin currently only works for the Google Chrome browser.

See also: Adobe discontinuing standalone Flash for Linux https://trisquel.info/en/forum/adobe-discontinuing-standalone-flash-linux
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Solution #1: Add support for the PPAPI
Written by Lyfang the 11 May 12 at 19:14.
Ubuntu should add support for the pepper plugins so that users can continue to use their browser of choice. Other browsers can implement the PPAPI & use the Flash Player Pepper plugin.
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Solution #2: CrossOver Office Windows browser plugins
Written by Lyfang the 11 May 12 at 20:19.
Run Adobe Flash Player or Adobe Shockwave Player for Windows directly from your Linux browser. However CrossOver Office is proprietary software.

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Scrollbar improvements: easy scrolling from anywhere in the scrolling margin  
Written by leekelland the 23 May 12 at 10:34. Related project: Unity. Not an idea
The scrollbars in Ubuntu are elegant but clumsy. It takes longer to locate the scrolling controls in Ubuntu than it does in Windows, Firefox etc.

Scrollbars in Ubuntu have a position indicator and a scrolling control. The position indicator is a short, thin, vertical line on the right margin of a scrollable window. The scrolling control appears when you hover over the position indicator. It is a broader, vertical, silver band with up and down arrows on it. It can be quite slow to locate the position indicator to pop up the scrolling control if you are using a sticky, laptop mousepad.


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Solution #1: Pop up the scrolling control whenever mouse hovers over scrolling margin
Written by leekelland the 23 May 12 at 10:34.
I propose that the scrolling control should pop up whenever the mouse pointer is moved to hover over the right margin of a scrollable window.

Ubuntu has made a step forward by separating the position indicator from the scrolling control. Why not take this to its logical conclusion: control the scrolling from anywhere on the right margin and look at the position indicator to see where you are in the document/window etc.?
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Solution #2: Additional: Include a "jump to here" in scrolling control
Written by leekelland the 23 May 12 at 10:59.
A previous idea has pointed out that there is no "jump to here" facility in Unity scrolling. See: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23341/

If the scrolling control were to pop up in the manner described in solution #1 above then a double click on the scrolling control could operate a jump to the position in the document indicated by the position of the control.

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