Here are the latest commented ideas about Unity .
Evening News
Written by jp_Hranice the 21 Nov 12 at 19:35.
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If I have some free time at evening I like to read some news.
1.) I have to open Unity Dash
2.) ... choice News Lens ( If installed, not default )
3.) ... Click at icon of news I want to read. ( and dash close )
4.) If I want to read next more news I have to do this all again !
Solution #1:
Add a bug-hunting Indicator for alphas/betas
Sometimes I wish to add some Printscreens or wish to add a bug request for s pecific Programm.
Add a bughunting indicator.
Example Indicator-menu:
- Create Bugreport // click with mouse on a Program //
- Search Bugs //click with mous on a Program to see its bugs //
- Collected Bugs on this machine
- [n] news on watched Bugs on Launchpad
- translation //click with mouse on a Program for searching Translations on Launchpad//
German: [n] not translated
German: [n] to review
- Printscreens // e.g.:
http://youtu.be/0Z3wyZRKgAg?t=19s
□ ...and add some Text/Arrows/Mark to it after recording.
□ ...and Create a Bugreport
□ ...record a desktop movie instead a Printscreen
□ ...from a Terminal on tty [n] and collect all IO in a textfile
Sometimes I wish to add some Printscreens or wish to add a bug request for s pecific Programm.
Add a bughunting indicator.
Example Indicator-menu:
- Create Bugreport // click with mouse on a Program //
- Search Bugs //click with mous on a Program to see its bugs //
- Collected Bugs on this machine
- [n] news on watched Bugs on Launchpad
- translation //click with mouse on a Program for searching Translations on Launchpad//
German: [n] not translated
German: [n] to review
- Printscreens // e.g.: http://youtu.be/0Z3wyZRKgAg?t=19s
□ ...and add some Text/Arrows/Mark to it after recording.
□ ...and Create a Bugreport
□ ...record a desktop movie instead a Printscreen
□ ...from a Terminal on tty [n] and collect all IO in a textfile
specify order of search results in dash
Written by ja4 the 6 Jun 12 at 20:59.
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The Unity dash search is a great time-saver. For example, I use it to quickly bring up the calculator by typing "calc". However, LibreOfficeCalc is the 1st result returned and I must hit the down, down, right arrow keys and enter to start calculator.
It would be nice to specify the order of search results. (I now realize I can just type "cal" enter and calculator will appear before LibreOfficeCalc, but the idea may still be useful.)
Add url, firefox tabs or other like to unity panel
Written by grek the 22 Sep 12 at 12:25.
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Many users have few favoristes sites / locations - i think will by nice to drag site and put to unity panel - clik reopen it on browser.
Im not yet developer but i think firefox and chromium have dragand drop functions so it can by easy - and very nice for users.
Best way if i can put link as separate button and can create button folder - with more of one links.
If it easy it can by more integrated - last visit pages , favorites , bookmarks. But main drag and drop urt to unity panel i think will by very good
Better explanation when user password is requested
Written by clappboard the 19 Oct 12 at 00:27.
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I find that the "enter password" dialog in Ubuntu is too ambiguous. It just pops up asking for your password, along with a too-long-to-read-at-a-glance description. It doesn't give a quick and secure indication of what you are elevating the priviledges to do, and what is doing it.
Solution #1:
A distinctive "Ubuntu Core" icon to be displayed
I propose a distinctive icon that will be displayed, along with the enter password dialogue, when a core Ubuntu application is asking for the user password. This will help users distinguish between when Ubuntu wants to do something with elevated priviledges and when an external application wants to. This, in my opinion, is more for new users than experienced ones.
I have tentatively placed this under "Security => Unity," but am not sure whether or not this is the correct place for it.
I propose a distinctive icon that will be displayed, along with the enter password dialogue, when a core Ubuntu application is asking for the user password. This will help users distinguish between when Ubuntu wants to do something with elevated priviledges and when an external application wants to. This, in my opinion, is more for new users than experienced ones.
I have tentatively placed this under "Security => Unity," but am not sure whether or not this is the correct place for it.
Ubuntu Usage Profiles
Written by j814wong the 8 Sep 12 at 00:04.
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In productivity, it is very important to keep things separate and organized. For example, one wants to keep work stuff separate from personal stuff to keep things organized instead of mixing the two together. The same goes with computers. It is necessary to keep things seperate to be organized. However, there is no such way to do this in Ubuntu.
Solution #1:
User Set Usage Profiles for Different tasks or purposes.
Written by
j814wong the 8 Sep 12 at 00:04.
