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Update GDM and replace it for a professional one  
Written by retj the 16 Mar 08 at 19:17. Global category: Look and Feel. New
I think GDM should be replaced by one with smooth animations and more professional look like this one: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=32336&file1=32336-1. png&file2=&file3=&name=simpelegance%2C+gdm+mockup
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4854
Written by retj the 16 Mar 08 at 19:17.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4854 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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video preview size should be increase too  
Written by slsolaris the 20 Nov 08 at 01:00. Related project: Nautilus. Implemented
when increase the view icons size in nautilus, video preview size should be increase too

http://bildr.no/view/290340

nautilus leaves a white border around the preview picture
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #15788
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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Use the new Ubuntu notifications to alert when hardware is detected  
Written by christophski the 3 Jun 09 at 10:51. Related project: Gnome. Won't implement
At the moment, if I plug in a webcam or a USB mouse, there is nothing visual to say that Ubuntu has correctly detected the new hardware, to see if it's been properly detected, I have to actually start using it.

(wasn't sure what related project to put)
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Solution #1: Use the new Ubuntu Notifications
Written by christophski the 3 Jun 09 at 10:51.
We could use the new Ubuntu notifications to do provide this alert. Just something simple like "USB Webcam detected" with an icon of a webcam.
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Solution #2: Make them optional
Written by cheesehead the 3 Jun 09 at 15:50.
Since I already have hotplug scripts that execute when a new device is detected, I don't need these notifications. In this case, detection notifications would be a nuisance.
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Solution #3: Use HAL notify script
Written by DnaX the 6 Jun 09 at 00:11.
An implementation of solution #1: There is this python script that notify new devices discovered by HAL. Work fine.

https://code.launchpad.net/~dnax88/+junk/hal-notify

Some examples:


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Solution #4: Only notify about problematic devices
Written by jamespgray the 7 Jun 09 at 18:47.
I expect when I plug in a new device it will be detected and configured and ready for my use within 10 seconds or so. A notification can be displayed if the device is NOT usable for some reason or isn't ready within the 10 seconds. (2 different notification messages).

The old equation: silence = success
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Solution #5: Green popup=working hardware / Red popup=not supported, extra attention...
Written by walterav the 7 Jun 09 at 22:37.
It might give a "false assumption" that the hardware is also supported and directly working with ubuntu.

My suggestion would be that it gives a notification that is green/if the hardware directly works, it might fade away!

Other wise make the notification "red" with a extra dialog box that say's this hardware is not supported, or needs the following procedure, or something with cancel.

This idea can be combined with solution 1 / 3
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Solution #6: Menu
Written by Mentalikryst the 14 Jun 09 at 22:05.
Give a menu that gives some information such as:

*Status
*Compatibility
*Type of Device
*Programs which use the device (So give Nautilus/Dolphin for a USB Flash Drive, Network Manager for a WiFi adapter, etc.)

The menu would fade away and would not be obtrusive, but would give the user information about the device and give options on what to do.
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Solution #7: Solution 1 + icon that provides configuration
Written by DaVince the 15 Jun 09 at 22:25.
It would probably be a good idea to have an icon pop up while a notification is shown, so that accessibility to configuration of this little tool is available. Anyone who doesn't like the notifications or wants to disable them for certain hardware will be able to do so by clicking this icon (a special configuration window will pop up).

The icon will automatically disappear shortly after the notification was shown.
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Solution #8: Use udev-notify
Written by lokster the 6 May 11 at 22:08.
I have developed an application for this purpose. It shows notifications for many devices (not just Flash Drives and WebCams), and works on Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04 (and derivatives). Maybe on 10.04 too, but I haven't tested it yet. Its name is udev-notify and you can find more info and packages here: http://udev-notify.learnfree.eu/

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Be able to choose any color for theme   forum
Written by Eldmannen the 28 May 08 at 17:07. Global category: Look and Feel. Won't implement
Now when you use the Human theme, you're stuck with brown.

You should be able to pick a color of your own likening so that you can choose blue, green, yellow, white, orange, black, gray, purple, teal, pink or whatever you like.

Check this awesome artwork that I made!
* http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/317/coloredthemeyz9.png
* http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7682/colortheme2ls1.png
* Steel
* Rainbow


From idea #9139 (merged):

Currently the theming is all over the place and changing one place does not affect any other. Although that kind of tweakability is great, most users just want different default colors. (pink, blue, brown, black)

What we should be having:
A: wallpaper - changes every release
B: color-theme - human (easily configurable by user!)
C: splash-canvas - human (we need to create this)
D: gtk-engine - clearlooks with B as default colors
E: kde-engine - oxygen with B as default colors
F: icon-theme - tango with color-filter using B

From these we could generate:

[....]
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #9190
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!
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Solution #2: Make the SVG icon colors change to match the theme
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.

