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What do we think could be improved in XFCE, both upstream and Fedora.
What do we think could be improved in XFCE, both upstream and Fedora.


* Better thumbnailing (currently things don't have autogenerated thumbnails, sometimes these can be generated by external app, no thumbnails on desktop though)
== Upstream ==
** There is tumbler did you check if it's running on your machine?
*** Thanks for the pointer. That fixes is for supported files (thunar-thumbnailer plugin would be nice to have for other files as well). Does not fix not having thumbnails on desktop. I haven't found it in xfce kickstart, is that even installed by default?
* Implement Tabs/Panels in Thunar
** Afaik it was a design decision not to implement tabs in thunar. Talked to jpohlmann about this quite a while ago
* Make default desktop prettier -- less spacing, no or almost no background in icon labels
* Keyring support in midori
* Time/Calendars applets are a mess -- need one that can do sensibly both.
** Did you have a look at Orage?
*** I gave it a second look now. Looks pretty usable. But why is the calendar always in the middle of the screen?
* Easier dual head (currently only cloning is supported via gui config)
* Better pulseaudio support (even though the sound is generated through pulseaudio, we cannot easily access pa settings)
* Ability to turn tapping on touchpad on (setting it via gnome utils does not seem to make it work under xfce)
** That could be done via synclient, e.g. from terminal.
*** I'm looking for gui way. We already have some basic mouse settings, why not add touchpad settings?
* Same widget theme for GTK+2 and GTK+3 (currently does not exist)
* Add your suggestion here...


{|
! Component !! Issue !! Bug #/Scheduled in
|-
| thunar + tumbler + xfdesktop || No thumbnails on desktop || Thunar scheduled to take over desktop in 4.10, same goes for tumbler being core component
|-
| thunar || Implement tabs/panels || Upstream does not seem to be in favour of implementing this :(
|-
| midori || keyring support || [https://bugs.launchpad.net/midori/+bug/725280 Bug in Launchpad]
|-
| xfce4-settings || better dual head/multiple monitors setup || scheduled for xfce 4.10
|-
| xfce4-settings || touchpad management (tapping, scrolling, ...) || ??
|-
| orage || calendar should default its position to appear like an extension of the applet when started from it || ??
|}


'''TODO''': better formulate the above points and fill out feature requests upstream or downstream (where appropriate).
== Downstream (Fedora) ==
{|
! Task !! Owner !! Bug #
|-
| Improve panel layout — calendar missing, weather applet might be nice-to-have, use Places or Directory Menu? (bookmarks show only in the former), ... || || see [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/xfce/2011-March/000425.html Panel layout in Xfce 4.8 thread] in fedora xfce mailing list.
|-
| Create/Find/Use same looking theme for gtk2/gtk3. || || People who wish to help with [https://fedorahosted.org/nodoka/ nodoka] — either coding or design are more than welcome.
|}
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.10/roadmap XFCE 4.10 roadmap]
* [https://fedorahosted.org/nodoka/ Nodoka GTK+ Engine]

Latest revision as of 10:07, 9 March 2011

What do we think could be improved in XFCE, both upstream and Fedora.

Upstream

Component Issue Bug #/Scheduled in
thunar + tumbler + xfdesktop No thumbnails on desktop Thunar scheduled to take over desktop in 4.10, same goes for tumbler being core component
thunar Implement tabs/panels Upstream does not seem to be in favour of implementing this :(
midori keyring support Bug in Launchpad
xfce4-settings better dual head/multiple monitors setup scheduled for xfce 4.10
xfce4-settings touchpad management (tapping, scrolling, ...) ??
orage calendar should default its position to appear like an extension of the applet when started from it ??

Downstream (Fedora)

Task Owner Bug #
Improve panel layout — calendar missing, weather applet might be nice-to-have, use Places or Directory Menu? (bookmarks show only in the former), ... see Panel layout in Xfce 4.8 thread in fedora xfce mailing list.
Create/Find/Use same looking theme for gtk2/gtk3. People who wish to help with nodoka — either coding or design are more than welcome.

Links

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