Desktop Priorities

Please volunteer if you want to help make linux user friendly.

We are starting with 2 use case - it will be expanded

1. Handle ntfs drives easily.

- Debian and Arch did not have any issues with ntfs formatted external drives - Some Ubuntu users need to verify

2. 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.

Requirements

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.

Wishlist for User friendlines: ( The numbering is not based on priority. Random order)

1) The need for simplifying the language when communicating with Non techie class of Linux users.{Bipin kumar}

   May not always possible, how would we work it out? If a person is busy, but can provide a solution in short form, let him do it. Somebody else would be ready to elaborate it.(this has to be notified with a 'free to elaborate' tag(?), as some of us may feel reluctant to expand it without adding details,taking it as an unpreferred practice in Mailing list )

2) 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...}

3)Automation of the following tasks: mounting file systems.{widely supported, Praveen, Srihari}

4) Extensive Right click menus [context menus] with the following options:{Praveen A ....}

   4a)Media operations : Format, mount, unmount  
   4b) File opertations Zip, unzip, 
   4c)Memmory release

5) Extensive support for the differentially abled {Jinesh KJ..}:

   5a) text to speach
   5b) Image to speach

6) Unified icons -- Image overlays and text ( A standardization : recommended for ease of learners)

7) Extensive interactive tool tips in small, commited windows, which recognizes context[interacting with the programme/OS]. Supported with images , audio and video.

8) 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.

9)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}

10) Extensive fine tuneability of the OS. {Srihari}

11) Add a training multimedia on bug reporting, with very attractive icon in boot menu and and Desktop by default.(later be switched off)

12) Best bug reporter gets ice creams, steam engines or missiles.

13) All developers gets ( choices plees... :) )

14) 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)

15) 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]

16)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.

17)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.

18) Narendra Sisodaya has listed a lot of changes, in his SchoolOS project. like Gobotype Filesystem, and more.