/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/03/04/#ubuntu-manual.txt

Red_HamsterXIt's got limitations, but a library that takes a screenshot of the active window and uploads it to a webserver, as discussed with godbyk about eight hours ago, has been committed under quickshot/lib/.00:51
Red_HamsterXWindow decorations are correctly handled using both Compiz and Metacity.00:51
godbykcool00:52
Red_HamsterX(I'll look into breaking the active window requirement later)00:52
humphreybcwhat's new folks?01:28
sebsebsebhumphreybc: not that much01:28
humphreybcdon't be foolish, there's always something new :P01:28
sebsebsebhumphreybc: miss me or notice that I was gone? :D01:29
humphreybci did notice you were gone!01:29
humphreybcwhere have you been?01:29
sebsebsebhumphreybc: on IRC still sure, but not coming here01:29
humphreybcoh right01:30
humphreybchowcome?01:30
sebsebsebhumphreybc: didn't want to.  plus I am not working on the actsual manual anyway01:31
humphreybcfair nuff01:31
sebsebsebhumphreybc: How's it coming along anyway?01:32
humphreybcbusy busy busy01:32
humphreybcvery busy01:32
sebsebsebhumphreybc: differnet answet to what dutchie gave me earlier, altough similar01:32
humphreybcheh what did he say?01:33
sebsebsebanswer above,  I don't need to correct this, but  answet  looks like a right silly typeo to me01:33
sebsebseb[21:43] <sebsebseb> dutchie: How's the manual coming along?01:34
sebsebseb[22:05] <dutchie> sebsebseb: well-ish I think01:34
sebsebseb[22:05] <dutchie> lots still to do though01:34
sebsebsebhumphreybc: there you go!01:35
humphreybclol01:35
sebsebsebWhy lol?01:35
sebsebsebhumphreybc: ?????01:36
humphreybcsorry dude i'm pretty busy at the moment, chat in a sec01:36
sebsebsebhumphreybc: right ok01:37
humphreybcsebsebseb: hi01:58
humphreybccan talk now, what's up?01:58
sebsebsebhumphreybc: not much,  listening to music, and reaching tech news02:00
humphreybcgroovy02:00
sebsebsebreading not reaching above02:00
humphreybcyou seen all the new ubuntu branding?02:00
sebsebsebyeah02:00
sebsebsebjono's link02:00
sebsebseband  the other one02:00
humphreybcwhat do you think?02:00
sebsebseba disapoitment02:00
sebsebsebthey could of done a nice Lucid Lynx background similar to the 8.10 one02:00
sebsebsebgot to wait untill later on, when  the repo's will be updated,  then I can install alpha 3 into vm and get the updates and try.   before I tried to do alpha 3 in vm, but the installer or whatever crashed02:01
sebsebsebhowever I was also doing back and forward then02:01
sebsebsebThursday 4th user interface,  altough when they do it I guess it will already be Friday for you02:02
sebsebsebuser interface freeze, above02:02
sebsebsebanyway yeah a nice Lucid Lynx background would be :) as a default background, but no02:03
humphreybci think they've made a huge mistake by putting the window controls on the left02:03
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humphreybcthe purple is kinda nifty though02:13
godbykhumphreybc: everyone keeps talking about the window controls on the left, but I haven't seen it yet.02:16
godbykwhat I have seen is the help button on the left.02:16
godbykthe other buttons are on the right (hidden behind another window)02:16
humphreybchttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand02:16
godbykand if I remember correctly, that's the way it's always been.02:16
sebsebsebhumphreybc:  godbyk There's also this link http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/03/refreshing-the-ubuntu-brand/02:17
godbykhumphreybc: what section does it talk about the controls being on the left?02:17
humphreybcscroll down to "New GtkThemes"02:18
godbykhumphreybc: if you're just talking about the screenshots, look at the current appearance dialog.. help button on the left, close button on the right.02:18
humphreybcno i mean the minimize, maximise and close buttons02:19
godbykaha!02:19
