From sdl.web at gmail.com Sun Mar 5 20:10:06 2006 From: sdl.web at gmail.com (Leon) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:10:06 +0000 Subject: Icon for application/x-rar is missing? Message-ID: Hi all, Application/x-rar mimetype icon is using default gnome-icon. I'm not sure is this done on purpose or a bug. -- Leon Fedora core 5 test3 From sdl.web at gmail.com Sun Mar 5 20:16:52 2006 From: sdl.web at gmail.com (Leon) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:16:52 +0000 Subject: ~/Desktop dir icon? Message-ID: Hi, The desktop directory's icon has an emblem from gnome-icon-theme. Why it is not a mix of the Bluecurve dir icon + desktop icon? I thought this might be a bug and reported it here but it was ignored:( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183015 -- Leon From caillon at redhat.com Mon Mar 6 05:28:01 2006 From: caillon at redhat.com (Christopher Aillon) Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:28:01 -0500 Subject: Icon for application/x-rar is missing? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <440BC861.1000205@redhat.com> On 03/05/2006 03:10 PM, Leon wrote: > Hi all, > > Application/x-rar mimetype icon is using default gnome-icon. I'm not > sure is this done on purpose or a bug. > Leon, please file bugs for things like this even if you aren't sure it's a bug. One of the possible ways to close a bug is "NOTABUG". In this specific case, I believe it is a bug, and should be fixed. Please file it. From sdl.web at gmail.com Mon Mar 6 08:41:17 2006 From: sdl.web at gmail.com (Leon) Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:41:17 +0000 Subject: Icon for application/x-rar is missing? References: <440BC861.1000205@redhat.com> Message-ID: Christopher Aillon writes: > On 03/05/2006 03:10 PM, Leon wrote: >> Hi all, >> Application/x-rar mimetype icon is using default gnome-icon. I'm not >> sure is this done on purpose or a bug. >> > > Leon, please file bugs for things like this even if you aren't sure > it's a bug. One of the possible ways to close a bug is "NOTABUG". > > In this specific case, I believe it is a bug, and should be > fixed. Please file it. Christopher, Thanks. I just don't want to report a bug that people do not think it is a bug. The bug is here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184092 Cheers -- Leon From caillon at redhat.com Mon Mar 6 14:51:39 2006 From: caillon at redhat.com (Christopher Aillon) Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:51:39 -0500 Subject: Icon for application/x-rar is missing? In-Reply-To: References: <440BC861.1000205@redhat.com> Message-ID: <440C4C7B.3050809@redhat.com> On 03/06/2006 03:41 AM, Leon wrote: > Thanks. I just don't want to report a bug that people do not think it is > a bug. Why not? That's what Bugzilla is for. If it's not a bug, we'll just close it. No harm done. From sundaram at fedoraproject.org Tue Mar 28 15:30:35 2006 From: sundaram at fedoraproject.org (Rahul Sundaram) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:00:35 +0530 Subject: Better desktop? Message-ID: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> Hi Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ Rahul From sdl.web at gmail.com Tue Mar 28 16:40:34 2006 From: sdl.web at gmail.com (Leon) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:40:34 +0100 Subject: Better desktop? References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> Message-ID: Rahul Sundaram writes: > Hi > > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. > > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > > Rahul > It's a very interesting article. I agree with most of the suggestions. Many of them seems quite easy to make it into the next release of gnome. By the way, it seems more appropriate to send this to fedora-devel list. Regards, Leon From sundaram at fedoraproject.org Tue Mar 28 16:45:03 2006 From: sundaram at fedoraproject.org (Rahul Sundaram) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:15:03 +0530 Subject: Better desktop? In-Reply-To: References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> Message-ID: <1143564303.3802.555.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 17:40 +0100, Leon wrote: > Rahul Sundaram writes: > > > Hi > > > > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. > > > > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > > > > > Rahul > > > > It's a very interesting article. I agree with most of the > suggestions. Many of them seems quite easy to make it into the next > release of gnome. > > By the way, it seems more appropriate to send this to fedora-devel > list. http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list "Fedora-desktop-list -- Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" Why is it more appropriate for fedora-devel? Rahul From thomas.canniot at laposte.net Tue Mar 28 16:56:30 2006 From: thomas.canniot at laposte.net (Thomas Canniot) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:56:30 +0200 Subject: Better desktop? In-Reply-To: References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> Message-ID: <1143564990.2529.19.camel@MrTomLinux.workstation> Le mardi 28 mars 2006 ? 17:40 +0100, Leon a ?crit : > Rahul Sundaram writes: > > > Hi > > > > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. > > > > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > > > > > Rahul > > > > It's a very interesting article. I agree with most of the > suggestions. Many of them seems quite easy to make it into the next > release of gnome. > I don't know if you noticed, but most of the screenshots that are in the article looks like the next ubuntu : http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/flight5 I don't know if these improvements are part of the next release, i can ask people to know it. Many people working on ubuntu works on GNOME as well. Maybe some of these improvements will be included in the next GNOME release. Thomas Canniot From sdl.web at gmail.com Tue Mar 28 17:21:11 2006 From: sdl.web at gmail.com (Leon) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:21:11 +0100 Subject: Better desktop? References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> <1143564303.3802.555.