Usage profiles are user created and user activated and deactivate using a icon located in the status bar or when pressing the user name in the top right corner. Usage profiles will affect things like wallpaper, the Unity Launcher, Icons in the Unity Launcher, stuff on the desktop such as icons and folders, and certain computer settings such as brightness and volume.
Nautilus will still display all user data and content regardless of usage profile in use.
Example
--"Work" Profile--
-Icons displayed are LibreOffice, Document Reader, Gmail Webapp, Printers, SimpleScan, etc.
-Volume is muted
-Screen brightness is dimmed
-User Status is set at busy
-Desktop shows work related folders and content.
--"Casual" Profile--
-Icons displayed on Unity launcher are Firefox, Youtube Webapp, Lightread RSS app, VLc Player, Rhythmbox, Software Center.
-Volume is set at 50^
-Screen brightness is high
-User status set at available
-Desktop shows folders such as that of videos, music, pictures, etc. Personal and non-work stuff is shown.
Such a feature would significantly increase Ubuntu's productivity.
Usage profiles are user created and user activated and deactivate using a icon located in the status bar or when pressing the user name in the top right corner. Usage profiles will affect things like wallpaper, the Unity Launcher, Icons in the Unity Launcher, stuff on the desktop such as icons and folders, and certain computer settings such as brightness and volume.
Nautilus will still display all user data and content regardless of usage profile in use.
Example
--"Work" Profile--
-Icons displayed are LibreOffice, Document Reader, Gmail Webapp, Printers, SimpleScan, etc.
-Volume is muted
-Screen brightness is dimmed
-User Status is set at busy
-Desktop shows work related folders and content.
--"Casual" Profile--
-Icons displayed on Unity launcher are Firefox, Youtube Webapp, Lightread RSS app, VLc Player, Rhythmbox, Software Center.
-Volume is set at 50^
-Screen brightness is high
-User status set at available
-Desktop shows folders such as that of videos, music, pictures, etc. Personal and non-work stuff is shown.
Such a feature would significantly increase Ubuntu's productivity.
Solution #2:
Allow fast switching between users using pre-shared keys
Written by
ebnf the 22 Jan 13 at 17:55.
If you create two user accounts and have pre-shared keys to authenticate each other, then you could switch between them without using a password.
In addition, another usage mode could be supported where you can quickly downgrade to a more locked-down account, but require a password to upgrade back. Sort of like a chroot-as-user button. This could be useful for Tor or incognito mode-type situations.
Would need to provide UI elements to support linking accounts and setting permissions between them.
If you create two user accounts and have pre-shared keys to authenticate each other, then you could switch between them without using a password.
In addition, another usage mode could be supported where you can quickly downgrade to a more locked-down account, but require a password to upgrade back. Sort of like a chroot-as-user button. This could be useful for Tor or incognito mode-type situations.
Would need to provide UI elements to support linking accounts and setting permissions between them.
Unity Dash has made the "workspace" pointless.
Written by Rafaelement the 22 Sep 12 at 23:06.
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The Unity Dash serves as a viewer for all kinds of content
Search is also possible
The Launcher provides shortcuts to the most used programs
Those are the tasks traditionally happening on the "desktop" or "Workspace". With the Unity Dash and Launcher doing the job actually better(searchability, sorting after content type), the actual desktop is not necessary anymore.
Right now, there is the desktop, and if you want the Dash, you have to click. The Dash has the focus, but can lose it.
Notification Center
Written by mbell550 the 11 Oct 12 at 04:49.
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Ubuntu has pop-up notifications.It is not necessarily a problem, but it does kinda get anoying.
Solution #1:
Pull-Out Notification Center
Written by
mbell550 the 11 Oct 12 at 04:49.
What about a pull-out notification center for ubuntu? It could be neatly hidden away on the side when you are not using it and would not get in the way. It could display things such as weather, status updates, facebook posts, twitter, rss feeds, etc... It woulld be like what Apple has for Mountain Lion and ios. I am not proposing that you copy Apple, but why not expand and add more to that idea?
What about a pull-out notification center for ubuntu? It could be neatly hidden away on the side when you are not using it and would not get in the way. It could display things such as weather, status updates, facebook posts, twitter, rss feeds, etc... It woulld be like what Apple has for Mountain Lion and ios. I am not proposing that you copy Apple, but why not expand and add more to that idea?
Solution #2:
indicator icon for all notifications
Written by
mbell550 the 17 Oct 12 at 02:11.
What about an indicator icon like what is there for the time and date.
Instead of having several icons on the indicator bar, why not have a single drop-down menu that can be edited to have facebook, weather, etc...
