[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
** Tags added: reviewedbydesignp ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
** Tags removed: udo udp udt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
OK, you make a good point. The GNOME developers should consider adding useful functionality that once worked well and was taken away for no apparent good reason. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
The hardest and most frustrating thing about adopting the Unity Desktop was figuring out how to add my own launchers particularly when this was a solved problem in earlier versions of Ubuntu. The issue has nothing to do with unity though, it's just a GNOME change, you would have it as well if you kept using GNOME -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
I figured out how make launchers by simply writing *.desktop files. I now have about 6 custom launchers that I use everyday. It is convenient for some of them to be on the panel and some on the desktop and some in other directories based on their context. How could the developers know how I need or want my computer to be set up? The hardest and most frustrating thing about adopting the Unity Desktop was figuring out how to add my own launchers particularly when this was a solved problem in earlier versions of Ubuntu. BTW, for those who don't know you can look for any *.desktop file on your disk and copy it to a directory in your account. Then you can edit with emacs or your favorite text editor. Or you can right click on it and select Properties to change parameters. They are simple text files. You can use the Nautilus file manager to double click on it to run it. You can also drag it to your Unity panel to install it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
I don't quite get it: The panel is definitely a /consumer/ of launchers (because you need them to do anything usefrul with it). But, with removing the last /producer/ there is no longer a convenient way to create them - You all seem to be expecting every single program will provide application launchers. Leaving it as it is, would basically render the complete Unity panel useless. I do agree that creating custom launchers on the desktop is probably a bad idea. I also agree that it did make sense to remove that function. But I very much disagree that there is no replacement needed - There's now now no convenient method to add custom programs to the panel. How about an option on the panel itself to create a custom launcher in there? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
Will be any alternative for Gnome (upstream) fallback mode? Thanks for the info :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
** Tags added: udp ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
@johannes-schindelin; are there any specific features or functionality you would need to see added to unity-launcher-editor in order for it to be able to fulfil your use cases? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
This change is really bad... I have seen so many complaints about it on the Internet. What's wrong with having a way to create a custom .desktop launchers easily? There just needs to be something to replace this feature. I have seen there is a project to edit the Launcher but there also needs to be a way to edit the Dash and then I guess you can use the drag and drop functionality recently added to add the launcher to the desktop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
Nothing wrong, see https://launchpad.net/unity-launcher-editor, the feature is not dropped it's just a move from an old unmaintained GNOME component to a new software -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
@Sebastian: I guess the reason people are still commenting even getting discouraged all the time is that people are missing the functionality that has been removed without an adequate replacement. Count me into that group of people. It does not help that my previous solution stopped working, too: select classic desktop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
Could people stop adding comments there? It has been stated before that the binary can't be used because it's in gnome-panel which is not installed, so it needs to be added back in some other way, if you are interested to help and work on that please feel free to work on it, otherwise complains that people who are overworked don't add back a feature you use might make sense to you but they will not help getting it back -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
Ok, John just mentioned to me that https://launchpad.net/unity-launcher- editor should fit that need and work on packaging it is on going on so it should be avalaible in Ubuntu next cycle for those who want it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
I am confused by the advise above to launch the binary manually. I am using Natty and currently do not have gnome-panel installed, and thus the binary itself is not working. The terminal output prompts me thusly: gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new launcher name The program 'gnome-desktop-item-edit' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install gnome-panel So if gnome-panel will not be installed in Oneiric, I still don't know how to create a .desktop launcher file on the desktop. It does not get much easier than right-clicking on the desktop to create a program launcher. I don't understand why you are removing this functionality. If it actually caused some sort of problem in user testing, please, educate those users, change the wording on the right- click menu if necessary, because removing it creates a different set of usability issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 723861] Re: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option.
I do not like is removed a good functionality without having another replacement. I hope that next LTS again be present. Many people I know you create your own shortcuts on the desktop. (They still use 10.04 LTS) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723861 Title: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity Foundations: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Right clicking on the desktop still displays the “Create Launcher...” option. This option needs to be removed and this functionality disabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/723861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