humphreybcthey've always been on the top right of windows02:19
sebsebsebhumphreybc: yeah well02:19
humphreybcfrom now on, they're on the left - like OS X02:19
sebsebsebhumphreybc: Matt Assay whatever his name is02:19
humphreybcand for no apparent reason02:19
sebsebsebhumphreybc: he likes Mac OS X02:19
godbykthose are affected by the theme, though, right? so you just pick a different theme and they're back on the right.02:20
humphreybcmpt?02:20
humphreybcgodbyk, yes02:20
humphreybcbut it's the _default_ theme02:20
humphreybcand loads of people don't change from default02:20
humphreybcthe problem i have is that there is no reason to move to the left02:20
godbykhow do you know there's no reason?02:20
humphreybcit actually makes it look worse, because the left is already clogged with the file, edit, view menus02:20
sebsebsebhumphreybc: if the controls are on the left right.  well now I am also thinking that  this purple background is  OS X like as well02:20
humphreybcsee in OS X it works because those menus are in the panel, not the windows02:20
humphreybcso now the window title, window controls AND the application menus are ALL on the left02:21
humphreybcwhich looks stupid02:21
humphreybcthere's this huge gap on the right02:21
sebsebsebhumphreybc: I guess with Lucid they are trying to compete against OS X a bit02:21
humphreybci don't see what it adds, and from a design point of view, it makes no sense02:21
humphreybcyeah well i'm going to ask mpt myself to see if he can explain the reasoning behind the decision02:22
sebsebsebhumphreybc: who's mpt?02:22
humphreybcif the reason isn't good, i'm going to challenge the decision02:22
godbyklol02:22
humphreybcmpt is canonical's design guy02:22
sebsebsebhumphreybc: anyway  minimize,  maximize, and close buttons should be on the right like Windows02:23
godbykwhy do you think they should be on the right as opposed to the left?02:23
sebsebsebhumphreybc: go back uhmm I guess it's about four years ago now actsually  I did OS X theme on Ubuntu,  and I had the icons on the left like OS X,  and well  I coudn't just get used to that02:23
sebsebsebhumphreybc: also there's a way in Gnome to change it to left or right still I guess so :D02:24
sebsebsebhowever default should be on the right for sure02:24
sebsebsebsince that's what Windows has02:24
humphreybci know02:24
godbyksebsebseb: why couldn't you get used to it?  just too accustomed to them being on the right and couldn't overcome that muscle memory?02:24
sebsebsebgodbyk: at the time I just wanted Ubuntu to look like OS X, but  I  wanted to keep the buttons on the right, where I was used to them02:24
godbykso far, the only reason I've heard for putting the buttons on the right is "because that's what I'm used to".  are there any other reasons?02:25
sebsebsebgodbyk: I tried on the left, and it was like no02:25
sebsebsebgodbyk: Ubuntu is mainly about getting Windows users not OS X users02:25
sebsebsebgodbyk: Windows users have it on the right02:25
sebsebsebthat's what they are used to02:26
godbykI think Ubuntu should stand on its own.02:26
sebsebsebalso trying to copy OS X is not really a good thing02:26
sebsebsebjust like if they try and copy Windows, that's not really a good thing02:26
godbykIt doesn't exist to lure Windows or OS X users away. It exists of its own accord and users should switch to it for reasons other than where the minimize button is located. :)02:26
sebsebsebgodbyk: I am thinking hrm at this Lucid release, from what I know about it, and have tried so far.  Thankfuly there are other good distros as well :)02:27
godbyksebsebseb: So you're negating your 'because Windows does it that way' argument?02:27
sebsebsebgodbyk: however Ubuntu is still the one that most newbies will go to first at the moment02:27
sebsebseband most of them will come from Windows02:27
godbykWhat parts of Windows should we emulate and what parts shouldn't we?  How do we decide?02:28
