Here are some of my ideas for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9

[Konstantin Svist]

> * NTFS support during installation
> there should be NTFS support built in to anaconda so that ntfs
> partitions are automatically recognized and added to /etc/fstab - and
> that users are given an option to make them read-only or to be mounted
> in read-write mode.
That's debatable - some users don't want the extra bloat. I think this 
should be an easily-installable option. Right now, it comes pretty close 
- all you do is "yum install ntfs-3g" and you're pretty much done.
IMHO, ready-to-use (or easier-to-set-up) Samba server would be a lot 
more useful.


> * Firefox to have it's original icon in gnome panel
> the icon fedora uses makes me search for firefox icon all the time. I
> guess that I'm not the only one. Firefox has one of the most
> recognisable icons I have ever seen and simply don't see why fedora
> uses non-firefox icon. It just confuses users.

This is done because users are not forced to stay with one browser. In 
essence, this shortcut says "start my favorite browser", not "start 
firefox" - so it can't really have a firefox icon. You can customize it 
all you want, though.


> * Desktop shortcut for joining Fedora IRC (aka "Get Live Help")
> Fedora is about freedom+communication, right? Why not make this
> statement more that just a nice slogan. If you installed saabyon linux
> you could experienced for yourself what this really means. I as a new
> user to gentoo (sabayon is based on gentoo) was really blown away with
> this feature. It is really, really simple to implement and gives a
> real meaning to a communication friendly linux distro.
> In sabayon link to their IRC chat has a simple name "Get Live Help"
> and it work fabulous! I didn't have any Portage experience so I poped
> in IRC chat room and was on my way after I got quick help. Whis kind
> of help was precious to me and would love to see it in fedora as one
> of it's main features and not just as a slogan.
> screenshot: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=382063978&size=l

Completely agree, would be a great help.