[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 785271 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785271 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 785271 regular applications should have a "Open New Window" menu entry by default -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
The logical way is right-click on the icon, and display a menu that contains "Start New ..." . Middle-click is definitely not discoverable . I am have just found out about this possibility now when I found this already existing bug ! Unfortunately this is too late for me. I have already removed all unity-related deb packages from my system , because of frustration : i haven't been able to discover how to start more terminals and concluded that the Application-centricity design is not for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
** Changed in: unity-2d (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
You may wish to have your say regarding an "Open new window" menu entry here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/785271 regular applications should have a "Open New Window" menu entry by default -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
If "Right-click->$APPNAME" should open a new window, it should always do this. If for Empathy "Right-click->Empathy" opens the same window you have inconsistent (=> confusing) behavior. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
Empathy behaves ok on middle click - if the buddy list is not focused or even closed (in the indicator) it just comes up. I don't see why it would be a problem with right click -> Empathy. As for intuitiveness, middle click can't score too high on that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
Dimitris, I find your solution less intuitive than what's currently available and it would mess up with apps like Empathy that want just one instance. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
Right clicking and choosing app name from menu should always open new window, if you wanted the window already running you can just left click after all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
In fact, middle-click is already implemented. This will not be obvious enough for some, but it's as obvious as we want to make this non-standard behaviour. In addition, if it's a particularly important behaviour for any individual app, they could put it in their quicklist. But we will not add it as a standard feature of every quicklist. Mark -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04955.html Per the above message, it seems the dev's will be adding "Open new Window" individually to the quicklist of each application that supports multiple windows instead of adding it for every application. So it is already available in firefox now, I assume it will be coming soon to nautilus and GNOME terminal but the option won't be there for applications like Vuze or games etc since that would confuse users.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
Clicking on Terminal in Launcher doesn't open a new instance of Terminal, must open a new window of the app. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
> right-click menu > open new [application name], That's also what the GNOME3 guys did for their dash. http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell- introduction.html.en "To pick a window in a running application, or to open a new window, right-click on the application icon. You can also drag the icon to the overview, or onto any workspace thumbnail on the right." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
In my opinion, the most obvious choice seems to be the right-click menu > open new [application name], since this was what I tried first. I did arrive eventually at finding out that the middle-click opens a new instance, but it wasn't at all obvious. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
In addition, as noted in Bug 656517, many laptops have no middle button. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
** Changed in: unity-2d Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
How about adding "open new" or something similar to the right click menu, or whatever the proper name for a context menu on the launcher is, as suggested or implied above by Lucian? Another option would of course be to make "open new instance" the default behaviour and not be so very Mac OS X inspired. (I expect that might be an inflammatory opinion, so I'll be quiet now.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
Crikey, I spent a long time trying to work out how to do this, and just could not figure it out. I thought it might be a missing feature with the alphas, but after just trying the beta I still couldn't do it. Very frustrating! So having found this bug report, I now know. Except, what do I do if I am on a laptop with no middle click and with a crazy touchpad that doesn't allow you to press both left+right buttons together? And what about the many people (surely most users?) who don't know that hitting pressing left and right together emulates middle click? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
** Also affects: unity-2d Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 734170] Re: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications
** Summary changed: - Unity should have a way to open multiple instances of applications + Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications ** Description changed: Currently, there is no obvious way to open multiple instances of applications in Unity. It is possible from the Dash, but not convenient. - There should be an "Open" option in the right-click menu of launcher - applications. + It's also possible to use middle-click, but this is not discoverable. ** Also affects: ayatana-design Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: unity Status: Invalid => Incomplete ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: needs-design -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734170 Title: Unity should have an *obvious* way to open multiple instances of applications -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
