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Scroll speed in mouse options

Written by trileletri the 11 Feb 13 at 16:26. New

Mouse scroll wheel should have an option (like in Windows) to set scroll speed - how many "lines" to scroll in one flip of a mouse wheel.

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It should be easy to check for file system errors on HDD/USB drives and fix them

Written by nastys the 30 Apr 13 at 06:43. New

Sometimes my friend and I get problems with our USB drives like damaged file system. It is hard for an user to check the file system (FAT32) for errors, fix them and format it.

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Solution #6: Hold on, #3 could have some sense, but with some revisions

Written by ajw822 the 19 May 13 at 16:11.

I'm thinking a GParted-esque option, which you can toggle on or off, that automatically checks for errors and then shows a little exclamation point next to the drive icon. Integrate the error message with the notification service to avoid pop-ups, and make it an action that can bee toggled. If off, the user can right-click to error check and the same thing would happen manually. I'm sure it would be fine is the system took 30 extra seconds to do a quick check and then mount. Some 3rd party Windows virus removers do exactly this.

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Auto resize multiple windows when active window resizes and touch another window

Written by strife the 20 May 13 at 16:43. New

When, say i have two windows open. I drag both windows to the top side and ubuntu resizes them to take up half the screen. So far so good.

But if I want one to become bigger i go to middle with the mouse and drag it to be bigger. Then i have to go to the other and resize that. Its unnessisary and irritating.

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Lockscreen like Loginscreen?

Written by sdtbluethink the 9 May 12 at 10:42. New

I would be great to replace the ugly lockscreen (Strg+Alt+L) with a new one like the Loginscreen.

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The shutdown screen is very outdated

Written by Bezzy the 24 Apr 12 at 20:22. Implemented

I would suggest a more modern and clean screen

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Selected solution (#2): Add an automatic count-down.

Written by alanh the 1 May 12 at 21:45.

Add an automatic count-down timer of about 1 minute to the default selection. I've had several instances when I've selected "shut down" on my machine only to come back hours later and notice that the machine is still on and the "Are you sure you want to close all programs and shut down the computer?" dialog is happily waiting for my click.

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Selected solution (#3): Keep the present basic shutdown screen but enhance it

Written by chunkyboy the 5 May 12 at 02:13.

Althought the present shutdown screen seems somewhat bland, the basics of it are quite good because it
1.has the ubuntu theme style wise
2.Is quite compact.
It just needs to have suspend,log out, and lock screen buttons added in line with and in the same style as the current restart ,cancel and shutdown buttons and also a little "pizaz" added in order to set it apart from the other windows within ubuntu.(becuase it is a special window obviously).
In other words, don't overdo the restyling, but restyling does need to be done.

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Instant access to apps in Unity

Written by turbolad the 17 Apr 13 at 17:02. New

You would like to open an app and don't know its name. Without the search it takes much longer to reach the app.

In Ubuntu 12.04, to reach an app whose name you don't know, you must perform these steps in Dash Home: move the mouse diagonally down to the second left option at the bottom of the lens, move the mouse diagonally up to the "filter results" categories, click on the correct category, move to the middle area labelled "installed", sometimes click "see X more results" (where "X" is the number of results), navigate down and traverse the installed apps and then open the desired app. That's quite a long journey to make without the search, especially with hundreds of installed apps!

How do you put apps within easier reach of the user?

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Solution #1: Apps instantly available in categories

Written by turbolad the 17 Apr 13 at 17:02.

In the Dash Home, have the categories (filters) showing by default on the LEFT - in the FIRST lens. When the user left-clicks on the category buttons (or touches them on a touchscreen), immediately show the list of all the apps - which belong in that category - to the right of the chosen category, in columns (the apps could be listed alphabetically).

This would put apps in easy reach and save time. If there are many apps in a category, the list of apps could be scrolled vertically.

For consistency, ease of use and better usability, the "top to bottom" and "left to right" layout is important here.

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Solution #2: Categories should be keywords, too

Written by cheesehead the 19 Apr 13 at 23:28.

Have the Applications scope include the category name in the search.

For example, Gnumeric is easily findable with the search term (keyword) "spreadsheet", but not the category "office". This change would make it easily findable under both, and categories would be one click away instead of three. No rearrangement required.

As mhall119 has pointed out, this also means that categories must be added as a translated field.

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Solution #3: Installed by category

Written by kermit the 30 Apr 13 at 11:06.

There already exists a lens that offers a nice, hierarchical view of all the installed applications (that I too miss, because I sometimes simply forget what apps I have installed). The lens was featured in [this OMG! Ubuntu! post][1]. It's better suited to the task than filters, because changing a category doesn't keep the old one selected. The only thing that remains doing is integrating it into the existing dash UI.

One way of doing this could be by adding another button next to Filter results (e.g. "explore installed apps") in the Apps lens that would open the categories lens. This way one could get to it by punching super+A and clicking the button. It could even get its own shortcut - e.g. super+E.

[1]: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/unity-bliss-an-alternative-application-lens- for-ubuntu

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Adding System Monitor to System Settings

Written by motang the 9 Apr 13 at 23:43. New

Currenlty System Monitor is a seperate app, and would be better as unfied experience if it weren't.

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Solution #2: Add a form of system monitor to system settings, keep process management apart.

Written by handuel the 22 Apr 13 at 15:13.

Viewing how much RAM is being used etc, would fit under system settings. However to kill an unresponsive process (the main use for system monitor), you wouldn't think to look under settings. (Killing a process isn't a setting, it's a temporary change). I think we need a app for monitoring resource usage, in system settings, and a seperate app for process management.

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Better Calendar Interface

Written by RockyC the 11 Mar 13 at 20:45. New

Ubuntu has made great strides in ease of use, stability, and features. What keeps it from becoming a true replacement OS for Windows and OS X are the "BIG" things: sophisticated, high-quality apps such as a REAL, integrated and useful calendar.

Mac OS X and Windows both have great calendars either built into the OS or available as a free download. I can do all of the usual calendar stuff with it as well as subscribe to remote calendars (iCal, CalDAV, webcal, XML), publish and share my calendar with others, sync with my smart phone, etc. I DON'T have to be online to access them & I get reminders without the apps running.

In Ubuntu I get...nothing. Not a single app worth mentioning. The only thing that comes close is Thunderbird/Lightning and Mozilla isn't even developing it anymore. The next best thing is Evolution, which is an absolute train wreck in usability and style.

Please don't tell me to use Google. Not everyone wants to give their lives over to the Big Brother monstrosity that they have become. A lot of us like and need our privacy.

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Shifting between the opened window by hovering over the unity icon

Written by mayanksuman the 4 Apr 13 at 10:32. New

When hovering over an app icon in unity sidebar small screenlets (small screenshot of window) of all opened windows appear and user can choose whichever window he want by clicking on respective screenlet. The screenlets list should disappear as soon as the mouse pointer leave it (Just like Windows or cairo dock).

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Solution #1: Hover time after which the list of screenlets appear should be specified

Written by mayanksuman the 4 Apr 13 at 10:32.

Minimum Hover time after which the list of screenlets parallel to the unity sidebar appear should be specified in appearnace setting (default may be 0.5second). If the window list is too long the list should slide as the mouse pointer is taken to upper or lower portion of the list or just by using mouse wheel.

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Mains folders, shortcuts and symlinks are not draggable in Unity

Written by Spitfire 95 the 24 Sep 11 at 10:02. New

In Unity you can't make links to your mains folders, your bookmarks or create symlinks to a folder.

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