Written by mikasjoman the 10 Mar 08 at 12:45.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4072 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!

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Written by ubunteando the 7 Aug 08 at 12:41.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #11938 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!

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Written by slsolaris the 20 Nov 08 at 01:00.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15788 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!

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Written by subzero.amir the 5 Dec 08 at 17:14.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16254 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!

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Written by Vahan Harutyunyan the 23 Sep 10 at 11:46.

I suggest to improve the Xubuntu Home Page (www.xubuntu.org) and make it more comfortable, attractive and colorful. Because I think that nowadays the Xubuntu Home Page looks very simple and archaic.
In particular, I suggest entirely to change the "Take the feature tour" section, it must contain a more detailed description of key features of Xubuntu and it must be presented by clear pictures, but not by those which we have now (not clear pictures). I think that animated elements give the site a peculiar charm, and I think that it would be nice to create an animation in where it would be represented slogans of Xubuntu (free, stable, ...etc.). And also add icons in the other sections of the menu. And of course change the Xubuntu logo and make it similar to new logo of Ubuntu or Kubuntu (talking about the outline).

I suggest to improve the Xubuntu Home Page (www.xubuntu.org) and make it more comfortable, attractive and colorful. Because I think that nowadays the Xubuntu Home Page looks very simple and archaic. In particular, I suggest entirely to change the "Take the feature tour" section, it must contain a more detailed description of key features of Xubuntu and it must be presented by clear pictures, but not by those which we have now (not clear pictures). I think that animated elements give the site a peculiar charm, and I think that it would be nice to create an animation in where it would be represented slogans of Xubuntu (free, stable, ...etc.). And also add icons in the other sections of the menu. And of course change the Xubuntu logo and make it similar to new logo of Ubuntu or Kubuntu (talking about the outline).

Written by lvxferre the 24 Sep 10 at 10:29.

I agree that Xubuntu page needs some improvement. However, I disagree in "how much improvement" and "which".

Design, IMHO, is about goals and not features. Xubuntu page's goal is not "look cool", is promote the OS and give users info about it.

*Xubuntu is about a lightweight desktop. So, keep the page the cleaner possible - no animated element, small images.

*Wipe off "Latest news" column - "Xubuntu 9.04 Released" isn't news at all, it's about an year and half ago. In its place, put useful links - last stable release, last LTS, "get Xubuntu CD", this kind of thing.

*The three "Get" icons are huge for no reason. Make them smaller - less bandwidth needed [both for server and user] and cleaner design. And their text should be plain text, not part of image, for the same reason.

*Flash is a no-no: proprietary codec + too heavy to be useful. But yes, like is said in Solution #1, change the tour and add more info and cleaner images.

I agree that Xubuntu page needs some improvement. However, I disagree in "how much improvement" and "which". Design, IMHO, is about goals and not features. Xubuntu page's goal is not "look cool", is promote the OS and give users info about it. *Xubuntu is about a lightweight desktop. So, keep the page the cleaner possible - no animated element, small images. *Wipe off "Latest news" column - "Xubuntu 9.04 Released" isn't news at all, it's about an year and half ago. In its place, put useful links - last stable release, last LTS, "get Xubuntu CD", this kind of thing. *The three "Get" icons are huge for no reason. Make them smaller - less bandwidth needed [both for server and user] and cleaner design. And their text should be plain text, not part of image, for the same reason. *Flash is a no-no: proprietary codec + too heavy to be useful. But yes, like is said in Solution #1, change the tour and add more info and cleaner images.

Written by bogdan_5844 the 8 Jul 08 at 20:49.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10898 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!

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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 sonay the 5 Nov 09 at 02:45.

Group applications for their specific usage. Any application which can do lots of stuff should be included in every group it is associated with. For example vlc should be both in music player and sound player group (not sure but I heard it copies pieces of videos so it may be in video editors too). The group that a program belongs to should be consulted to their respective programmers, if it is not obvious. And if it can't be decided which group they belong, there should be a special group for those.

Group applications for their specific usage. Any application which can do lots of stuff should be included in every group it is associated with. For example vlc should be both in music player and sound player group (not sure but I heard it copies pieces of videos so it may be in video editors too). The group that a program belongs to should be consulted to their respective programmers, if it is not obvious. And if it can't be decided which group they belong, there should be a special group for those.

Written by manuelciosici the 19 Nov 09 at 11:06.

Make the Software Center more social, allow users to:
* vote on applications
* comment on applications

Secure the comments feature, maybe reCaptcha?

Make the Software Center more social, allow users to: * vote on applications * comment on applications Secure the comments feature, maybe reCaptcha?

Written by andradx the 11 Jan 12 at 09:18.