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> Message-ID: Rahul Sundaram writes: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 17:40 +0100, Leon wrote: >> Rahul Sundaram writes: >> >> > Hi >> > >> > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. >> > >> > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ >> > >> > >> > Rahul >> > >> >> It's a very interesting article. I agree with most of the >> suggestions. Many of them seems quite easy to make it into the next >> release of gnome. >> >> By the way, it seems more appropriate to send this to fedora-devel >> list. > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list > > "Fedora-desktop-list -- Discussions about development for the Fedora > desktop" > > > Why is it more appropriate for fedora-devel? > > > Rahul > Sorry, Rahul. I thought this list is mainly for artwork. I have checked the description: ,---- | Discussions about desktop issues such as user interfaces, artwork, and | usability in the Fedora project `---- Regards, Leon From sdl.web at gmail.com Tue Mar 28 17:25:11 2006 From: sdl.web at gmail.com (Leon) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:25:11 +0100 Subject: Better desktop? References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> <1143564990.2529.19.camel@MrTomLinux.workstation> Message-ID: Thomas Canniot writes: > Le mardi 28 mars 2006 ? 17:40 +0100, Leon a ?crit : >> Rahul Sundaram writes: >> >> > Hi >> > >> > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. >> > >> > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ >> > >> > >> > Rahul >> > >> >> It's a very interesting article. I agree with most of the >> suggestions. Many of them seems quite easy to make it into the next >> release of gnome. >> > I don't know if you noticed, but most of the screenshots that are in the > article looks like the next ubuntu : > http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/flight5 > > I don't know if these improvements are part of the next release, i can > ask people to know it. > > Many people working on ubuntu works on GNOME as well. Maybe some of > these improvements will be included in the next GNOME release. > > Thomas Canniot I agree that the screenshot might be based on Ubuntu. But the next release of ubuntu will ship gnome 2.14 too. It's good to know if Ubuntu has tweaked gnome to do so. From kyrre at solution-forge.net Tue Mar 28 21:26:08 2006 From: kyrre at solution-forge.net (Kyrre Ness Sjobak) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:26:08 +0200 Subject: Better desktop? In-Reply-To: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> Message-ID: <1143581167.7545.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> tir, 28.03.2006 kl. 17.30 skrev Rahul Sundaram: > Hi > > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. > > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > > Rahul Just a few questions about the article: 1. How is "Notes" in Jpeg images stored? EXIF - so that i can open an image 10-15 years from now and still read the note no problem? Or some program-specific format? 2.Progress of downloads etc. Something has annoyed me a long time about gnome and downloading - why doesn't it tell me how quick its downloading (ie. kb/s)? Its fine that it tells me "how much time remaining" - but i want to know the speed - even if it is a (triangle) Advanced... Pause/resume in Firefox/gnome would also be just great. Should i just file a couple of RFE's? 3. Way out, i know it, but yes - usb memstick auth/homedir could be usefull, esp. in low-infrastructure settings. Think about it, a primary scool or something like that. You hand out USB keys to the pupils, which are preformatted with a "homedir" and a password (hell, it could even be encrypted!). Then its just: a) Find a free machine. (that is configured to accept usb-auth with proper parameters) b) Plug in usb keystick c) Gdm recognizes it. Ask the user to enter password (if that is wanted/required - sometimes you migth possibly want to skip the password alltogether) d)Log in. Do what you want. Log out. Pull memstick out. Leave. Of cource, there should be some mechanism to be able to have GDM only accept memsticks that are signed by the rigth authority etc. And make a nice gui to format and create a lot of those, intended for know-nothing sysadmins. This could probably be usefull for OLPC as well. Maybe the little laptop migth even be able to function as such a memory unit, allowing it to be plugged into a "bigger" computer (possibly just an ordinary stationary machine with a CRT monitor etc. and some special software?) --- Kyrre From sundaram at fedoraproject.org Tue Mar 28 23:43:41 2006 From: sundaram at fedoraproject.org (Rahul Sundaram) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:13:41 +0530 Subject: Better desktop? In-Reply-To: <1143581167.7545.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> <1143581167.7545.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <1143589421.3802.576.