sebsebsebgodbyk: well if they end up on the right,  that's something else I'll have to use gconf editor for02:29
sebsebsebto put back on left02:30
sebsebsebjust like I need to use it, to  put  icons back in system menu and what's missing from places, since silly upstream Gnome decission, and how they also removed the interface thing02:30
godbykHeh.02:31
godbykSo you disagree with the reasoning behind the menu icons? Or just prefer it the old way because that's what you're used to?02:31
sebsebsebold way since that's what I have used since 200402:31
sebsebsebsince before Ubuntu02:32
godbykUnfortunately for those stuck in their ways, progress requires change. :)02:33
sebsebsebFrom what I have seen from Lucid so far,  it's rather hrm,  but thankfuly their are other good distros out there as well,  Mandriva, Fedora, and so on.02:33
sebsebsebhowever as someone who wants Desktop Linux to gain a more proper market share, well I'll still have to support Ubuntu,  even if I am not as keen on it as I used to be.02:34
sebsebsebsupport Ubuntu as in, help other people with it at times,  if I want to try and make a difference, which I do,  but yeah it won't make much difference,  Windows has what a billion or so users?02:35
sebsebsebplus it's a nice thing to help people with their computer,  and on the software side I am quite good at that really,  for basic stuff02:36
sebsebsebgodbyk: stuck with their ways blah de blah,  yeah  so now the theme gets changed, like people wanted,  except  XP,  Vista, and Windows 7  and Mandriva as well as a few other Linux distros,   probably all still look better than Ubuntu by default.   Well I don't really know yet,  I will need to try this new theme stuff properly for real,  before I can decide if I think it's good or bad.02:37
sebsebsebgodbyk: Fedora had Plymouth for quite a while, about time Ubuntu has it really,  Mandriva has it as well.02:38
sebsebseb!ot02:38
manualbotBest to keep this channel mainly on topic!02:38
sebsebseb:)  That's the message I suggested for the factoid02:38
godbyklol.. nice.02:38
godbykMost of the arguments I've heard against the minimize/maximize/close button placement and the menu icons have boiled down to "we just plain like it this way and don't want to change".02:39
godbykWhich is a fine argument as far as it goes.02:39
godbykBut there may be good reasons to change.02:39
godbykThe changes may, in fact, be an improvement to usability.02:40
godbykFor example, removing superfluous menu icons means that the icons that remain attract my attention and have more meaning.02:40
godbykThey serve as signposts and don't get lost in the jumble of other multicolored and mostly indecipherable (and therefore meaningless) icons.02:40
godbykAs for the window controls, I haven't read any studies on that, so I'm not sure if there's an argument one way or another.02:41
sebsebsebuhmm I put probably  all still look better tahn Ubuntu by default,  well that's wrong,  they do look better than Ubuntu by default02:41
sebsebsebaltough looks are of course opinion02:41
sebsebsebsome people like this, other people like that02:41
godbykI could see a hypothesis that their placement on the left is bad because it makes it too easy to accidentally close the window when you wanted to hit the File menu.02:41
godbykBut perhaps it's better on the left because that's where the other common mouse targets are.02:42
sebsebsebas for the buttons,  some people really want it on the right since that's what they are used to,  others want it on the left since they like how OS X does things.02:42
sebsebsebothers won't care if it's on the right or left02:42
godbykWe'd have to experiment and see.02:42
sebsebsebLTS isn't really the one to experiment in02:42
sebsebseboh on the left ah yes02:42
sebsebsebGnome 302:42