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Engage DeviantArt for Ubuntu theme competition  
Ubuntu

In :  
Priority : Undefined
Definition : Pending Approval (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Good progress
Assignee : Mike MacCana
spec
Written by mikemaccana the 29 Feb 08 at 01:19. Global category: Look and Feel. Won't implement
There is a wide community of online artists capable of creating brilliant, unique artwork.

heading: Get your artwork on 10 million desktops

Ubuntu, the world's most popular Linux distribution, needs a new theme. The winner will appear in the default desktop of Ubuntu 8.10.

We're looking for original wallpapers, that match Ubuntu's color palette. You entry should also include a suggested combination of application, icon, and window themes. These can be existing themes, or your own original works - you only need to submit a wallpaper to win.

Work must be CC licensed, and be openable in either Inkscape or Gimp (rest of criteria continues)

Submit your works to DeviantArt and include the words [Ubuntu810].


Good luck!

Developer comments
At this point in time it is unclear as to whether we can realize something like this. In any case we cannot promise to include anything as default without having already seen it. This might be a good way to find alternative wallpapers to also include on the CD and/or universe as an extra package.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #384
Written by mikemaccana the 29 Feb 08 at 01:19.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #384 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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Solution #2: Ubuntu picks the winners
Written by bukzor the 9 Apr 11 at 19:38.
@Developer: If you pick the winner of the contest, then surely you will have seen it beforehand... This can easily be done. Please reconsider. For a great reference see the recent collaborative competition hosted by TF2 and Polycount.org ( http://www.polycount.com/team-fortress-2-polycount-pack/ ). This created valuable assets for TF2, prestige for Polycount members, and great buzz for both.

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Less screensavers  
Written by programad the 11 Mar 08 at 15:24. Global category: Look and Feel. Implemented
Actually, we have 5 wallpapers, 9 themes and 80+ SCREENSAVERS!!!

WHAT THE HELL!

Who need that amount of screensavers?

I think we should vote five to the default installation, and the other ones comes with a optional package?

Isn't gnome "keep it simple"?

For me just a "dim screen" is enough for default.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #4236
Written by programad the 11 Mar 08 at 15:24.
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Selected solution (#2): get rid of some screen savers
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.
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Selected solution (#3): do not remove any screen saver but improve them
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.
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Selected solution (#4): Remove ALL screensavers
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.
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Selected solution (#5): add DPMS instead of blank screen into screansavers list
Written by daddo the 30 Apr 09 at 16:08.
Replace the "Blank screen" with DPMS feature. Maybe even set it default.
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Selected solution (#6): Make the extra screensavers "Recommends" not "depends" of gnome-screensaver
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.
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Selected solution (#7): place in a "screensavers-extra" package
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.
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Selected solution (#8): Offer Download & Install easy interface
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.
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Selected solution (#9): Offer "Screensavers" option in Ubuntu installation.
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.

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Make every wallpaper as striking as the 8.04 Heron one  
Written by belovedmonster the 10 Mar 08 at 14:51. Global category: Look and Feel. Not an idea
Enough with the OSX style swirls. From now on lets have a striking image FOR EVERY RELEASE. The current 8.04 wallpaper is just so much more stylish and rememberable than generic swirls.

My suggestion would be to make each wallpaper tie in with the animal name. Like there were some pretty cool Gibson graphics being used on tshirts and the like but why couldn't they have been used as part of the wallpaper? They would have been just as striking as the new Heron one.

I think there is perhaps a side benefit to using the animal name as every graphical designer gets 8 months heads up on the next name and hence the next theme of the graphic, so there should be no reason why come release time you wont have a bunch of cool graphics to choose from.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4088
Written by belovedmonster the 10 Mar 08 at 14:51.
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Add the ability to control some devices with GDM  
Written by klessou the 29 Feb 08 at 10:06. Global category: Look and Feel. Not an idea
- To cut the sound,
- To extract CD
- To reduce the screen luminosity
- To suspend your laptop ?
- ...

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1211
Written by klessou the 29 Feb 08 at 10:06.
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CTRL+Z on desktop and Nautilus  
Written by omidmottaghi the 29 Feb 08 at 03:52. Global category: Look and Feel. Not an idea
Pressing CTRL+Z on Desktop and Nautilus undo the last action.
for example when moving a file, CTRL+Z move back that file.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #792
Written by omidmottaghi the 29 Feb 08 at 03:52.
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Play button should change to pause button on Rhythmbox  
Written by belovedmonster the 12 Mar 08 at 10:25. Global category: Look and Feel. Implemented
One thing that always throws me when using Rhythmbox is the way the Play button is a pause button when playing a song but the icon remains a "play" icon. So in order to pause a song you have to press a play icon again. This is really bad interface design.

Every other music app I've ever used has the icon change to denote the new function. When the button plays its a play icon and when it pauses its a pause icon. Why doesn't rhythmbox do this?
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #4352
Written by belovedmonster the 12 Mar 08 at 10:25.
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