Re: Solang or Shotwell vs. F-Spot for Lucid
Solang, Shotwell, and F-Spot are all fine image managers/organizers, but the current plan is to work on F-Spot to get it to meet the following needs: * Quickly viewing images by folder [currently handled by EOG] * Solang and F-Spot both have view-modes but still require importing the image. Shotwell might not. * Editing images without importing (Shotwell does this) * Rotating [currently handled by EOG] * Red-eye removal [currently handled by GIMP] * Cropping [currently handled by GIMP] * optional: Annotating (like making lolcat) [currently handled by GIMP] * optional: Painting on it [currently handled by GIMP] Resizing and saving the file in another file format are also common in-folder image manipulation tasks. Personally I prefer Gthumb over EOG or F-Spots view-mode, since it is fast, easy to use and has enough features. If I had the power, I'd replace EOG with Gthumb and make Gthumb the default program associated to all image file types. Current situation sucks. Even Windows XP's in-folder image manipulation is better.. Shotwell looks nice, but I'm a bit sceptic about new software and how mature they are. -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Google Chromium In Lucid
I've been a loyal Firefox user for many years and until I tested the new Google Chrome browser everything paled in comparison. IMO Ubuntu should adopt Chrome as the default browser. The general adoption of Chrome will be quick as Google has a vested interest in it's success. I blogged on this topic at projBloghttp://www.projblog.com/?page_id=206 but here are the high points. - Google is big and Google is pro open source. Supporting this effort provides value to Ubuntu - Chrome runs well on Ubuntu - Chrome will be well supported This time next year it is very likely Google will be well established in the Net Book Cloud Computing market which IMO will grow Ubuntu in the desktop market. Cheers -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Google Chromium In Lucid
Hello all, Danny Piccirillo wrote: I'm an 100% in support of this. It's really time to be using webkit over Mozilla's gecko and Chromium lets us do so without almost no draw backs from Firefox. On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 18:31, John Baer bae...@gmail.com IMO Ubuntu should adopt Chrome as the default browser. While I realise this could well turn into a lengthy argument with no resolution, I wanted to stick up for the pro-Firefox side for both practical and ideological reasons. Personally I think Ubuntu should continue to support Firefox, which is a non-profit organisation that has always (in my opinion) acted only with furthering the open web in mind (with the one caveat of the issue over copyright in the logos). Google, by contrast, is a huge company that already has a huge amount of power and a lot of vested interests (search engine, YouTube etc). While I realise that a lot of Mozilla's revenue currently comes from Google, I would prefer to back a non-profit with fewer vested interests. As one example, Google included H.264 support in its HTML5 implementation, which would no doubt save Google money on YouTube (if widely adopted), but is not in the interests of the open web. More practically, Firefox has finally grown to a market share that developers test their websites and applications against it. Unless there is a good reason, I don't think that Ubuntu should go back to a browser with minimal market share. I am certain many will disagree and I support Google's open approach to developing an innovative web browser -- I just support Mozilla Firefox more. Regards, Aaron -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Google Chromium In Lucid
I would agree but this should be a lucid+1 discussion because chrome isnt even out for linux yet. Im all for chromes inclusion though because its simply faster than firefox and most things work already. Also we have the added advantage of webkit desktop applications too which would be a nice addition. Shane Fagan On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 18:31 -0500, John Baer wrote: I've been a loyal Firefox user for many years and until I tested the new Google Chrome browser everything paled in comparison. IMO Ubuntu should adopt Chrome as the default browser. The general adoption of Chrome will be quick as Google has a vested interest in it's success. I blogged on this topic at projBlog but here are the high points. * Google is big and Google is pro open source. Supporting this effort provides value to Ubuntu * Chrome runs well on Ubuntu * Chrome will be well supported This time next year it is very likely Google will be well established in the Net Book Cloud Computing market which IMO will grow Ubuntu in the desktop market. Cheers -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Google Chromium In Lucid
Firefox's biggest issue in Ubuntu, for me, has always been its integration. Sure, its UI looks like it uses GTK+ now, (and big kudos for that) but it doesn't _feel_ like GTK+. Meanwhile file and uri handling is done in Firefox's own way; the browser has no interest in the standards that Freedesktop and others have put so much effort into producing. Chromium, on the other hand, uses GTK. The main browser window doesn't look like GTK usually does, but it feels like a GTK app and all the other windows use it. It knows about standards, including how to add to the main menu properly. Files and uris are always opened with the correct application according to desktop-wide settings. It is aware of GNOME's tools for proxy stuff. Even better, it isn't burdened by crazy branding legalese. (In fairness, Chrome would be, but there is less need and less expectation to ship that vs. Chromium). I would also like to see Chromium by default (or at least seriously considered) in the near future. It would make Ubuntu a smoother, more predictable and more consistent experience, greatly improving the out of the box experience for our users. Bye, Dylan McCall-- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