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 23:26 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > tir, 28.03.2006 kl. 17.30 skrev Rahul Sundaram: > > Hi > > > > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. > > > > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > > > > > Rahul > > Just a few questions about the article: > > 1. How is "Notes" in Jpeg images stored? EXIF - so that i can open an > image 10-15 years from now and still read the note no problem? Or some > program-specific format? > > 2.Progress of downloads etc. Something has annoyed me a long time about > gnome and downloading - why doesn't it tell me how quick its downloading > (ie. kb/s)? Its fine that it tells me "how much time remaining" - but i > want to know the speed - even if it is a (triangle) Advanced... > > Pause/resume in Firefox/gnome would also be just great. > > Should i just file a couple of RFE's? Ya. you should do that. > > 3. Way out, i know it, but yes - usb memstick auth/homedir could be > usefull, esp. in low-infrastructure settings. Think about it, a primary > scool or something like that. You hand out USB keys to the pupils, which > are preformatted with a "homedir" and a password (hell, it could even be > encrypted!). > > Then its just: > a) Find a free machine. (that is configured to accept usb-auth > with proper parameters) > b) Plug in usb keystick > c) Gdm recognizes it. Ask the user to enter password (if that is > wanted/required - sometimes you migth possibly want to > skip the password alltogether) > d)Log in. Do what you want. Log out. Pull memstick out. Leave. > > Of cource, there should be some mechanism to be able to have GDM only > accept memsticks that are signed by the rigth authority etc. And make a > nice gui to format and create a lot of those, intended for know-nothing > sysadmins. > > This could probably be usefull for OLPC as well. Maybe the little laptop > migth even be able to function as such a memory unit, allowing it to be > plugged into a "bigger" computer (possibly just an ordinary stationary > machine with a CRT monitor etc. and some special software?) If this is useful for OLPC, you might want to post to https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/olpc-software. We have ongoing active discussions about such issues. Rahul From kyrre at solution-forge.net Wed Mar 29 07:06:17 2006 From: kyrre at solution-forge.net (Kyrre Ness Sjobak) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:06:17 +0200 Subject: Better desktop? In-Reply-To: <1143589421.3802.576.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> <1143581167.7545.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1143589421.3802.576.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> Message-ID: <1143615976.3451.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> ons, 29.03.2006 kl. 01.43 skrev Rahul Sundaram: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 23:26 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > tir, 28.03.2006 kl. 17.30 skrev Rahul Sundaram: > > > Hi > > > > > > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. > > > > > > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > > > > > > > > Rahul > > > > Just a few questions about the article: > > > > 1. How is "Notes" in Jpeg images stored? EXIF - so that i can open an > > image 10-15 years from now and still read the note no problem? Or some > > program-specific format? > > > > 2.Progress of downloads etc. Something has annoyed me a long time about > > gnome and downloading - why doesn't it tell me how quick its downloading > > (ie. kb/s)? Its fine that it tells me "how much time remaining" - but i > > want to know the speed - even if it is a (triangle) Advanced... > > > > Pause/resume in Firefox/gnome would also be just great. > > > > Should i just file a couple of RFE's? > > Ya. you should do that. > > > > > > 3. Way out, i know it, but yes - usb memstick auth/homedir could be > > usefull, esp. in low-infrastructure settings. Think about it, a primary > > scool or something like that. You hand out USB keys to the pupils, which > > are preformatted with a "homedir" and a password (hell, it could even be > > encrypted!). > > > > Then its just: > > a) Find a free machine. (that is configured to accept usb-auth > > with proper parameters) > > b) Plug in usb keystick > > c) Gdm recognizes it. Ask the user to enter password (if that is > > wanted/required - sometimes you migth possibly want to > > skip the password alltogether) > > d)Log in. Do what you want. Log out. Pull memstick out. Leave. > > > > Of cource, there should be some mechanism to be able to have GDM only > > accept memsticks that are signed by the rigth authority etc. And make a > > nice gui to format and create a lot of those, intended for know-nothing > > sysadmins. > > > > This could probably be usefull for OLPC as well. Maybe the little laptop > > migth even be able to function as such a memory unit, allowing it to be > > plugged into a "bigger" computer (possibly just an ordinary stationary > > machine with a CRT monitor etc. and some special software?) > > If this is useful for OLPC, you might want to post to > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/olpc-software. We have ongoing > active discussions about such issues. > > Rahul > And one more thing, thats *extremely* annoying. I was supposed to add it to the mail, but i forgot, and it did annoy me: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133658 Firefox insists on formatting every printout in Letter format, ignoring every setting. It can't even remember it from printout one printout to the next. Thats an old one - and extremely annoying. --- Kyrre From kluge at fujitsu.com.au Wed Mar 29 22:59:16 2006 From: kluge at fujitsu.com.au (Steffen Kluge) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:59:16 +1100 Subject: Better desktop? In-Reply-To: <1143615976.3451.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1143559835.3802.537.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> <1143581167.7545.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1143589421.3802.576.camel@sundaram.pnq.redhat.com> <1143615976.3451.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <1143673156.24977.117.camel@syd0137.fujitsu.com.au> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 09:06 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > Firefox insists on formatting every printout in Letter format, ignoring > every setting. It can't even remember it from printout one printout to > the next. Thats an old one - and extremely annoying. Mine does remember to use A4. You can set it in about:config. Set variable "print.printer_PostScript/.print_paper_name" to A4. It's a per printer setting. Cheers Steffen. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 191 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: