Written by natugnaudE the 8 Nov 09 at 21:00.

it would seem that the profile setting is set globally for all kde.
As i see it it could be handled separately by each application which is capable of opening a terminal window; it's just a configuration setting that would needed to be stored and retrieved when opening the app. Am i wrong?

it would seem that the profile setting is set globally for all kde. As i see it it could be handled separately by each application which is capable of opening a terminal window; it's just a configuration setting that would needed to be stored and retrieved when opening the app. Am i wrong?

Written by EagleScreen the 7 Jul 09 at 01:17.

Rekonq is a young web browser based in QtWebkit and KDE4 graphical interfaces. It is very similar to Arora and it usually renders web sites better than Konqueror, and it is much better well integrated in KDE.
It also has many functionalities missed but it is gifted with some KDE technnologies as like as downloading system or language translation support.
It seem to work better than Arora in flash playing.

Rekonq is a young web browser based in QtWebkit and KDE4 graphical interfaces. It is very similar to Arora and it usually renders web sites better than Konqueror, and it is much better well integrated in KDE. It also has many functionalities missed but it is gifted with some KDE technnologies as like as downloading system or language translation support. It seem to work better than Arora in flash playing.

Written by EagleScreen the 9 Jul 09 at 01:23.

Arora is a young web browser based in QtWebkit and Qt4 graphical interfaces. It ussually render well almost all web sites better than Konqueror and it has got a well integration in KDE due to Qt4 usage.
But Arora has still many functionalities missed and it has serious problems watching flash videos on some webs.

Arora is a young web browser based in QtWebkit and Qt4 graphical interfaces. It ussually render well almost all web sites better than Konqueror and it has got a well integration in KDE due to Qt4 usage. But Arora has still many functionalities missed and it has serious problems watching flash videos on some webs.

Written by EagleScreen the 9 Jul 09 at 01:40.

Firefox is a well known web browser and it is surely currently the best rendering and complete web browser in the Software Libre world.
But is very bad integrated with KDE because it uses gtk graphical interfaces and it is also bad integrated with other technnologies as like as local file browsing and downloading system.
But the latest versions of Firefox support, in theory, Qt graphical interfaces, so it would be much better integrated in KDE. The problem is that there isn't much work done in this matter and to get ready and working a Qt version of Firefox, a lot of work and time will be necessary.

Firefox is a well known web browser and it is surely currently the best rendering and complete web browser in the Software Libre world. But is very bad integrated with KDE because it uses gtk graphical interfaces and it is also bad integrated with other technnologies as like as local file browsing and downloading system. But the latest versions of Firefox support, in theory, Qt graphical interfaces, so it would be much better integrated in KDE. The problem is that there isn't much work done in this matter and to get ready and working a Qt version of Firefox, a lot of work and time will be necessary.

Written by Immanuel the 26 Jul 09 at 13:57.

* Tons of features (mail, notes, widgets, mouse gestures, ...)
* easy to use
* qt4-support in both x64 and x86 in the upcoming v.10 (so should integrate neatly)
* fast (no, I'm not necessarily talking about JS performance, but back/forward speed, page rendering, handling of 20+ tabs, ...)

* Tons of features (mail, notes, widgets, mouse gestures, ...) * easy to use * qt4-support in both x64 and x86 in the upcoming v.10 (so should integrate neatly) * fast (no, I'm not necessarily talking about JS performance, but back/forward speed, page rendering, handling of 20+ tabs, ...)

Written by ariendj the 22 Aug 09 at 11:54.

I propose to use

KDE4 Oxygen skin (Firefox does not use GTK but does use Tango icons known from Gnome)
plasma notification extension (downloads finished...)
scrolling tab bar extension (scroll tab bars with mouse wheel like in KDE)
download manager extension (to use KGet, KTorrent)

to integrate Firefox 3.5.2 into KDE4 as much as possible. Firefox then provides the smoothest, most compatible (plugins!), best looking user experience. Qt4 Firefox can replace this solution later on when it's ready.

