Written by erlend the 16 Mar 08 at 18:31.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4849 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 #4849 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 elephant-face the 13 Apr 10 at 03:11.

"Scroll Wheels" are not all created equal; different input devices should handle scrolling differently. For example, there are at least two very different input devices commonly used to scroll this webpage:

1. A mouse with a scroll wheel. When the wheel is turned, it "clicks".

2. A laptop touchpad with either edge-scrolling or two-finger-scrolling enabled. When the finger is moved down the side of the touchpad (or two fingers are moved, anywhere), the page scrolls. There is no "click", or any other feedback.


Right now, both these types of scrolling (the discrete "clicks" of type 1, and the continuous motion of type 2) are handled the same way -- I'm on a laptop, and according to xev when I use two-finger scrolling on the touchpad, events are being sent for buttons 4, 5, 6, and 7. This "virtual button" metaphor / behavior doesn't make much sense, and the amount of motion required to trigger a press of the virtual scroll button is seemingly arbitrary.

Anyone on a laptop who would like to emulate what I believe is the "correct" behavior, can try clicking and holding on the scrollbar on the right side of the browser window. Now dragging the mouse cursor up and down will "smooth scroll" the window, in the sense that mouse movements correspond to pixel-accurate scrolling. My laptop is from 2005, does not have any 3d driver support, and is generally quite slow, yet this is not even remotely "laggy".

"Scroll Wheels" are not all created equal; different input devices should handle scrolling differently. For example, there are at least two very different input devices commonly used to scroll this webpage: 1. A mouse with a scroll wheel. When the wheel is turned, it "clicks". 2. A laptop touchpad with either edge-scrolling or two-finger-scrolling enabled. When the finger is moved down the side of the touchpad (or two fingers are moved, anywhere), the page scrolls. There is no "click", or any other feedback. Right now, both these types of scrolling (the discrete "clicks" of type 1, and the continuous motion of type 2) are handled the same way -- I'm on a laptop, and according to xev when I use two-finger scrolling on the touchpad, events are being sent for buttons 4, 5, 6, and 7. This "virtual button" metaphor / behavior doesn't make much sense, and the amount of motion required to trigger a press of the virtual scroll button is seemingly arbitrary. Anyone on a laptop who would like to emulate what I believe is the "correct" behavior, can try clicking and holding on the scrollbar on the right side of the browser window. Now dragging the mouse cursor up and down will "smooth scroll" the window, in the sense that mouse movements correspond to pixel-accurate scrolling. My laptop is from 2005, does not have any 3d driver support, and is generally quite slow, yet this is not even remotely "laggy". SUMMARY: My solution would be to have an option for scrolling which emulates dragging the scroll bar on devices which do not have a physical "scroll button". Mouses with "clicky wheels" could stay as-is.

Written by whalogreg the 15 Oct 10 at 06:21.

Maybe a Compiz plugin could be developed to achieve this.

Maybe a Compiz plugin could be developed to achieve this.

Written by brk0_0 the 16 May 12 at 18:33.

Users may be frustated when coming from other systems (like tablets or even MacOS) with not having these options in the menus. Adding a checkbox for both these options in mouse and touchpad menus would solve this.

Natural-scroll:
When scrolling down with the touchpad (or mouse), the page go up. The racional is that you are moving the page down, so your view goes up. With the tradicional scroll you move your view, so, when going down in the touchpad your view goes down too.

Elastic-scroll:
Easy video explaining (on MacOS X Lion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMKd5ZFFBwM

Users may be frustated when coming from other systems (like tablets or even MacOS) with not having these options in the menus. Adding a checkbox for both these options in mouse and touchpad menus would solve this. Natural-scroll: When scrolling down with the touchpad (or mouse), the page go up. The racional is that you are moving the page down, so your view goes up. With the tradicional scroll you move your view, so, when going down in the touchpad your view goes down too. Elastic-scroll: Easy video explaining (on MacOS X Lion) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMKd5ZFFBwM

Written by Eldmannen the 28 May 08 at 17:07.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #9190 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 #9190 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 Endolith the 6 Mar 09 at 02:16.

There's no reason why the color of SVG icons can't be changed to match the theme. The files themselves don't even need to be changed when the color changes; you just need to change the rules used to render them.

By defining a "base color" in the SVG, and telling the renderer to use a color from the theme while drawing it, you can make the icons any color.

For example, I've modified some SVG icons from Ubuntu Human so that they use the "highlight" color instead of a hard-coded orange. Firefox extracts the "highlight" color from your system when it renders, so Firefox will display them in whatever color you use for your theme:

http://www.endolith.com/svgiconcolors/icontest.html

We should do something similar so that folders and the like match the theme no matter what colors you choose.

