Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 May 2011 21:51, Andy Braben wrote: > > > On 16 May 2011 21:44, Colin Law wrote: >> >> This is a Unity question, not FF.  I am enquiring as to the best way >> to switch between windows within one app using Unity.  This was with >> respect to Alan's point that one could just select the other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 May 2011 21:53, John Stevenson wrote: > > > On 16 May 2011 21:44, Colin Law wrote: >> >> This is a Unity question, not FF.  I am enquiring as to the best way >> to switch between windows within one app using Unity.  This was with >> respect to Alan's point that one could just select the oth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread John Stevenson
On 16 May 2011 21:44, Colin Law wrote: > > This is a Unity question, not FF. I am enquiring as to the best way > to switch between windows within one app using Unity. This was with > respect to Alan's point that one could just select the other window > rather than sliding the front one aside.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Andy Braben
On 16 May 2011 21:44, Colin Law wrote: > > This is a Unity question, not FF. I am enquiring as to the best way > to switch between windows within one app using Unity. This was with > respect to Alan's point that one could just select the other window > rather than sliding the front one aside.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 May 2011 18:39, Rob Beard wrote: > On 16/05/11 18:23, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 16 May 2011 17:47, Alan Pope  wrote: >>> >>> Why move a window to see what's underneath? Why not just switch to the >>> window you actually want to see? >> >> If I have the downloads window of firefox open, but b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Josh Holland
On May 16, 2011 6:23 PM, "Colin Law" > If I have the downloads window of firefox open, but behind another > firefox window, what is the most efficient way to get to see it (using > Unity rather than Tools, Downloads in FF)? Install a download bar extension? The separate window always annoyed me..

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-16 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 10:08 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > Of course, you realise that you have now modified and compiled a portion > of the Linux kernel? :-) > You fixed an incompatible API (Application Programming Interface) change. Wow - I did that? Amazing. Couldn't have managed it without h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Rob Beard
On 16/05/11 18:23, Colin Law wrote: On 16 May 2011 17:47, Alan Pope wrote: Why move a window to see what's underneath? Why not just switch to the window you actually want to see? If I have the downloads window of firefox open, but behind another firefox window, what is the most efficient way

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 May 2011 17:47, Alan Pope wrote: > > Why move a window to see what's underneath? Why not just switch to the > window you actually want to see? If I have the downloads window of firefox open, but behind another firefox window, what is the most efficient way to get to see it (using Unity rath

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread gazz
On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 17:47 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Why move a window to see what's underneath? Why not just switch to the > window you actually want to see? > > Al. > Cuz I wanna see both of them - like click on a colour picker and still be able to see what I'm trying to pick! Paula --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Rob Beard
On 16/05/11 17:47, Alan Pope wrote: On 16 May 2011 16:56, gazz wrote: Touchpad scrolling is a blunt instrument - for which reason I rarely use it. Depends on the hardware. On my laptop it's fantastic. Very fine control indeed can be had with two finger scrolling. Much finer than a mouse wheel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread J Fernyhough
On 16 May 2011 15:26, Jon Farmer wrote: > Anyway to get my scrollbars back? > Yes. Remove (or purge, depending on preference ;) overlay-scrollbar, e.g. $ sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar Log out and in, all should be chunky. Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Liam Gallear
On 16 May 2011, at 17:47, Alan Pope wrote: > Depends on the hardware. On my laptop it's fantastic. Very fine > control indeed can be had with two finger scrolling. Much finer than a > mouse wheel which (in general) goes in jumps of a few lines at a time. I'm almost certain that that is something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Alan Pope
On 16 May 2011 16:56, gazz wrote: > Touchpad scrolling is a blunt instrument - for which reason I rarely use it. Depends on the hardware. On my laptop it's fantastic. Very fine control indeed can be had with two finger scrolling. Much finer than a mouse wheel which (in general) goes in jumps of a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Matthew Daubney
On 16 May 2011 16:49, Jon Farmer wrote: > On 16 May 2011 16:45, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > > I'd argue the point on the loss of fine control, you can still drag those > > little arrows up and down to get to where you want in a document, rather > > than just clicking on them to go up/down. The on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread gazz
On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 16:45 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > > > On 16 May 2011 16:27, Jon Farmer wrote: > > On 16 May 2011 15:48, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 16 May 2011 15:44, Jon Farmer wrote: > > > > Easiest way to try is move your finger forward

