[Ayatana] Community Artwork and Lessons learned from Gaia10

2010-09-18 Thread Saleel Velankar
I did some some kde plasma themeing for/with gaia10 this summer (http://www.gaia10.us/forum/thread.php?threadid=212threadview=0hilight=hilightuser=0page=4 link),http://www.gaia10.us/forum/thread.php?threadid=212threadview=0hilight=hilightuser=0page=4and am pleased to note that this years gaia

Re: [Ayatana] [Bug 692921] Re: Allow for the panel to be disabled (wishlist)

2010-12-22 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Saleel Velankar svela...@gmail.com wrote: I'd want to get rid of the clock, too. I can't help the feeling, the clock belongs somewhere else than in my main indicator interaction zone.. I am inclined to agree with this. For a few of my important tasks like

Re: [Ayatana] Tiling and Floating window management in compiz (was: Put a resize widget in the title bar)

2010-12-27 Thread Saleel Velankar
Kwin also may warrant a look, it does tiling now. -- Saleel ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

[Ayatana] Animation Speeds in Unity.

2011-03-13 Thread Saleel Velankar
I just jumped on unity//natty alpha3. And one of my current painpoints is the animation speeds. While the animations themselves are nice and smooth several of them take rather too long. This is complexed by the problem that several of the animations are on things that have to be accessed

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

2011-03-15 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:34:52 PM Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: I have a simple proposal to fix these problems: The application title should be removed from Unity's menu bar. Possibly. The titlebar is used to differentiate between two windows of the same app, or less used to differentiate

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

2011-03-16 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:00:35 AM Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: (It would be interesting to replace maximization with a standard function that really *does* make all the available screen space ... dedicated to this window.) This is one of the most hated features in osx, imo. It takes

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

2011-03-16 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 6:58 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.comwrote: Do you know of any Ubuntu application that was trying to use its menu titles as an indicator in the first place? - -- mpt Firefox, private browsing mode. the tilebar is how private mode status is conveyed to

Re: [Ayatana] Shiny Icons On Unity Launcher Doesn't fit With Ubuntu

2011-03-20 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:46:25 PM Vishnoo wrote: It's not just the shape. I would suggest you have a look at icons in iPad/iPhone and compare them. You will quickly realize where Canonical can get sued.. ;-) I don't have an opinion on this thread, but what are you talking about? iirc

[Ayatana] What to do with the menubar on non-full screened windows.

2011-03-29 Thread Saleel Velankar
In a nonmaximized window on a. a large screen b. with other nonmaximized windows present The global-menubar fails for these reasons. 1. Confusion on which application the menu is for. 2. Having to move the mouse an obscene amount In my 1 + 2 = not nice behavior.

[Ayatana] Simplifying the actions icons.

2011-12-11 Thread Saleel Velankar
Hello, I believe the actions icons are too colourful and have way too much detail. They should be more simple, clean, utilitarian. The new software center in oneiric already uses monochrome actions icons. I know that SABDFL already said something about getting a design school involved in redoing