Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread Spike Burch
*throws rotten tomatoes* On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:37 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 18:47, GonzO go...@worlord.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: Too funny, as it is your kind of use that

Re: [Ayatana] Stereoscopic 3D on Ubuntu (or any Linux)

2011-06-09 Thread Spike Burch
that's a driver level thing in addition to the applications. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote: On 09. juni 2011 18:18, Swapnil Chitnis wrote: Now even in Windows 8, we are expected to have 3D technology for watching 3D movies. Now, we have

[Ayatana] Fwd: Fwd: Re: People expect the backlight colours on the unity launcher to mean something.

2011-05-26 Thread Spike Burch
-- Forwarded message -- From: Spike Burch spi...@gmail.com Date: Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Re: People expect the backlight colours on the unity launcher to mean something. To: Jo-Erlend Schinstad joerlend.schins...@gmail.com I have to say I agree

Re: [Ayatana] Unity Mockup v3

2011-05-26 Thread Spike Burch
I have to agree with this. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, GonzO go...@worlord.com wrote: How about keep things where I frakkin' put them?  ;-) I can't think of a single good reason why my scroll location on the bar *has to* reset itself once I leave.  I scrolled to *this spot* because I

Re: [Ayatana] Key Shortcut for Dash Expand

2011-05-26 Thread Spike Burch
I filed a bug report about this. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Ed Lin edlin...@gmail.com wrote: It should just remember its state, there should be a bug about this... ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to :

Re: [Ayatana] Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)

2011-05-26 Thread Spike Burch
There are indicators for integrating webmail (at least for gmail) into the message indicator. PS: is it just me, or are there no well designed e-mail clients for our platform? On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Jeremy Nickurak jer...@nickurak.ca wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 15:34, Niklas

[Ayatana] Fwd: Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)

2011-05-19 Thread Spike Burch
-- Forwarded message -- From: Spike Burch spi...@gmail.com Date: Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:14 AM Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Global menu in Oneiric Ocelot (11.10) To: Niklas Rosenqvist niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist niklas.s.rosenqv

Re: [Ayatana] Idea for improving visibility of running applications

2011-05-05 Thread Spike Burch
The idea of having the boxes around the icons be clear when not running and colored when running is a good one. the fading bit is too distracting. On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com wrote: But please tell me one reason why increasing the visibility

Re: [Ayatana] The top right thing

2011-04-19 Thread Spike Burch
+1 they should be put there instead. where it currently is makes zero sense. On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Mario Vukelic mario.vuke...@dantian.org wrote: On Mo, 2011-04-18 at 19:55 +0100, Luke Benstead wrote: I think it's just there because there is nowhere else to put it. Unity dedicates

[Ayatana] Novell Evolution, and just how awesome it is.

2011-04-05 Thread Spike Burch
-- Forwarded message -- From: Spike Burch spi...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Novell Evolution, and just how awesome it is. To: i...@ikt.id.au Part of the problem is that the rest of the email clients available also suck, and evolution

Re: [Ayatana] Design problem: Menus hidden by default in Unity

2011-03-28 Thread Spike Burch
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 6:25 AM, David Stevenson da...@avoncliff.com wrote: FOSS is about choice, not conforming to predefined norms. Users are more than welcome to choose to use something else, you know. ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Ayatana] Design problem: Menus hidden by default in Unity

2011-03-17 Thread Spike Burch
+1 On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Greg K Nicholson g...@gkn.me.uk wrote: On this subject I'd like to reiterate and support a suggestion previously made on this list: https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04555.html ☮♥☯ Greg K Nicholson http://gkn.me.uk

Re: [Ayatana] Design problem: Menus hidden by default in Unity

2011-03-15 Thread Spike Burch
I can verify that hiding the menus by default is problematic in my (limited) user testing. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 After several weeks of trying, last week I finally succeeded in installing

Re: [Ayatana] 'Control Center' should be in 'Launcher' not in 'Session Menu'

2011-03-11 Thread Spike Burch
+1 On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:39 AM, M. Adnan Quaium adnan.qua...@ubuntu-bd.org wrote: Just got the news from the following link: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/ubuntu-natty-adds-control-centre-entry-to-session-menu/ My opinion is - 'Control Center' should be in 'Launcher' not in 'Session

Re: [Ayatana] Me Messaging Indicator Menu

2010-12-27 Thread Spike Burch
Looking at the mockup and it looks pretty good. The one problem I see right away that stands out, is how to notify the user of incoming messages via changing the icon color, like the message envelope currently does - if we change the status icon's color, nobody will notice. other than that

[Ayatana] Fwd: New ideas for light themes

2010-12-21 Thread Spike Burch
-- Forwarded message -- From: Spike Burch spi...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [Ayatana] New ideas for light themes To: Martín A. Casco martinca...@gmail.com I've noticed this, and would like it resolved one way or the other as well. On Tue, Dec 21

Re: [Ayatana] What project does this bug affect?

2010-12-15 Thread Spike Burch
ubiquity On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Chris Wilson afrowi...@gmail.com wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/690842 I've tried searching Launchpad for projects who's names include 'ubuntu installer' and variations on a theme, but there are too many results to be

Re: [Ayatana] Graceful degradation of Unity

2010-12-13 Thread Spike Burch
What I would do, although this is duplicating effort in the long run, is write a 2d version of unity using EFL, just like they did with the old netbook interface On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Mark Curtis merkin...@hotmail.com wrote: Unity requires 3d compositing.  For those without adequate

Re: [Ayatana] Graceful degradation of Unity

2010-12-13 Thread Spike Burch
I don't think it is something that needs to be done now either. I think the ideal time to revisit the idea is probably during the next LTS cycle. That gives Unity time time to mature and become part of the brand identity. If it takes hold, then we should definitely revisit the issue for such an

Re: [Ayatana] Do You Use Gwibber?

2010-12-08 Thread Spike Burch
I use gwibber. It has some extremely annoying issues though, like forgetting your stream layout On Dec 6, 2010 7:04 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: esteemed readers, *Do you use Gwibber?* It would be quite gratifying if this thread could produce some statistics or

Re: [Ayatana] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2010-11-27 Thread Spike Burch
I think that if we're going to have window management in expose, we should allow all of it. On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Valentin valentin@gmail.com wrote: Hello guys! On expose we should have a clickable X-Icon, which closes the window (the application). It should be visable on

Re: [Ayatana] Usability Resources

2010-11-19 Thread Spike Burch
Thank you everyone who replied! This is enough information to feed my appetite for quite a while. :) ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help :

[Ayatana] Usability Resources

2010-11-18 Thread Spike Burch
Hi, Anyone have book or website recommendations for learning more about usability? Spike ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help :

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-15 Thread Spike Burch
GNOME already does this for some hardware. I wonder if that could be extended for your suggestions? On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar boulab...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have some thoughts about a possible feature that can be added to unity. it's the ability to suggest

[Ayatana] Introduction and thoughts on Unity

2010-11-13 Thread Spike Burch
Hi, My name is Spike. I am not trained in usability, but rather self taught, so feel free to correct any misconceptions I may post. That said, I am keenly interested in usability (hence joining this mailing list), and have read extensively about it. Always game for more reading materials if