godbykI'm less interested in how it looks (the opinion bits) and more interested in how well it functions.  (Though appearance does affect usability.)02:43
sebsebsebthat might be to do with it if they are putting minimize, maximize, and close buttons on the left, something to do with Gnome 302:43
sebsebsebjust like their edits on the right,  well  Gnome 3  has something a bit like that on the right02:44
sebsebseb!ot02:44
manualbotBest to keep this channel mainly on topic!02:44
sebsebsebwe are, but oh well02:44
godbykThere's not much else going on at the moment, so it's okay. :)02:45
godbyk(Unless you're just enjoying ordering manualbot around. ;-))02:45
sebsebsebit's a bit of fun to use the factoid though, since  when the bot came.  well soon after it got my factoid suggestion02:45
sebsebsebgodbyk: Do you know anything about Gnome 3?02:46
sebsebsebHave you seen screenshots or something02:46
sebsebsebsome of these features the later Ubuntu features,  are in a way preparing people for Gnome 302:46
sebsebsebhumphreybc: manual will change quite a bit I think, when  Gnome 3 becomes the default02:47
godbyksebsebseb: I've seen a few screenshots here and there.02:48
sebsebsebhumphreybc: altough  that won't be untill 10.10 or 11.04 I guess02:48
sebsebsebhumphreybc: no not 10.10 I mean02:48
sebsebsebhumphreybc: 11.04 or 11.1102:49
sebsebseba bit to early for Ubuntu to have Gnome 3 as a default for 10.10 I think, since Gnome 3 will be released in September02:49
* humphreybc has just finished writing a lengthy blog article on the new branding: http://humphreybc.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/my-thoughts-on-the-ubuntu-branding-refresh/03:25
sebsebsebhumphreybc: about to read that then03:32
sebsebsebhumphreybc: I am reading it now, and I will link to it in #ubuntu+1  as well as another channel03:42
humphreybcsweet as03:42
sebsebsebhumphreybc: sweet as?03:43
humphreybcheh, it's a kiwi thing :D03:43
sebsebsebhumphreybc: you used their images though, maybe you shoudn't of done that03:43
humphreybci'm allowed to03:43
sebsebsebyou sure?03:43
humphreybcyep03:44
sebsebsebhumphreybc: oh so it's just as simple as changing the theme, to have the buttons on the left?03:46
sebsebsebthat's what I was going to do anyway, if Lucid was using the Karmic icon theme03:47
sebsebsebI like the Gnome defaults :)03:47
humphreybcas i understand it, the buttons are linked to the theme03:48
humphreybcat least, they have been in the past. I don't know whether they're going to *force* all themes to have the buttons on the left for this release.03:49
humphreybcEither way has pros and cons03:49
sebsebsebhumphreybc: Mat asay whatever he is called03:49
sebsebsebthat new  Canonical employee03:49
humphreybcwhich i can discuss later, but right now i have to head off to a computer lab03:49
humphreybcnew canonical employee?03:49
sebsebsebhe likes Mac OS X a lot,  according  to another channel I go to, people in that03:49
humphreybcwho's that?03:49
humphreybcyou sure you're not getting confused with Matthew Paul Thomas, ie, mpt?03:50
sebsebsebno03:50
humphreybcmpt has been around for a while03:50
humphreybcokay03:50
humphreybcwell the thing is, it wasn't just one person who decided on all this03:50
sebsebsebhumphreybc: the new employee who's doing what Shuttleworth used to do03:50
humphreybcwell mark used to be the CEO, and the CEO of canonical now is a lady03:50
humphreybcanyway, i have to dash mate03:50
humphreybci'll talk to you later :)03:51
sebsebsebhumphreybc:  I guess I meant what she used to do then03:51
sebsebsebCheif Operating System Officer or whatever it is03:51
Red_HamsterXhumphreybc, have you had a chance to go over the screenshot-ubmission idea that was discussed about thirteen hours ago?04:23
Red_HamsterXIf not, I can summarize.04:25
humphreybcuuhm nope i haven't seen it04:32
humphreybcsummarize please :)04:32
Red_HamsterXOne-line: submission via HTTP POST.04:33
humphreybcwho suggested that?04:34
