- DESCRIPTION: the WLAN UI supports some OpenVPN options, but not all, and fails silently on importing non-compatible config files. This is very confusing for new Desktop users.
- FLAVOR: Desktop
- HEADLINE: multi-column list view in nautilus
- DESCRIPTION: This view has been explicitly dropped (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/7081...) but is very useful for quickly navigating large directories. Alternatively, replace Nautilus with a file manager that can do this (like Nemo). This is one area where the Windows file manager is still much better.
- DESCRIPTION: the default file-open and file-save dialogs lack many simple features that can save a lot of time. For example, in the file-open dialog there is no multi-column view (see above), you cannot rename files, you cannot create files/folders, you cannot access the normal context menu. All this requires separately opening a file manager, which also lacks a few productivity features (see above).
- FLAVOR: Desktop
- HEADLINE: polish hotkeys and general window handling on multi-monitor setups
- DESCRIPTION: I needed a bunch of compiz plugins to make this work in a halfway decent way in a 2-monitor setup, and I dread the day I will have to re-shuffle this for a 3-monitor setup etc. Make it easy to move a window 1) from one monitor to the other, 2) resize and move to one of the corners/sides, 3) maximize it. Also, applications in full-screen mode on one of the monitors confuse my compiz-based setup (for example, a full-screen Chrome window on one monitor will introduce numerous UI issues).
Still, it's a great system and very nice to use overall.
Thanks for gathering feedback. That's the first step ;-)
Keep up the good work!
IMHO the biggest thing that would improve VPN support is properly reporting errors. NetworkManager seems to think it is a Windows application with the way it throws useless generic error messages at you.
Instead of "connection failed", how about "connection refused due to key size mismatch"? Even if it looks like technobabble to the end user it is something they can throw into Google to solve their problem. VPN connections are a nightmare to debug right now, and are so complicated that regular people frequently don't set them up correctly the first time.
- HEADLINE: improve VPN support
- DESCRIPTION: the WLAN UI supports some OpenVPN options, but not all, and fails silently on importing non-compatible config files. This is very confusing for new Desktop users.
- FLAVOR: Desktop
- HEADLINE: multi-column list view in nautilus
- DESCRIPTION: This view has been explicitly dropped (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/7081...) but is very useful for quickly navigating large directories. Alternatively, replace Nautilus with a file manager that can do this (like Nemo). This is one area where the Windows file manager is still much better.
- FLAVOR: Desktop
- HEADLINE: polish file dialogs (multi-column-list view)
- DESCRIPTION: the default file-open and file-save dialogs lack many simple features that can save a lot of time. For example, in the file-open dialog there is no multi-column view (see above), you cannot rename files, you cannot create files/folders, you cannot access the normal context menu. All this requires separately opening a file manager, which also lacks a few productivity features (see above).
- FLAVOR: Desktop
- HEADLINE: polish hotkeys and general window handling on multi-monitor setups
- DESCRIPTION: I needed a bunch of compiz plugins to make this work in a halfway decent way in a 2-monitor setup, and I dread the day I will have to re-shuffle this for a 3-monitor setup etc. Make it easy to move a window 1) from one monitor to the other, 2) resize and move to one of the corners/sides, 3) maximize it. Also, applications in full-screen mode on one of the monitors confuse my compiz-based setup (for example, a full-screen Chrome window on one monitor will introduce numerous UI issues).
Still, it's a great system and very nice to use overall.
Thanks for gathering feedback. That's the first step ;-) Keep up the good work!
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