There's no reason why the color of SVG icons can't be changed to match the theme. The files themselves don't even need to be changed when the color changes; you just need to change the rules used to render them. By defining a "base color" in the SVG, and telling the renderer to use a color from the theme while drawing it, you can make the icons any color. For example, I've modified some SVG icons from Ubuntu Human so that they use the "highlight" color instead of a hard-coded orange. Firefox extracts the "highlight" color from your system when it renders, so Firefox will display them in whatever color you use for your theme: http://www.endolith.com/svgiconcolors/icontest.html We should do something similar so that folders and the like match the theme no matter what colors you choose.

Written by Murrquan the 28 Feb 08 at 14:42.

Create an attractive boot loader with grubgfx that requires minimal user input and does not scare away new users. If that doesn't work then use Fedora's Plymouth

Create an attractive boot loader with grubgfx that requires minimal user input and does not scare away new users. If that doesn't work then use Fedora's Plymouth

Written by vs8 the 14 Jan 09 at 15:59.

openSUSE and Fedora 10 feature more elaborate art than Ubuntu, I'm not talking about the colors they choose, because I like the Ubuntu colors, it's the art style.

One thing they got right is the boot up. Those distros boot very smooth and they look professional, Ubuntu looks rushed, plain and ugly.

I've seen Fedora boot, and the new plymouth thing rocks, Ubuntu should use it too. It's way better than the actual ugly usplash.

The other thing is the GDM, Ubuntu uses a very old GDM, which is slow. At least on my PC (AMD Phenon 9600 Quad Core, 4gb RAM). The new GDM is smoother, faster and it works fine.

In short, Ubuntu needs eye candy, from boot up to shut down it will attract more people, I guarantee it.

What is Plymouth?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_plymouth&num=1

openSUSE and Fedora 10 feature more elaborate art than Ubuntu, I'm not talking about the colors they choose, because I like the Ubuntu colors, it's the art style. One thing they got right is the boot up. Those distros boot very smooth and they look professional, Ubuntu looks rushed, plain and ugly. I've seen Fedora boot, and the new plymouth thing rocks, Ubuntu should use it too. It's way better than the actual ugly usplash. The other thing is the GDM, Ubuntu uses a very old GDM, which is slow. At least on my PC (AMD Phenon 9600 Quad Core, 4gb RAM). The new GDM is smoother, faster and it works fine. In short, Ubuntu needs eye candy, from boot up to shut down it will attract more people, I guarantee it. What is Plymouth? http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_plymouth&num=1 Screen: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Tours_Fedora10_012_Plymouth_Boot.png openSUSE art: http://www.opensuse.org/screenshots.php New GDM login screen: https://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/9/94/Tours_Fedora10_018_Login_Screen.png Thank you.

Written by Felix-Valentine the 12 Jul 09 at 17:26.

to better the user experience, ubuntu should have an animated Splash Screen. a (mini Video) playing, showing the Ubuntu Logo and then a smooth overpass from the splash screen to the loging screen.

to better the user experience, ubuntu should have an animated Splash Screen. a (mini Video) playing, showing the Ubuntu Logo and then a smooth overpass from the splash screen to the loging screen.

Written by MattFinck21 the 21 Jun 09 at 07:18.

i was thinking that ubuntu team should design an default ubuntu grub backround for future releases..or atleast add them to the current ones. after all it would go nice after seeing the linux mint did that.

i was thinking that ubuntu team should design an default ubuntu grub backround for future releases..or atleast add them to the current ones. after all it would go nice after seeing the linux mint did that.

Written by Rodrigo the 12 Jul 09 at 15:31.

Let's stay with the black screen or maybe a screen, but just one to begin with, then with the use of a GUI (the user can download it from the servers) be able to change it without needing to go to the console.
Everybody likes to customize his machine sooner or later.

Let's stay with the black screen or maybe a screen, but just one to begin with, then with the use of a GUI (the user can download it from the servers) be able to change it without needing to go to the console. Everybody likes to customize his machine sooner or later.

Written by tommis the 7 Jan 10 at 02:02.

BURG is a program based-on Grub 2,BURG uses new menu list,screen layout and shortcut keys that all easily customized.

Also see - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg

BURG is a program based-on Grub 2,BURG uses new menu list,screen layout and shortcut keys that all easily customized. <img src="http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4537/screenshot300x221.png" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br/> Also see - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg

Written by puzzler995 the 18 Jan 10 at 20:27.

In installation have an option of using either BURG or GRUB with GRUB the Default Option

In installation have an option of using either BURG or GRUB with GRUB the Default Option

Written by lokster the 3 Feb 10 at 14:13.

The developers must make grub2 better. Why use another new and in early development bootloader, while there is already a good one?
Just make the good one even better.

The developers must make grub2 better. Why use another new and in early development bootloader, while there is already a good one? Just make the good one even better.

Written by p2000000000 the 26 May 08 at 09:08.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #9109 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 #9109 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 Ansible the 22 Mar 08 at 22:29.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #5448 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 #5448 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 roshan.george the 28 May 08 at 10:48.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #9183 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 #9183 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!