Desktop/Whiteboards: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:14, 3 November 2008

Design workspaces for things we may want to see in our desktop. Proto-features. Bluesky, crackrock, good shit, or low-hanging fruit.

Polish tasks

Small things that improve the look and feel of the desktop without big functional changes.

Menu Icons	Removing icons from menus	2008-10-27
Power Management Defaults	Fix the power manager default settings	2008-10-27
Remove About Menu Items	Remove the About Fedora/GNOME/Computer menu items	2008-10-27
Better Fonts	What can we do to improve our font collection	2008-10-27
Better Face Images	Improve the quality of the default face images	2008-10-27
Wallpaper	Improve the quality of the default desktop wallpapers	2008-10-27
User Switch Transitions	Nice transitions when switching users	2008-10-28
Volume control	Intuitive volume control	2008-10-27
Volume Applet	De-appletize volume applet	2008-10-27

Rethinking the desktop

GNOME Shell	A new environment for the GNOME desktop	2008-10-27
Desktop Search	Find my stuff	2008-10-27
Notification Center	Better notification management	2008-10-27
Standalone Web Apps	Install web mail/apps as applications	2008-10-27
Remove Administration Tools	Remove the Administration and System Tools menus	2008-10-27
Control Center	Still a trainwreck. What to do?	2008-10-27
GDM Screen Lock	Use GDM as the lock screen	2008-10-27
Location Awareness	Integrate location awareness into the desktop	2008-10-27
Guest User	Support guest users	2008-10-27
Secure Desktop	A place to ask security questions?	2008-10-28
Inhibit APIs	Consolidate our various inhibit APIs	2008-10-27

Applications

Make individual applications great.

Better Last.fm	Make last.fm rock	2008-10-27
Better Instant Messaging	Improve IM workflow	2008-10-27
Video Chat	Video chatting	2008-10-27
Firefox Downloads	Make Firefox downloads not suck	2008-10-27
Evolution Phone synchronization	or Why is Linux still inferior as desktop	2008-10-29
Default CD ripper	Make Rhythmbox as good as iTunes for CD import	2008-10-29

Online Desktop

Music Sync	Make portable music players just work	2008-10-27
Photo Upload	Make it easy to upload photos from a camera to the web	2008-10-27
Weather Alerts	Integrate weather alerts into clock applet	2008-10-27
Background channels	Get your backgrounds online	2008-10-27
Better Hostname	A better hostname	2008-10-27

Making other parts of the system better for the desktop

Hybrid Suspend	Merge suspend and hibernate	2008-10-27
Firewall	What does a firewall offer a desktop	2008-10-27
Fast Boot	Start quickly	2008-10-27
Backup	Secure your data and feel good while doing it	2008-10-27
User Account Management	A new User and Group Management tool	2008-10-27
P2V Migration	Keep your previous OS - in a VM	2008-10-28
Drive Sharing	Share a CD drive over the network	2008-10-28
Modern Virtual Consoles	A modern replacement for VT+getty	2008-10-28
Per-user X Server	Run X server as user	2008-10-28
Smartcard Authentication	Make smartcards support great	2008-10-28
Fingerprint Authentication	Make fingerprint support great	2008-10-28

Other

Tablet Support	Make tablets just work	2008-10-27
Input Methods	Make SCIM not suck	2008-10-27
Experience Index	Is it useful to have an experience index?	2008-10-27
Live USB	Can we make the Live USB experience better than Live CD?	2008-10-28

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+|<class="yes" |  ||[[/VolumeControl| Volume control]] || Intuitive volume control ||2008-10-27
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+|<class="yes" |  ||[[/VolumeApplet| Volume Applet]] || De-appletize volume applet ||2008-10-27
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 |<class="yes" |  ||[[/FirefoxDownloads| Firefox Downloads]] || Make Firefox downloads not suck ||2008-10-27
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+|<class="yes" |  ||[[/PhoneSync| Evolution Phone synchronization]] || or Why is Linux still inferior as desktop ||2008-10-29
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+|<class="yes" |  ||[[/DefaultRipper| Default CD ripper]] || Make Rhythmbox as good as iTunes for CD import ||2008-10-29
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 |<class="yes" |  ||[[/BackgroundChannels| Background channels]] || Get your backgrounds online ||2008-10-27
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+|<class="yes" |  ||[[/BetterHostname| Better Hostname]] || A better hostname ||2008-10-27
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 |<class="yes" |  ||[[/PerUserXServer| Per-user X Server]] || Run X server as user ||2008-10-28
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+|<class="yes" |  ||[[/SmartcardAuthentication| Smartcard Authentication]] || Make smartcards support great ||2008-10-28
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+|<class="yes" |  ||[[/FingerprintAuthentication| Fingerprint Authentication]] || Make fingerprint support great ||2008-10-28
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-|<class="yes" |  ||[[/PhoneSync| Evolution Phone synchronization]] || or Why is Linux still inferior as desktop ||2008-10-29
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-|<class="yes" |  ||[[/BetterHostname| Better Hostname]] || A better hostname ||2008-10-27
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 |<class="yes" |  ||[[/TabletSupport| Tablet Support]] || Make tablets just work ||2008-10-27
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 |<class="yes" |  ||[[/ExperienceIndex| Experience Index]] || Is it useful to have an experience index? ||2008-10-27
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-|<class="yes" |  ||[[/VolumeControl| Volume control]] || Intuitive volume control ||2008-10-27
-|-
-|<class="yes" |  ||[[/VolumeApplet| Volume Applet]] || De-appletize volume applet ||2008-10-27
 |-
 |<class="yes" |  ||[[/LiveUSB| Live USB]] || Can we make the Live USB experience better than Live CD?||2008-10-28
 |-
-|<class="yes" |  ||[[/SmartcardAuthentication| Smartcard Authentication]] || Make smartcards support great ||2008-10-28
-|-
-|<class="yes" |  ||[[/FingerprintAuthentication| Fingerprint Authentication]] || Make fingerprint support great ||2008-10-28
-|-
-|<class="yes" |  ||[[/DefaultRipper| Default CD ripper]] || Make Rhythmbox as good as iTunes for CD import ||2008-10-29
-|-
 |}

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