Add an interface to mount the .iso file automatically on a double-click at a /media/name_of_iso location or similar, without explicitly having to create the mounting directory and then having to recur to the command line or a gui like Gmount-iso.

Add an interface to mount the .iso file automatically on a double-click at a /media/name_of_iso location or similar, without explicitly having to create the mounting directory and then having to recur to the command line or a gui like Gmount-iso.

Written by programad the 11 Mar 08 at 15:24.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4236 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 #4236 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 8 Mar 09 at 17:56.

canonical should just add a few screen-savers made specially for ubuntu, and no more; for those people who still like to have a lot of screen-saver (i do not know why?) should be able to download them form internet if they like, in a deb ot a tar.gz file, so they could install them easily.

canonical should just add a few screen-savers made specially for ubuntu, and no more; for those people who still like to have a lot of screen-saver (i do not know why?) should be able to download them form internet if they like, in a deb ot a tar.gz file, so they could install them easily.

Written by slsolaris the 18 Mar 09 at 03:52.

for example GLText should be editable, give as the option to set speed, improved graphics, etc... but do not remove them because a lot of them are awesome.
in the other hand some of them are ugly and u should remove:
Lavalite, sonar, spheremonics, circuit, deco, engine, FlipScreen3D, Floating Toasters (what the hell is that, LOL), GFlux, GLKnots...
please do it canonical, Linux for human Beings, computer needs to be personal.

for example GLText should be editable, give as the option to set speed, improved graphics, etc... but do not remove them because a lot of them are awesome. in the other hand some of them are ugly and u should remove: Lavalite, sonar, spheremonics, circuit, deco, engine, FlipScreen3D, Floating Toasters (what the hell is that, LOL), GFlux, GLKnots... please do it canonical, Linux for human Beings, computer needs to be personal.

Written by tobster the 29 Apr 09 at 18:27.

screen"savers" aren't needed any more with modern lcd panels they are nothing more than a waste of cpu cycles and energy.

screen"savers" aren't needed any more with modern lcd panels they are nothing more than a waste of cpu cycles and energy.

Written by daddo the 30 Apr 09 at 16:08.

Replace the "Blank screen" with DPMS feature. Maybe even set it default.

Replace the "Blank screen" with DPMS feature. Maybe even set it default.

Written by Mehall the 29 Apr 09 at 00:03.

It has just been pointed out that most of the screensavers aren't actually part of the gnome-screensaver package.

IMO, if something isn't required for a package to work, then it should be "recommends" not "depends" and this is a good place to start.

It has just been pointed out that most of the screensavers aren't actually part of the gnome-screensaver package. IMO, if something isn't required for a package to work, then it should be "recommends" not "depends" and this is a good place to start.

Written by lee.jarratt the 28 Apr 09 at 20:34.

A good idea is to remove many of these screensavers (some are quite poor) and place them in a "screensavers-extra" package so users who do want to use a not-so-popular screensaver can just install the package.

An advantage for this is that it will cut down the size of the disk image by around 8Mb. That 8Mb for Screensavers could be used towards something more useful.

A good idea is to remove many of these screensavers (some are quite poor) and place them in a "screensavers-extra" package so users who do want to use a not-so-popular screensaver can just install the package. An advantage for this is that it will cut down the size of the disk image by around 8Mb. That 8Mb for Screensavers could be used towards something more useful.

Written by pumukyjunior the 6 May 09 at 14:34.

I think it could be interesting to mantain the most popular screenSavers by default, and let the user to search, explore, and to try another screensavers.

Maybe, these ones could be stored in a repository, and shown to users by a user-friendly interface.

I think something simililar is done in KDE 4.0 when you want to install a new Grub image.


Finally, I would keep the black screensaver by default, in order to try to safe Energy.

I think it could be interesting to mantain the most popular screenSavers by default, and let the user to search, explore, and to try another screensavers. Maybe, these ones could be stored in a repository, and shown to users by a user-friendly interface. I think something simililar is done in KDE 4.0 when you want to install a new Grub image. Finally, I would keep the black screensaver by default, in order to try to safe Energy.

Written by rmconard the 7 May 09 at 15:16.

During the install process the user should come to a section about the "look and feel" of Ubuntu. From this spot in the installation the user should be given the option of installing which screensavers he/she wants. You should have 3 options:

1) Install All Screensavers
2) Install No Screensavers
3) Install Some Screensavers (choose which ones)

This way, the ones the user doesn't choose don't even get put on the HD.

During the install process the user should come to a section about the "look and feel" of Ubuntu. From this spot in the installation the user should be given the option of installing which screensavers he/she wants. You should have 3 options: 1) Install All Screensavers 2) Install No Screensavers 3) Install Some Screensavers (choose which ones) This way, the ones the user doesn't choose don't even get put on the HD.