I propose to use KDE4 Oxygen skin (Firefox does not use GTK but does use Tango icons known from Gnome) plasma notification extension (downloads finished...) scrolling tab bar extension (scroll tab bars with mouse wheel like in KDE) download manager extension (to use KGet, KTorrent) to integrate Firefox 3.5.2 into KDE4 as much as possible. Firefox then provides the smoothest, most compatible (plugins!), best looking user experience. Qt4 Firefox can replace this solution later on when it's ready.

Written by droetker the 1 Aug 08 at 19:19.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #11720 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 #11720 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 stelt the 19 Oct 09 at 06:52.

For example:
Say you hit PageDown, and the content only scrolls half a page as there is no more content to scroll more, then half way your screen there's a quickly fading horizontal line to show you were to continue reading.
People mostly read top-down, but the equivalent for PageUp seems almost just as useful, especially for comments and other message threads.

For example: Say you hit PageDown, and the content only scrolls half a page as there is no more content to scroll more, then half way your screen there's a quickly fading horizontal line to show you were to continue reading. People mostly read top-down, but the equivalent for PageUp seems almost just as useful, especially for comments and other message threads.

Written by nvivo the 4 Feb 09 at 22:58.

On the System Settings > Keyboard and Mouse, there is already a "tab" for Mouse, but it is a global configuration. There should be one extra page/tab there for each point device we have.

When I plug my logitech mouse, a new tab appears to control some logitech settings like dpi. The same thing must exist for touchpads, so we can disable it while typing, or enable/disable scrolling, set scroll and movement speed.

So, when I'm using my notebook with my mouse plugged in, I should see one tab for "Synaptics Touchpad" and another one for "Wireless Mouse", each one with all possible settings for that device.

On the System Settings > Keyboard and Mouse, there is already a "tab" for Mouse, but it is a global configuration. There should be one extra page/tab there for each point device we have. When I plug my logitech mouse, a new tab appears to control some logitech settings like dpi. The same thing must exist for touchpads, so we can disable it while typing, or enable/disable scrolling, set scroll and movement speed. So, when I'm using my notebook with my mouse plugged in, I should see one tab for "Synaptics Touchpad" and another one for "Wireless Mouse", each one with all possible settings for that device.

Written by hgibson the 15 Feb 09 at 11:05.

http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/A+Media+Player+for+KDE4?content=94472

http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Analog%2BDVB+TV+Recorder+for+KDE4?cont ent=94534

They are some of the highest rated ideas !

http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/A+Media+Player+for+KDE4?content=94472 http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Analog%2BDVB+TV+Recorder+for+KDE4?content=94534 They are some of the highest rated ideas !

Written by Dinth the 15 Feb 09 at 13:39.

There is already great player for KDE - SMPlayer. http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/ and it has packages for ubuntu in rvm/rvm4000 PPA's.

There should be proposal "Create a media player (some or at least half good as SMPlayer" for GNOME.

There is already great player for KDE - SMPlayer. http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/ and it has packages for ubuntu in rvm/rvm4000 PPA's. There should be proposal "Create a media player (some or at least half good as SMPlayer" for GNOME.

Written by Primož Papič the 17 Feb 09 at 15:57.

I just remembered that VLC is in Qt (it' completely integrates into KDE4.2; even XBar widget works with it).
And VLC is just the most powerful app there is. And I think that it also has a Gtk option, as if I use KRunner to start it it gives me two options, one gives me the Qt fully KDE integrated look and other not.

So it could be also used for Gnome, and even if the other option isn't Gtk the Qt is very good in looking like Gtk while you couldn't say for other way around.

Also VLC is quite known in "Windows" world, so new users probably wouldn't be confused by it.

I just remembered that VLC is in Qt (it' completely integrates into KDE4.2; even XBar widget works with it). And VLC is just the most powerful app there is. And I think that it also has a Gtk option, as if I use KRunner to start it it gives me two options, one gives me the Qt fully KDE integrated look and other not. So it could be also used for Gnome, and even if the other option isn't Gtk the Qt is very good in looking like Gtk while you couldn't say for other way around. Also VLC is quite known in "Windows" world, so new users probably wouldn't be confused by it.

