[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1368620] [NEW] Hard to tell which dock apps are running / not running

2014-09-12 Thread mcandre
Public bug reported: The colorized background of dock icons makes it harder for me to tell which apps are running. I would prefer that the dock icon backgrounds remain the same color regardless of icon content, and that the same color is used across apps to indicate a running app. This would make

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1368615] [NEW] Alt+Shift+Tilde (~) should switch windows in reverse order

2014-09-12 Thread mcandre
Public bug reported: There's a GUI convention for navigation: adding the Shift modifier to a hotkey is typically interpreted as 'do the same thing as the hotkey, except in the other direction'. Control+Tab+Shift may visit the previous Web browser tab. Control+Z+Shift may redo the last edit, and so

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1365576] [NEW] Have to push mouse cursor really hard to move it between multiple monitors

2014-09-04 Thread mcandre
Public bug reported: I often have to push my mouse cursor really hard, several times, to get it to jump between multiple monitors. Please increase the sensitivity for this. ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: cursor displays monitors mouse multipl

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1357524] [NEW] Crashes on Ruby exec

2014-08-15 Thread mcandre
Public bug reported: While debugging an old Ruby script for determing the Internet connection status (online vs offline), I found that running exec from Ruby would crash Unity. Steps to reproduce: 1. wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcandre/mcandre

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 390608] Re: trash icon always full

2014-08-01 Thread mcandre
I'm happy to report that the trashcan was actually working correctly for me! Turns out a network drive had bad permissions for its .Trash/ folder, not Ubuntu's fault. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-applets in Ubunt

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 390608] Re: trash icon always full

2014-07-30 Thread mcandre
By the way, manually emptying the trash with `rm` does not help, nor does rebooting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-applets in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390608 Title: trash icon always full Status

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 390608] Re: trash icon always full

2014-07-30 Thread mcandre
Lol, this bug is back from Ubuntu 9 all the way to 14.04. A dialog box says "Preparing" for five seconds, disappears, without doing anything. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-applets in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1343606] [NEW] Option to disable colorization for active dock icons

2014-07-17 Thread mcandre
Public bug reported: I would prefer that dock icons do not change to a different, per-app color, to indicate when an application is active. The rainbow effect is confusing sometimes, making me think that one app or other has a notification when it does not. Please expose an option to use a single