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Add Thunderbird and Empathy as sources to the social lens  
Written by einalex the 30 Apr 13 at 15:54. Related project: Unity. New
The social lens only reports events from the web but doesn't reflect the user's communication and contacts if he is using local apps.

Chats, E-mails, a user's addressbook should all be results in the social lens since they are an essential part of the users social interactions.
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Solution #1: Add sources, change structure
Written by einalex the 30 Apr 13 at 15:54.
Add the mentioned sources (and possibly others) to the social lens.

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Desktop's "Help" Menu to include "Community Live Support" via IRC or Forum  
Written by Akiva the 22 Apr 13 at 10:20. Related project: Live CD. New
#ubuntu on Freenode is a great place to get live support and connect with the ubuntu community.
Many users who would very much prefer live support, where they can be approached on their level, simply do not know of the IRC resource.
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Solution #1: No Guarantee
Written by Akiva the 22 Apr 13 at 10:20.
Regarding the idea to impliment an IRC shortcut to #ubuntu* channels via Desktop > Menu Toolbar > Help > Live Support:

The action should indicate to the user that this service is provided by the community, and that Canonical and Ubuntu do not guarantee any quality of service or official support.
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Solution #2: Detect LOCALE settings
Written by Akiva the 26 Apr 13 at 03:50.
Regarding the idea to impliment an IRC shortcut to #ubuntu* channels via Desktop > Menu Toolbar > Help > Live Support:

The action should detect current language on system, and use that info to determine appropriate language channel, such as #ubuntu-fr for french.
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Solution #3: Prompt User for IRC credentials
Written by Akiva the 26 Apr 13 at 03:57.
Regarding the idea to impliment an IRC shortcut to #ubuntu* channels via Desktop > Menu Toolbar > Help > Live Support:

The action should prompt the user for IRC credentials, to go about setting up a normal account.
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Solution #4: Flag user to inform others he is using live support.
Written by Akiva the 26 Apr 13 at 04:06.
Regarding the idea to impliment an IRC shortcut to #ubuntu* channels via Desktop > Menu Toolbar > Help > Live Support:

The irc client should attach flags to the username or automatically message the page on login, that this user is accessing the "live support" option.
For example, every username accessed via this option could have "_LS_" appended to it
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Solution #5: Automate account setup via ubuntu login settings
Written by Akiva the 26 Apr 13 at 04:13.
Regarding the idea to impliment an IRC shortcut to #ubuntu* channels via Desktop > Menu Toolbar > Help > Live Support:

The user account should be synced with the ubuntu login credentials offered at installation.
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Solution #6: Prompt type of login you wish to use. Login as guest creates a flag,
Written by Akiva the 3 May 13 at 07:55.
After doing Desktop > Menu Toolbar > Help > Live Support,

It should ask you if you wish to login as a guest, or using your ubuntu-one account.

If you login as a guest, it autodetects your system and locale settings, and appends a flag such as "-Live" to the end of your irc username, and throws you into #ubuntu*.

If you login using your ubuntu-one account, it should first see if you are logged in. If not, it should ask you to login, or to create an account. The ubuntu-one login should be a registered user on freenode, allowing it access to channels that require registration.

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Music and chat/twitter apps on the Unity Launcher for default  
Written by Cont3mpo the 9 Mar 12 at 22:54. Global category: Multimedia. New
The apps on the launcher are good, but not a great or cool experience.

Users need great and "cool" apps on the launcher; Music, Chat and Twitter (Rhythmbox, Empathy, Gwibber). LibreOffice it's lame to see on the launcher. Users need social and cool apps on the launcher for default. The first thing they see is the Launcher.
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Solution #1: Put Rhythmbox, Empathy, Gwibber on the Unity Launcher for default
Written by Cont3mpo the 9 Mar 12 at 22:54.
Chat, Twitter and Music on the Laucher, for a cool first time experience with Ubuntu.

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Better integration of pidgin into Ubuntu  
Written by Thonixx the 25 Nov 10 at 10:23. Global category: Others. New
Pidgin was replaced by Empathy but I think Pidgin is still better and I just like it. The integration of Pidgin is okay but not so perfect like Empathy. I wish a better integration for pidgin or a select possibility between empathy or pidgin at the installation.
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Solution #1: Selection between Empathy, Pidgin and other IMs
Written by Thonixx the 25 Nov 10 at 10:23.
In the Gnome Panel there is a section of coummincation (I dunno how to say) and there is the selection between chat and mail but if I have Pidgin there is another option especially for pidgin instead of replacing the empathy chat section with pidgin.

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The system should do its best to guess what IM status state the user wants  
Written by loldrup the 19 Oct 10 at 17:05. Global category: Usability. New
Knowing what people want their IM* status state** to be is a hard problem, as it essentially requires mind reading, but a pretty good guesstimate would be to assume that the user wants the same status as the one he/she had earlier (at the prior session). As it is now, the guess is always "offline" which is kind of dum.