humphreybcand can you elaborate?04:34
Red_HamsterXgodbyk suggested it.04:34
Red_HamsterXWe bounced the idea around, with Luke in the middle, and it seemed to be viable.04:35
humphreybcokay. thumper had a meeting with the LP managers this morning and he was going to discuss our stuff04:35
humphreybcbefore we decide on anything we'll see what the outcome was04:35
Red_HamsterXHe'll set up a server that'll just accept and tag images with a versionable nameing scheme.04:35
Red_HamsterXIt's just an idea, of course.04:35
humphreybcyeah04:36
humphreybcthat could be nice and simple04:36
humphreybcjust using a database?04:36
Red_HamsterXFilesystem, probably.04:36
Red_HamsterXNo database needed.04:36
Red_HamsterXI've got proto-type code that takes a screenshot of the active window, corrected for decorations, and uploads it via HTTP ready for testing.04:37
Red_HamsterXIt's been committed under quickshot/lib.py.04:37
humphreybcoO sounds very promising, nice work04:37
Red_HamsterXIt handles every theme I've thrown at it, as well as Compiz.04:37
humphreybcfantastic!04:38
Red_HamsterXSwapping HTTP for something else should be easy, though.04:38
humphreybcthe sweet smell of progress ;)04:38
Red_HamsterXI'm hoping to help a lot this weekend.04:38
humphreybcokay, i've just pinged thumper (and subsequently just did again :D ) so we'll know very soon04:38
Red_HamsterXI only had an hour today.04:38
humphreybche's quite busy with the launchpad 10.02 rollout right now i believe04:38
Red_HamsterXIt's 10.03, isn't it?04:38
Red_HamsterXOr does Launchpad not follow a YY.MM convention?04:39
Red_HamsterXBut, yeah, HTTP is pretty trivial to set up.04:40
Red_HamsterXI've done things like that a large number of times.04:40
Red_HamsterXWe'd just need to agree on credentials and tagging logic.04:40
Red_HamsterXAnd devise an export routine.04:40
humphreybcnot sure04:41
humphreybcit's 10.02 though04:41
sebsebsebhumphreybc: if enough people complain about the buttons on the left,  they will probably go on the right.  Just like how they were going to remove Open Office from the net book edition, but enough people complained, so it's stilli in.04:41
humphreybcokay well you guys know a lot more about this stuff than I :)04:41
Red_HamsterX...Remove OOo from UNR? That sounds stupid. :(04:43
Red_HamsterXI'm glad that didn't happen.04:43
Red_HamsterXOr else this netbook would be sad..04:43
Red_HamsterX'Cause I'd have to give it emotions.04:43
humphreybcubuntu/canonical folk can make some pretty dumb decisions, believe me04:43
sebsebsebhumphreybc: indeed @ that04:44
humphreybcbut the theme thing is a bit different the UNE default apps04:44
thumperwhazzup?05:39
thumperhumphreybc: whazzup?05:39
thumperit is getting the kids into bed time05:40
humphreybcyo05:41
humphreybckk you do that, i'll chat to you afetr05:42
humphreybcafter*05:42
humphreybcthumper ^^05:42
humphreybcgodbyk, how can i see the analytics on the site?05:49
* IlyaHaykinson_ just asked the general council for creative commons about the license issue.06:05
IlyaHaykinson_we'll see what she says06:05
IlyaHaykinson_s/council/counsel06:05
humphreybcokay cool :)06:15
wolterwell well, have the ubuntu interface designers become crazy?06:22
wolterthe new 'light' theme looks like a cheap mac os x mockup06:22
humphreybcyes, they have.06:23
humphreybcwolter, we're working on it.06:23
wolterand yes humphreybc, I read your blog post :)06:23
humphreybchttp://humphreybc.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/my-thoughts-on-the-ubuntu-branding-refresh/06:23
humphreybche he :)06:23
wolterhahaha06:23
humphreybci'm skyping with someone about it now06:23
wolterthats what informed me, to be precise06:23
wolternice06:23
woltersomeone important?06:23
woltertell him what people in the channels think (me ;)) haha06:23
wolterand that purple thing going on... i bet its to make it a bit more similar to mac06:24