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Jon Farmer
On 16 May 2011 16:45, Matthew Daubney wrote: > I'd argue the point on the loss of fine control, you can still drag those > little arrows up and down to get to where you want in a document, rather > than just clicking on them to go up/down. The only thing that's a bit more > difficult is clicking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Matthew Daubney
On 16 May 2011 16:27, Jon Farmer wrote: > On 16 May 2011 15:48, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 16 May 2011 15:44, Jon Farmer wrote: > > > Easiest way to try is move your finger forward and back along the > > right hand edge when in a scrollable window. > > So apparently I do. Still a major PITA to use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Jon Farmer
On 16 May 2011 15:48, Alan Pope wrote: > On 16 May 2011 15:44, Jon Farmer wrote: > Easiest way to try is move your finger forward and back along the > right hand edge when in a scrollable window. So apparently I do. Still a major PITA to use with Empathy though. A total loss of fine control. R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Paul Sutton
On 16/05/11 15:44, Jon Farmer wrote: > On 16 May 2011 15:33, Alan Pope wrote: > >> It's supposed to be easier, if you don't try to click them but use the >> scroll region on your touchpad, or if supported enable two finger >> scrolling. >> > > I am not even aware my touchpad has a scroll region.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Alan Pope
On 16 May 2011 15:44, Jon Farmer wrote: > I am not even aware my touchpad has a scroll region. > Which netbook is it? Easiest way to try is move your finger forward and back along the right hand edge when in a scrollable window. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Jon Farmer
On 16 May 2011 15:33, Alan Pope wrote: > It's supposed to be easier, if you don't try to click them but use the > scroll region on your touchpad, or if supported enable two finger > scrolling. > I am not even aware my touchpad has a scroll region. Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Tel 07795 118140

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread gazz
I get this on most apps with 11.04 - very annoying. I can see the point is that the up and down scroll arrows are now close together for people who use the up and down arrows - but, as I normally just click on the gutter next to where my pointer happens to be, I'm also finding it very, very annoyin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Alan Pope
On 16 May 2011 15:26, Jon Farmer wrote: > So since I have upgraded to 11.04 on my netbook I have found that > Empathy has lost it's scrollbar in the contacts list and is replaced > with a fiddly up and down control. The control only appears when you > hover over the right edge of the contacts wind

[ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Jon Farmer
Hi So since I have upgraded to 11.04 on my netbook I have found that Empathy has lost it's scrollbar in the contacts list and is replaced with a fiddly up and down control. The control only appears when you hover over the right edge of the contacts window. This is very tricky when using a touchpad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-16 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 15.05.11 12:04, Barry Drake wrote: > On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 12:06 +0100, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: >> A semaphore with value of 1 is a mutex. That should work fine. > Thanks. Now I've had chance to read the links that were posted, I can > see what it is about. Anyhow, it is working just fine. I h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encouraging laptops that work with Ubuntu

2011-05-16 Thread Alan Bell
On 15/05/11 23:16, Martin Houston wrote: If I may make a suggestion? I haven't used the Pcspecialist notebooks mentioned by Richard Smith so cant comment on these particular choices, nice though it is to see 'No Operating system' as a money saving choice :) However if we do indeed find that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo tablets...

2011-05-16 Thread Timothy Rittman
On Sun, 15 May 2011 13:57:06 +0100 mac wrote: On 15/05/2011 12:58, Timothy Rittman wrote: This topic has come up from time to time on the list, so I'm asking for a quick update! I am thinking of getting a wacom bamboo touch and pen to work with kubuntu 10.10. Does anyone have any experience