*IM = Instant Messaging
** eg. "offline", "online", "away", "busy", "hidden"
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Solution #1: Make ubuntu remember the current IM status state when logging out
Written by loldrup the 19 Oct 10 at 17:05.
And restore it when that same user logs back in at some point in the future.

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Because this is very useful.  
Written by v.skubriev the 10 Sep 10 at 06:05. Global category: Usability. New
When you get a small new message from a user of a contact list you pop-up message is bubble and you read all of it. But for indicator with post will be normally (without new messages) you must enter the main form of Empathy search this contact in a contact list and enter in them only for future you will see a new message.

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Solution #1: Make a click able pop-up box of new message and mark after that read.
Written by v.skubriev the 10 Sep 10 at 06:05.
Make a click able pop-up box of new message and mark after that read.

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Give the Me Menu the ability to set Empathy status  
Written by Alexander Lancey the 24 Aug 10 at 23:15. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
Empathy's status can be set using the generic options (Available, Away, etc) in the MeMenu, but users cannot set custom status messages from the MeMenu.
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Solution #1: Allow the user to edit the current status
Written by Alexander Lancey the 24 Aug 10 at 23:15.
Make clicking on a status button apply that status, but also turn that entry into a textbox to edit the name of that status.
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Solution #2: Give a dedicated textbox
Written by Alexander Lancey the 24 Aug 10 at 23:17.
Give a textbox like Gwibber for setting status. Give both boxes inlaid text labeling their purposes.
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Solution #3: Show commonly used statuses
Written by Alexander Lancey the 24 Aug 10 at 23:24.
Show the top 2 or so most-used statuses in the list.

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new shared calendars paradigm  
Written by ksadil the 25 Jul 10 at 09:23. Related project: Pidgin Internet Messenger. New
Shared calendars, especially calendar server options seem to be clunky or lagging in linux. There are commercial options and free online account options, but I think there is room for a new instant messaging paradigm.

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Solution #1: Instant messaging protocols
Written by ksadil the 25 Jul 10 at 09:23.
Calendar sharing could be performed over the IM infrastructure such as empathy/pidgin. You could send someone a meeting request or authorise nominated people/groups to see your shared calendar or free/busy data using instant messaging technologies instead of the client server model.

Sure it would be delivered only when both parties are online, but these transactions are conversations of sorts, eg:

1. user 1: request free/busy
2. user 2: respond free/busy
3. user 1: request appointment
4. user 2: confirm, deny or suggest other time
5. user 1: accept new time/propose other time
.......

You could use evolution with plugin as front end to this functionality

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distinguish between new mails and chats in me menu  
Written by noeck the 19 Jul 10 at 15:14. Related project: Gnome. New
The messaging menu envelope signals all new messages the same way: it gets green.
New mails, especially from mailing lists, do not require an imediate reaction. Whereas a new chat should be answered as fast as possible. If there are new mails and one wants to ignore them, the symbol gets green and new messages and/or chats are not recognized.
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Solution #1: Different symbols
Written by noeck the 19 Jul 10 at 15:14.
Use different symbols for new mail and new chats.
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Solution #2: Different colours
Written by noeck the 19 Jul 10 at 15:14.
Use different colours for mail and chat.
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Solution #3: Display the number of new entries.
Written by noeck the 19 Jul 10 at 15:23.
Display the number of new mails, chats, ... within the symbol.
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Solution #4: A new symbol with different effects for each notification
Written by Oxwivi the 16 Aug 10 at 08:46.
A new bigger symbol can be used to harbour notifications from each of the social services. For example, a chat bubble with the number of messages, and similarly an envelope with the no. of unread messages can clearly notify the user of what's new.

Sounds can also be added for different services or sources. For example, Live, Google, Facebook and Twitter can each have different audio notification customisable by the user.

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Integrate a file converter into Evolution and Empathy  
Written by natureflow the 4 Jul 10 at 10:27. Global category: Usability. New
GIMP 2.8 stores images in XCF format by default. If you send it to your friend you may want it to send as JPEG. OpenOffice.org stores documents as ODT, if you want to send it to your co-worker, you may want to convert it into a Word document or into a PDF. You may also want to send an JPEG and an PDF together in an e-mail.

I usually open the file and select "export as" JPEG/PDF etc. Then I choose the directory "/tmp". Then I drag and drop the file to my mail client or my instant messenger. Sadly the OpenOffice.org function "export as PDF in mail" only works with one pdf per mail and it requires to open the file.
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Solution #1: Integrate a file converter into Evolution, Empathy and Nautilus
Written by natureflow the 4 Jul 10 at 10:27.
Integrate an file converter into Evolution (mail client), Empathy (instant messaging) and Nautilus (file manager). Add a file type converter to the "select file dialog" and add an "convert to..." option to the context menu of the added file in the mail window.

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