Or a way to arange the indicators in the way that the user wants.
What about an indicator icon like what is there for the time and date.
Instead of having several icons on the indicator bar, why not have a single drop-down menu that can be edited to have facebook, weather, etc...
Or a way to arange the indicators in the way that the user wants.
Solution #3:
Notificatoins in the dash
Written by
pemibo the 22 Oct 12 at 19:20.
Maybe a category in the home section of the Unity-Dash that shows the last notifiations. Or an extra notification lens.
Maybe a category in the home section of the Unity-Dash that shows the last notifiations. Or an extra notification lens.
Ubuntu should provide an easy method to customize system sounds
Written by Porky the 20 Sep 12 at 10:13.
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Third-party softwares may be buggy and manually placing the sound files into the system is a pain. Ubuntu should have an option in the sound system settings to allow users to easily switch sound schemes or change the sounds for certain events.
To save time when working with several overlapping windows
Written by cyrex the 30 Sep 12 at 16:23.
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Let's imagine we have a couple of windows opened (Each one almost covering the whole screen resolution). We do not want to go to one and copy something and then ALT+TAB to another and paste. What we want is a way to have them one next to each other (One window has focus, that's the front window. The other is in the background without focus but still visible to the user) and you can select a file from the background window and drag it to the focused front window, saving you time and making it more intuitive.
This could be achieved by holding some combination of keys to allow Unity to "not loose focus on the already focused window". To "freeze" the current focus until you are done dragging from one background window to the focused one (Or even to another not focused one).
Here is a link to a question about it:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/194840/how-to-drag-from-a-background-window-to-t he-front-window
In what cases is this a positive change:
+ When dragging from one Nautilus window to another
+ When dragging from Nautilus/Desktop to an opened App (OpenShot for example)
+ When dragging from an app to another app (Gimp to Inkscape)
Solution #1:
Key combination to allow freezing current windows focus
Written by
cyrex the 30 Sep 12 at 16:23.
For example leaving SUPER+Z pressed, the user can go to the background Window, without the focus changing windows (All Windows will maintain their current positions) and dragging or CTRL+Select/ Shift+Select items from the background window and dragging them to the front focus window.
For example leaving SUPER+Z pressed, the user can go to the background Window, without the focus changing windows (All Windows will maintain their current positions) and dragging or CTRL+Select/ Shift+Select items from the background window and dragging them to the front focus window.
Solution #2:
Mouse Focus
Written by
tenplus1 the 1 Oct 12 at 08:20.
Why not implement a mouse focus system like the one they use in Enlightenent (e17) "Click", "Pointer", "Sloppy" which you can set to your own personal preference... Also you can set wether you want the window to pop to the front during that focus method or you really have to click on it to do so...
Why not implement a mouse focus system like the one they use in Enlightenent (e17) "Click", "Pointer", "Sloppy" which you can set to your own personal preference... Also you can set wether you want the window to pop to the front during that focus method or you really have to click on it to do so...
Solution #3:
Allow the use of Alt+Tab while dragging an item
One simple improvement would be allowing the user to use Alt+Tab while dragging an item from one window.
One simple improvement would be allowing the user to use Alt+Tab while dragging an item from one window.
Solution #4:
Focus a window through Unity Launcher without clicking
It would be nice if a program would move to the foreground when you rest the mouse e.g. 2 seconds on the Icon in the Unity launcher. This could be either an addition or a replacement for the current option to open a file with a program by dragging the file to the programs icon (I don't know anyone who uses that feature)
It would be nice if a program would move to the foreground when you rest the mouse e.g. 2 seconds on the Icon in the Unity launcher. This could be either an addition or a replacement for the current option to open a file with a program by dragging the file to the programs icon (I don't know anyone who uses that feature)
Solution #5:
Only give focus to a window on mouse release
Written by
Aielyn the 14 Oct 12 at 18:13.
As the title of the solution suggests, set the focus system up so that focus only changes when the mouse button is released, not when it is pressed (unless the user clicks on the title bar for a non-maximised window). This allows the user to click-and-drag from a window that doesn't officially have focus to the one that does, without needing any more complicated change. It avoids the need for any sort of keystroke or additional command, and should make no difference to any other context.
As the title of the solution suggests, set the focus system up so that focus only changes when the mouse button is released, not when it is pressed (unless the user clicks on the title bar for a non-maximised window). This allows the user to click-and-drag from a window that doesn't officially have focus to the one that does, without needing any more complicated change. It avoids the need for any sort of keystroke or additional command, and should make no difference to any other context.