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Communicate with users with a level of complexity easy for them to understand. | ==Communicate with users with a level of complexity easy for them to understand. | ||
{proposed by Bipin kumar} | {proposed by Bipin kumar} |
Revision as of 22:50, 15 May 2010
Please volunteer if you want to help make linux user friendly. Wishlist for User friendlines: ( The numbering is not based on priority. Random order)
Handle ntfs drives easily
- Debian and Arch did not have any issues with ntfs formatted external drives - Some Ubuntu users need to verify
Be able to easily format drives from file managers
Step 1 Bug filed for nautilus
It is already implemented in gnome-disk-utility
But we need to ask for ntfs support.
We will need to add 'Format' to the menu. Currently it has 'Mount' or 'Unmount', 'Eject' and 'Safely Remove'. When clicked on format, we will have to offer an option to choose a desired file system, as a first step we should offer file systems available in the system, as an advanced use case we could offer to install new file systems.
Then it should have a tick box for quick format, that should be enabled by default.
Once we get all the options we should run mkfs with given option with given options. We should give visual progress of the process and should find out if mkfs has any apis. Adding APIs to mkfs, if it is not there already can be another project.
==Communicate with users with a level of complexity easy for them to understand.
{proposed by Bipin kumar}
How ever, this might not be vary practical. Developers are usually accustomed directly dealing with code, than GUI way of doing things. Therefore: Let there be middlemen (a better word please..mediators?) who communicate with the non-techie user in a very productive way. Thus the user will be more ready to continue as a FLOSS user.
RTF will not be used for communications to mailing list. Images will be attached, not embedded in email
{widely supported, Hiran Venugopal, Praveen A,Yadu Nand...}
Automation of the following tasks: mounting file systems
{widely supported, Praveen, Srihari}
{Praveen A ....}
4a)Media operations : Format, mount, unmount 4b) File opertations Zip, unzip, 4c)Memmory release
Extensive support for the differentially abled
{Jinesh KJ..}:
5a) text to speach 5b) Image to speach
Unified icons -- Image overlays and text
( A standardization : recommended for ease of learners)
Extensive interactive tool tips in small, commited windows, which recognizes context[interacting with the programme/OS]
Supported with images , audio and video.
Special interpreter programme which crawls through settings files (eg: .ini files) and displays information,Displays changeable settings in a graphical manner
Eg: Reads OS Boot order from grub.lst and presents the order in GUI, settings changeable from interface.
A clean Linux Uninstallation program, which allows any other existing OS to load. No MBR manipulations afterwards should be necessary
{from http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=25416339&tid=5468635254074103253&start=1}
There was some discussions in CoFSUG list about it, I will dig it up Pravs 16:08, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Extensive fine tuneability of the OS.
{Srihari}
Best bug reporter gets ice creams, steam engines or missiles
All developers gets ( choices plees... :) )
Boot option includes the following options along with administrator/user
14a) I wanna try it, with all assistance (a short name for it...pls) 14b) Boot next time, discarding all changes made in current login.(let the user twaek, but not suffer consequences)
Let an option be there to release possible OS/backgruond routine process resources. for a "Game/Video reneder" mode. On single click, and return to full fledged mode.[inspired by Game mode in antivirus softwares]
Constitute a platform to accumulate money, inorder to buy "user friendliness"patents from the propreitory developers. Cant just pirate on them and let them go to hell.they have families.
I recently saw an image crawler in web, which indexes only CC/GPL images. Designing one for forum crawling would be great. i hope its already there
17a) men should be able to rank discussions, and post consolidations.