Written by nitrofurano the 26 Sep 08 at 22:57.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13758 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 #13758 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 technosaurus the 10 May 09 at 23:22.

http://www.alinden.mynetcologne.de/qlwm/
http://www.antico.netsons.org/

http://www.alinden.mynetcologne.de/qlwm/ http://www.antico.netsons.org/

Written by Nickedynick the 20 Nov 08 at 16:14.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15811 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 #15811 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 nfx the 29 Jan 09 at 13:36.

I haven't ever tried modifying code for Lin and I know Windows and PHP better so please excuse my pseudo-code:

if (mousedown==true && mousepos != app_selected)
menu.visibility = 'true';


again, sorry that I don't even know where to look for the actual code but something like this should work...

I haven't ever tried modifying code for Lin and I know Windows and PHP better so please excuse my pseudo-code: if (mousedown==true && mousepos != app_selected) menu.visibility = 'true'; again, sorry that I don't even know where to look for the actual code but something like this should work...

Written by incredion the 3 Sep 09 at 07:26.

My idea: instead of pushing a button (e.g. K in KDE, Start in Windows, Applications Menu in Gnome) to display a comparably small menu of choises, which application to start or which document to work with we could have the following: by any suitable signal (hotkey, mouse-button, select what you find useful) the windows on the desktop minimize to something smaller (icons, preview-pictures like the running application taskbar-previews, or else) and the complete desktop is shown.

basically I propose to use the whole desktop background as a large programm starter.

Now the heart of the idea: similar to the very old windows program-manager, and similar to what people miss-use the oo-windows desktop since windows 9x, the whole desktop is a big application and document access interface. You see every category of applications (submenus in the K Menu e.g.), you see you last used apps, your last used documents, your last desktop-search runs, but not as a mess as it used to be on the windows 9x desktops everywhere, but automatically sorted and arranged. you are able to present so much more than in a start menu like in gnome or Kde because there is so much more space on the desktop.

This would make use of the KDE widgets (you see i'm a KDE guy) because you would really make use of the desktop and work with it, and you would make use of the enormous space that is there and not fidgle around with some tiny start-menu from the era of 15" displays.

hope you like the idea.

My idea: instead of pushing a button (e.g. K in KDE, Start in Windows, Applications Menu in Gnome) to display a comparably small menu of choises, which application to start or which document to work with we could have the following: by any suitable signal (hotkey, mouse-button, select what you find useful) the windows on the desktop minimize to something smaller (icons, preview-pictures like the running application taskbar-previews, or else) and the complete desktop is shown. basically I propose to use the whole desktop background as a large programm starter. Now the heart of the idea: similar to the very old windows program-manager, and similar to what people miss-use the oo-windows desktop since windows 9x, the whole desktop is a big application and document access interface. You see every category of applications (submenus in the K Menu e.g.), you see you last used apps, your last used documents, your last desktop-search runs, but not as a mess as it used to be on the windows 9x desktops everywhere, but automatically sorted and arranged. you are able to present so much more than in a start menu like in gnome or Kde because there is so much more space on the desktop. This would make use of the KDE widgets (you see i'm a KDE guy) because you would really make use of the desktop and work with it, and you would make use of the enormous space that is there and not fidgle around with some tiny start-menu from the era of 15" displays. hope you like the idea. cheers -incredion

Written by 12string_muzishn the 22 Sep 09 at 21:04.

I kinda like your suggestion: there seems to be a lot one should be able to do with the desktop room just sitting there. But on the other hand, I can't envision having all my stuff on the desktop awaiting a mouseclick, either. For one thing, I would be constantly looking around for what I want, and since there are so many different kinds of things, sorting them out would be a headache. So, how about designating which things are stored on the desktop and which things (stuff I hardly ever use) stay in the background as they do now? That way we have control of where things are.

I kinda like your suggestion: there seems to be a lot one should be able to do with the desktop room just sitting there. But on the other hand, I can't envision having all my stuff on the desktop awaiting a mouseclick, either. For one thing, I would be constantly looking around for what I want, and since there are so many different kinds of things, sorting them out would be a headache. So, how about designating which things are stored on the desktop and which things (stuff I hardly ever use) stay in the background as they do now? That way we have control of where things are.