Written by Liso22 the 8 Apr 10 at 02:44.

- The option, "customize icon" should also be taken out from the right click menu as it's not a feature we need 24/7, and it can be accessed just as simply by pressing Dock Preferences.

- It's fundamental to add the ability to easily create launchers for folders (hopefully by moving them to the dock) or if possible give us the posibility to open them on a grid like on mac. (it would also be nice to have a stack for applications like on mac)

- Some applications like OpenOffice and most importantly the Trashcan don't open in the launcher but instead create a separate icon, this should be fixed.

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8563/screenshota.png


Most of the settings of the taskbar are thought giving for certain that the option "grouping windows" is on, which gives a lot of problems to the people that don't use that option (like for example me). To fix this, when "group common windows" is off:

- The hold an icon for menu option doesn't make any sense when not grouping windows, there should be an alternative option so that holding an icon for a short lapse should enable you to drag to another place of the taskbar. Also dragging and dropping launchers outside the taskbar should remove them from the taskbar.

- The option, "customize icon" should also be taken out from the right click menu as it's not a feature we need 24/7, and it can be accessed just as simply by pressing Dock Preferences. - It's fundamental to add the ability to easily create launchers for folders (hopefully by moving them to the dock) or if possible give us the posibility to open them on a grid like on mac. (it would also be nice to have a stack for applications like on mac) - Some applications like OpenOffice and most importantly the Trashcan don't open in the launcher but instead create a separate icon, this should be fixed. http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8563/screenshota.png Most of the settings of the taskbar are thought giving for certain that the option "grouping windows" is on, which gives a lot of problems to the people that don't use that option (like for example me). To fix this, when "group common windows" is off: - The hold an icon for menu option doesn't make any sense when not grouping windows, there should be an alternative option so that holding an icon for a short lapse should enable you to drag to another place of the taskbar. Also dragging and dropping launchers outside the taskbar should remove them from the taskbar. - Right click should open a menu centered above the icon (outside the bar); the options: maximize and minimize should be suppressed as they are useless when "group common windows" is off, in the menu there should be application related options like for example pause if it's a media player or idk, change status if it's a chat client like it works on windows 7 so we would have the best from both worlds -windows and mac- (one of the few good things about windows btw). - When we open two times the same application and close the first one, (when we don't group windows) the second one remains on a different icon, this should also be fixed, and for the record: I'm not talking about a bug.

Written by Liso22 the 8 Apr 10 at 02:49.

I think I would benefit more if the show desktop applet would just show the desktop each time I press it, because most of the time it "shows hidden applications" instead of showing the desktop that's what it's supposed to do.

http://img251.imageshack.us/i/screenshot1f.png/

I think I would benefit more if the show desktop applet would just show the desktop each time I press it, because most of the time it "shows hidden applications" instead of showing the desktop that's what it's supposed to do. http://img251.imageshack.us/i/screenshot1f.png/

Written by orphanlast the 25 Apr 10 at 05:15.

The whole reason to have Virtual desktops is to get away from one cluttered screen and get onto another. When you have the default settings, the bottom panel shows all the cluttered windows at the bottom. When you move to the other virtual desktop, the panel is fresh and empty.

My main frustration with Avant is that, though it makes my computer look amazing, it completely makes the virtual desktops completely useless. When one screen gets full of clutter, I move to another virtual desktop and avant still has all the cluttered windows that were plaguing my last screen.

The regular gnome taskbar gives you the option to show windows from all workspaces or just the one you are using, AWN should also have the option "show windows only from current workspace".

The whole reason to have Virtual desktops is to get away from one cluttered screen and get onto another. When you have the default settings, the bottom panel shows all the cluttered windows at the bottom. When you move to the other virtual desktop, the panel is fresh and empty. My main frustration with Avant is that, though it makes my computer look amazing, it completely makes the virtual desktops completely useless. When one screen gets full of clutter, I move to another virtual desktop and avant still has all the cluttered windows that were plaguing my last screen. The regular gnome taskbar gives you the option to show windows from all workspaces or just the one you are using, AWN should also have the option "show windows only from current workspace".

Written by Oswald1 the 23 Apr 09 at 10:42.

First an image:
http://alku.org/images/owm.png

Then the thousand words:
Modern hardware could surely handle a more 'organic' approach to all this. In a nutshell: Everything else, but the actual window contents should shrink to simple handles when not used and get this way get out of the way.

The linked image tries to visualize what I mean here and I'll try to walk you through it.

The window in it's default state is at the lower left corner.

For menus there could be a single handle for a menu category (the bumps at upper left of the window). When mouse is hovered over it, a radial menu is displayed and sub-menus can be displayed as nested radial menus. This could be used to enhance the usability as well, as menu items could be rendered bigger since no space saving is necessary at this point.

The title bar could be shrank to a small bar showing similar amount of info as items in task-bars and expanded once hovered over.

First an image: http://alku.org/images/owm.png Then the thousand words: Modern hardware could surely handle a more 'organic' approach to all this. In a nutshell: Everything else, but the actual window contents should shrink to simple handles when not used and get this way get out of the way. The linked image tries to visualize what I mean here and I'll try to walk you through it. The window in it's default state is at the lower left corner. For menus there could be a single handle for a menu category (the bumps at upper left of the window). When mouse is hovered over it, a radial menu is displayed and sub-menus can be displayed as nested radial menus. This could be used to enhance the usability as well, as menu items could be rendered bigger since no space saving is necessary at this point. The title bar could be shrank to a small bar showing similar amount of info as items in task-bars and expanded once hovered over. The scrollbar could be expanded to full size once mouse is taken over the left edge of the window and only an indicator of scrolling possibility could be shown otherwise. One problem with scroll bars is, that on needs to make them pretty thin to save space, which makes using them increasingly difficult. In this new form, once 'in use' the scrollbar could be made big enough for comfortable use without compromising desktop real estate. Similar things could be used for window status-bars (perhaps some alerting scheme for events) url-fields and what not. All in all, this would make a much more effective use of screen area and also would be pretty cool. There would of course be some learning to do for users accustomed to traditional window managers, but if that is taken as a 'contraindication', we'll be stuck with the old model forever. Surely there are plethora of other complications. Please be gentle though.

