Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-23 Thread Pedro Bessa
The Unity API is minimal. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI I can't position, I can't edit, I can't remove and I can't add anything. You are comparing a very mature and years old product Firefox with a very recent app called Unity. I am not a Unity dev but I would personally prefer

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-20 Thread Davor
Well, now we can see: this discussion does not lead anywhere. What we are discussing? Unity is here to stay, and we can only think how to improve it and make it easier to use. Ever since I first sat down in a car, i use manual transmission and I have definitely gotten used to it, which

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-19 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 18. nov. 2011 21:14, skrev Alexander Etter: I am glad I found this email. I can relate to it in many ways. I've tried to get involved in developing Ubuntu, but nobody has reached out. 11.10 is so bad on my machine I reverted to 10.04. I never liked Unity, it's silly and implies heavy use

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-19 Thread Alexander
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote: Den 18. nov. 2011 21:14, skrev Alexander Etter: I am glad I found this email. I can relate to it in many ways. I've tried to get involved in developing Ubuntu, but nobody has reached out. 11.10 is so

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-19 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 19. nov. 2011 18:47, skrev Alexander: You should ask more questions. The thing I like the most about Unity, is how efficient it is to use without a mouse. I appreciate your comments. Thanks for the advice. I enjoy hearing diverse opinions; for example I prefer the keyboard but

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-19 Thread Alexander
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad joerlend.schins...@gmail.com wrote: Den 19. nov. 2011 18:47, skrev Alexander: You should ask more questions. The thing I like the most about Unity, is how efficient it is to use without a mouse I appreciate your comments. Thanks for

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-19 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 19. nov. 2011 20:51, skrev Alexander: Sorry for the confusion. Anyway I don't understand your double negative: This is something I've never been able to do in a desktop shell before. Can you give one example of a desktop task that cannot be performed without a mouse?

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-19 Thread Mr. Alexander Etter
On 11/19/2011 03:31 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: Den 19. nov. 2011 20:51, skrev Alexander: Sorry for the confusion. Anyway I don't understand your double negative: This is something I've never been able to do in a desktop shell before. Can you give one example of a desktop task

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-19 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 19. nov. 2011 21:36, skrev Mr. Alexander Etter: My claim is false. Mr. Etter Great, so we have confirmed that at least we haven't lost features wrt keyboard use since 10.04 and that we have attained some new ones. Now we should find out which are still missing. Luckily, this is one of

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-18 Thread Manish Sinha
I am glad I found this email. I can relate to it in many ways. I've tried to get involved in developing Ubuntu, but nobody has reached out. 11.10 is so bad on my machine I reverted to 10.04. I never liked Unity, it's silly and implies heavy use of the mouse. I want to use the keyboard to navigate

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-18 Thread Manish Sinha
The Unity API is minimal. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI I can't position, I can't edit, I can't remove and I can't add anything. You are comparing a very mature and years old product Firefox with a very recent app called Unity. I am not a Unity dev but I would personally prefer that

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-18 Thread Alexander
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Manish Sinha manishsi...@ubuntu.comwrote: The Unity API is minimal. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI I can't position, I can't edit, I can't remove and I can't add anything. You are comparing a very mature and years old product Firefox with a very

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-18 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 05:36:04PM -0500, Alexander wrote: Where can I get involved without directing me to developer.ubuntu.com or providing me suggestions? Hi, this mailing list isn't really about development of Unity but more focused on the overall desktop integration. For Unity-specific

Re: ubuntu lacks ideas, firefox is full of ideas

2011-11-18 Thread Manish Sinha
You're very defensive, argumentative and coming off as belligerent I never knew reply to an aggressive mail is called defensive reply. Anyway I hope you got all your replies and all the questions were answered. By the way thanks for personal attacks. I won't reply back the same way. - Manish