Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...
On 26/02/13 20:37, Liam Proven wrote: That's what, well, everyone I have ever seen using email in my life does. Drag and dropping messages onto an app icon? I am sorry, but WTAF? No! At my previous job where Windows + Outlook was the desktop of choice I've seen plenty of people do what Tyler described. One of the nice features Windows has which I've never seen Linux desktops do nicely is dragging and dropping items from a non-focussed window onto the focussed window without focussing the non-focussed window. So for me that would mean having a file manager window underneath an email composition window and dragging a file from the file manager into the email to attach it without losing focus on the email. It could also be used to drag emails into an email to attach it. This is arguably better than the method you describe because it enables you to add an attachment part way through a thread. John: Hi Mary, Do you know what the sales were last week? Mary: No, but Alan has it (cc:ed) Alan: Here you go guys (drags email from archive into the thread and hits 'send'). The method you describe will initiate a new mail when you press 'forward' whereas the scenario above will keep the attachment in thread. Cheers, -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...
On 2013-02-27 09:18, Alan Pope wrote: At my previous job where Windows + Outlook was the desktop of choice I've seen plenty of people do what Tyler described. One of the nice features Windows has which I've never seen Linux desktops do nicely is dragging and dropping items from a non-focussed window onto the focussed window without focussing the non-focussed window. I'm describing the opposite. Drag an object from the maximised focused window to a non-focused window. Regards, Tyler -- It's not given to anyone to have no regrets; only to decide, through the choices we make, which regrets we'll have. -- David Weber -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...
On 27/02/13 10:24, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2013-02-27 09:18, Alan Pope wrote: At my previous job where Windows + Outlook was the desktop of choice I've seen plenty of people do what Tyler described. One of the nice features Windows has which I've never seen Linux desktops do nicely is dragging and dropping items from a non-focussed window onto the focussed window without focussing the non-focussed window. I'm describing the opposite. Drag an object from the maximised focused window to a non-focused window. Yes, I got that, I was describing other further useful features that Windows has :) Cheers, -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Auto sudo authenticate on 12.10
Hey, Was just wondering whether this is something that anybody else,has found. The update manager is installing updates without asking for root password? It isn 't really a feature I would like. Any ideas on how to stop it? Regards Matt Keen -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Auto sudo authenticate on 12.10
On 27/02/13 14:47, Matt Keen wrote: Was just wondering whether this is something that anybody else,has found. The update manager is installing updates without asking for root password? It never asked for root password, it asked for your password. However for a few releases now it's been configured to not prompt for a password if a) you already have rights and b) you're only installing updates to packages which are already installed. So it will still ask for your password if you are installing new applications, or if you use apt-get or other utilities on the command line. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Update_Manager_doesn.27t_prompt_for_security_updates Cheers, -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...
On 27/02/13 10:37, Alan Pope wrote: On 27/02/13 10:24, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2013-02-27 09:18, Alan Pope wrote: At my previous job where Windows + Outlook was the desktop of choice I've seen plenty of people do what Tyler described. One of the nice features Windows has which I've never seen Linux desktops do nicely is dragging and dropping items from a non-focussed window onto the focussed window without focussing the non-focussed window. I'm describing the opposite. Drag an object from the maximised focused window to a non-focused window. Yes, I got that, I was describing other further useful features that Windows has :) Cheers, Many years ago, I used to do this in Outlook all the time - it's one of the few features I've always missed. I never found a way of doing it in TBird. I've lived without it for the 10 years I've been using Ubuntu already ;) Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