IlyaHaykinson_humphreybc: i agree on the button placement thing for the UI refresh06:24
IlyaHaykinson_and hope that they reconsider.06:24
IlyaHaykinson_on the logo colors, though, i don't mind giving them some slack.06:24
wolteryeah, logo colors are ok, but the main desktop looks like hey, i'm a mac try me06:29
humphreybcguys, please add your comments to the article06:30
humphreybcit's going to be read by some high-up people with a bit of luck, and probably on the planet tomorrow06:30
humphreybcso more feedback on the article itself is good.06:30
humphreybc:)06:32
wolterok06:32
wolterwoow #206:39
wolteranyway, goodbye people06:41
humphreybcgodbyk. ping?12:00
rudiI'm back!14:04
sebsebsebHi18:28
* sebsebseb is back18:47
sebsebseboh MenZa is in here18:47
MenZasebsebseb: Where am I not? :)19:24
sebsebsebMenZa: Your new to this channel?19:25
MenZasebsebseb: Aye.19:25
sebsebsebMenZa: That's a yes?19:25
MenZasebsebseb: Aye.19:25
MenZa(Yes, yes it is)19:25
MenZa:)19:25
sebsebsebMenZa: Ok since when?19:25
MenZaAs of earlier today.19:26
sebsebsebjust found out about the manual or something?19:26
sebsebsebMenZa: ????19:27
sebsebsebwelcome to the channel btw19:27
Red_HamsterXYou never welcomed me. :(19:28
* Red_HamsterX pouts.19:28
sebsebsebRed_HamsterX: I am only back here as of yesterday19:28
Red_HamsterXFine, fine. Use logical reasoning. See if I care. =P19:28
sebsebseb!welcome | MenZa Red_HamsterX19:29
manualbotMenZa Red_HamsterX: Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-manual! Enjoy your stay!19:29
sebsebsebRed_HamsterX: You were already in here when I joined today, and I sort of know MenZa a little bit on IRC.19:34
sebsebsebMenZa: So just wondering how did you find out about the manual/channel or well both?19:38
ubuntujenkinshello all, hows it going?22:59
* ubuntujenkins has the new lucid theme ;-)23:12
sebsebsebubuntujenkins: I have the background, but about to install the theme23:13
sebsebsebnow that the updates are there23:13
sebsebsebinto my vm23:14
ubuntujenkinsnot a huge fan of the background I will stick with my rotatating ones, they have rearagnged the maximize, minimise, close order of the buttons23:14
ubuntujenkinsI am on a real machine23:14
* ubuntujenkins lucid has become a bit bugggy for me over the last few days23:21
Red_HamsterXIf it weren't bug-prone, it'd be released by now.23:24
Red_HamsterXOr something.23:24
ubuntujenkinsI know it was a passing comment23:25
Red_HamsterXNo comments are allowed to pass!23:26
ubuntujenkins]But what if I know the password?23:26
Red_HamsterXThat's a password, not a passcomment.23:26
Red_HamsterXI need to get my Lucid box up this weekend.23:27
Red_HamsterXAny weird gotchas with the current build?23:27
ubuntujenkinshave you got an nvidia card?23:27
Red_HamsterXYeah, but I don't really care about acceleration.23:27
Red_HamsterXI can use nv or vesa.23:27
Red_HamsterX(Unless the nvidia maintainers want help tracking down bugs)23:28
ubuntujenkinswell you may have to log in twice. This is solved by either removing plymoth. or clicking your user pressing enter and then x crashes and then you can login with no problem. (It may be nvidia driver only)23:28
ubuntujenkinsThey are anoying and keep installing plymoth in updates23:29
ubuntujenkinshttps://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/528830 is the bug23:31
manualbotLaunchpad bug 528830 in gdm "Must log in twice to gdm in Lucid (dup-of: 522692)" [Undecided,Confirmed]23:31
manualbotLaunchpad bug 522692 in plymouth "Pressing <Enter> key causes gdm to restart on first boot" [Undecided,Confirmed]23:31
Red_HamsterXI actually encountered something similar to 522692 with 9.10 today.23:35
Red_HamsterXBut I haven't been able to reproduce it.23:35
ubuntujenkinsWeird, my bug is very anoying unless you remeber to deliberatly crass x first23:35
ubuntujenkinsRed23:54

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