Written by ToxN the 16 Oct 08 at 11:07.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14455 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 #14455 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 helloothere the 8 Oct 08 at 21:57.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14229 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 #14229 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 theQxQ the 31 Oct 12 at 14:38.

when you right click on a window header, you get a bunch of options, like "always on top". along with these options you can have an option to "fill entire screen". (this doesn' change the behavior of the maximize button, it just fills the entior screen with the window). after the window fills the entior screen, make a message pop up that says "you have entered full screen, leave with f11". kind of like how chrome does it.

when you right click on a window header, you get a bunch of options, like "always on top". along with these options you can have an option to "fill entire screen". (this doesn' change the behavior of the maximize button, it just fills the entior screen with the window). after the window fills the entior screen, make a message pop up that says "you have entered full screen, leave with f11". kind of like how chrome does it.

Written by dmg the 29 Aug 08 at 22:39.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12665 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 #12665 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 knopper67 the 18 Jan 09 at 01:57.

Synaptic should hide it's main window after the user clicks "Apply" in the toolbar.

Synaptic should hide it's main window after the user clicks "Apply" in the toolbar.

Written by graingert the 18 Jan 09 at 11:09.

This solution has already been accepted and is in development...

Packagekit has the features you request.

This solution has already been accepted and is in development... Packagekit has the features you request.

Written by sayakb the 9 Jul 08 at 12:23.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10924 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 #10924 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 turbolad the 14 Feb 13 at 01:02.

Have an option, which the user can enable, to allow any window to have input focus, even if it's slightly overlapped by a window above it.

With this option enabled, you will need to click on a window's title bar to move it to the top. If you click anywhere else in a window, it would just gain input focus, but not move to the top of the window stack.

Exception: if the title bar is not visible (but the rest of the window is visible), clicking anywhere else in that window should move it to the top of the window stack.

This "idea" has been in real-world use in the "RISC OS" operating system since 1987. See number 1 on here: http://productsdb.riscos.com/admin/ros_test.htm

Have an option, which the user can enable, to allow any window to have input focus, even if it's slightly overlapped by a window above it. With this option enabled, you will need to click on a window's title bar to move it to the top. If you click anywhere else in a window, it would just gain input focus, but not move to the top of the window stack. Exception: if the title bar is not visible (but the rest of the window is visible), clicking anywhere else in that window should move it to the top of the window stack. This "idea" has been in real-world use in the "RISC OS" operating system since 1987. See number 1 on here: http://productsdb.riscos.com/admin/ros_test.htm

Written by vkadal the 15 Feb 13 at 04:17.

By clicking the middle button, the window shall be come small in size and transparent. After working on other windows, by clicking the window shall restore to its original position

By clicking the middle button, the window shall be come small in size and transparent. After working on other windows, by clicking the window shall restore to its original position

Written by turbolad the 20 Feb 13 at 23:57.

Unity has very few "safe" options to control the "look and feel" of the GUI in Ubuntu. New options could be applied immediately, to see if the user likes the outcome.

In this case, the user could choose to bring any window to the front by clicking on the title bar. If selected, the user has control of which window is at the front; clicking elsewhere in a window will give it input focus, without it covering what you are working on.

There is another huge advantage as well: if you accidentally click inside a maximised window, you will save yourself the aggro of having to traverse through all the open apps to bring their windows back in view.

Unity has very few "safe" options to control the "look and feel" of the GUI in Ubuntu. New options could be applied immediately, to see if the user likes the outcome. In this case, the user could choose to bring any window to the front by clicking on the title bar. If selected, the user has control of which window is at the front; clicking elsewhere in a window will give it input focus, without it covering what you are working on. There is another huge advantage as well: if you accidentally click inside a maximised window, you will save yourself the aggro of having to traverse through all the open apps to bring their windows back in view.

Written by Lachu the 27 Feb 13 at 17:18.

Display menu when user are clicking on inactive window.

Display menu when user are clicking on inactive window.

Written by jirtan the 13 Apr 09 at 22:12.

When holding Alt after pressing Alt+Tab, the user can tap Tab to cycle through all the current windows. I propose that, should the Delete key be pressed whilst holding Tab, the currently selected window will be closed.

When holding Alt after pressing Alt+Tab, the user can tap Tab to cycle through all the current windows. I propose that, should the Delete key be pressed whilst holding Tab, the currently selected window will be closed.

Written by Basem the 14 Apr 09 at 07:10.

Just like solution 1, give the user the ability to close programs from ALT+TAB...
The user can switch windows using alt+tab, then tap del to close the highlighted window...

Just like solution 1, give the user the ability to close programs from ALT+TAB... The user can switch windows using alt+tab, then tap del to close the highlighted window...

Written by blucher the 15 Apr 09 at 10:26.

i think, it's the only good feature in vista

i think, it's the only good feature in vista

Written by jeypeyy the 30 Oct 08 at 21:07.

There should be only face browsers at "Themed with face browser"?

There should be only face browsers at "Themed with face browser"?