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Linux Mint 18.3
implement an alarm clock
add a dictionary
install mp3 support without codecs?
slick-greeter:
in live mode, show live-related info? (could be used to show the live login/password)
session badges look blurry in HiDPI
cinnamon:
menu keywords: looking for display in menu shows color first
ccc display doesn't always show screen ID windows
preferences > keyboard > custom shortcuts. Used with a Spanish keyboard layout. Recorded: crtl+number and ctrl+Shift+number (e.g. ctrl+1 and ctrl+shift+1 = ctrl+!) they are recorded correctly. When using the shortcut the command defined in the shift combination is triggered with just ctrl+number (i.e. ctrl+1). The complete combination triggers nothing (i.e. ctrl+shift+1 does nothing) and the comand defined in ctrl+number can never be used. This worked in 17.3.
track/troubleshoot shutdown sequence (user should know what is happening when shutdown isn't immediate)
nemo thumbnail error happens too often (too picky, does it always require root perms?)
cinnamon slow to start after boot --> delay execution of appsys/docinfo until the DE is loaded
track/troubleshoot vsync, compositing, unredirected windows and policy
add cinnamon-session (present but inactive) and cinnamon-settings-daemon to Launchpad/cinnamon-translations
menu: consider adopting this layout (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/The-Panacea-Projects/Gnomenu/master/Screenshot.png), same as ours/mintmenu, only better.
todo list applet/desklet
calendar events applet/desklet
multiple clocks https://github.com/simonwiles/cinnamon_applets
menu: use search providers to search local files
network applet: airplane mode (quick way to rfkill all)
network applet: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/2746
nemo: retire computer:/// place (which is completely useless) or revamp it into something better
network applet: if possible, add a little refresh icon to ask for a new scan
alt-tab and panel use icon provided by appsys, ignoring icon set by the application itself (example: a python window using widow.set_icon_name())
actions in panel launchers aren't translated if not present in .desktop file
sound: add an option to switch sound to HDMI when an HDMI output device is plugged
hidpi issues: top of mint menu is cut off in HiDPI (1920×1280)
gnome-system-monitor moves out of place in Expo
When using Cinnamon bar at top, and secondary monitor with higher height than the main display, some apps like KDE Apps (Krita, Kdenlive) or Wine Based Apps (teamviewer) will display menus from toolbar in the wrong place. Being more specific: The menus will be displayed in the position that they should be displayed at main monitor, however in this case the window is maximized in the secondary monitor.
Is there any reason why there are two names for the same item, eg. "Trash" and "Rubbish Bin"? Would it be better to standardise on only one name?
add gnome-screenshot to panel, right-click and select "Take screenshot of a selected area". This runs gnome-screenshot -a.. it should work but it doesn't. Is it because of the panel launcher capturing the click event or something?
In Nemo, right-click on "File System" -> "Properties" gives the details of the Home folder, not the File System, making it difficult to determine the overal disk space available.
In Nemo, if i select a new tab, the folder name that appears in the tab appears with a separation line underneath, separating the tab name from the list of files in the folder. This style of separation is onconsistent to XED, where the Tab name and content under that tab have no such visible horizontal separation line.
system settings modules should be singletons (only one possible instance) and have their window use their own icon (in alt-tab, and window list)
[Michael] bg gets erased after suspend? https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739178
xviewer
make the position (left/right, top/bottom won’t make much sense) of the sidebar configurable (like the gallery) at least via dconf!
xapps
add an option to blank other monitors when in full screen in xviewer/xreader/pix
implement an app-sharing protocol to quickly move a document from one app to another
gestures support:
pinch:
zoom document in pix
zoom view in nemo
swipe:
previous/next document in pix
scroll:
sound-volume/seek in xplayer
click:
pause/resume in xplayer
double-click:
full-screen in xplayer
full-screen in xviewer
pix
doesn't rotate videos when playing them
should use a generic name in the application menu
vignettes should look better, and the same in all themes
support prefer-dark-themes
treeview in sidebar shows unecessary "(empty)" when dirs have no subdirs
mintinstall:
UI redesign
when apt cache is missing, it just says not available. Instead it could tell the user or even help the user to refresh the cache.
redesign main page to feature essential apps
mintwelcome:
consider accompanying the user and hinting at things he/she might want to do (codecs, popular settings, popular apps etc..)
mintupdate:
mint notices
implement rules and notification system:
dmesg errors
foreign packages if pinned by mint
wrong lsb info..etc.
slow boot sequence
slow shutdown sequence
safeguard against package removals (for instance, don't let users perform updates which would remove sensitive packages).
notice to reboot the computer when appropriate
kernelwindow: make kernel series column desc-sorted and select the active series
mintdrivers:
microcode package description is misleading in driver manager, should it be removed?
mate 1.20
sound events vs sound themes
multi-monitor: caja doesn't always show the desktop on the primary monitor (using a laptop as main/left monitor, and HDMI screen with higher res on the right, it surprisingly ends up showing icons on the right screen)
Right-click on the desktop -> No templates installed
system:
for non-english speaking people, it is not possible to change language, nor keyboard settings, when starting livemedia.
implement a crash-intercepter
compiler optimization: consider optimizing compiled binaries for Cinnamon/Xapps
kernel 4.8: screen rotates 90º counter-clockwise automatically.
artwork:
Tray icons are black with mint-y themes.
Mint-Y themes Shade option is unavailable
mintwelcome: don't use 32px png icons
Choose places icons for Mint-Y
mint-x-icons: network status icons have a dark background in panel 33px and bigger (sound icon looks wrong in 41px and bigger).
mint-y The maximize/restore window control button doesn’t change visually between in maximized and restored state (default theme and Mint-Y-Dark)
xplayer:
add CD+G support
wrong aspect ratio http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=114543
remove xplayer-mozilla
xreader:
History buttons confuse users (they think they're Next Page and Previous Page buttons)
synaptic:
window titled “Could not download all repository indexes" is way too tall on a 1366×768 laptop screen
R&D
mintbackup:
consider using another alternative?
mintupdate:
prompt for reboot after kernel install?
nemo:
remove duplication between Eject and Safely Remove (for removable devices).
system
consider adding snapd
consider adding flatpak
consider enabling recommends
review logind.conf changes in:
MATE
Xfce
KDE
ubiquity:
inhibit sessions via libxapp (need to do it in KDE too)
firefox:
enable bookmark toolbar by default
enable plugins by default
libindicator++?
client-rendered icon/menu (ala libindicator)
support all the features from GTK statusicon (tooltips, left/right clicks etc..)
use aptdaemon?
aptdaemon doesn't work in LMDE and is being abandoned upstream
in mintupdate, remove dep on synaptic, remove admin rights for checkAPT.py
in mintwelcome and codec menu entry, switch from apturl to aptdaemon
in mintsources, remove dep on synaptic
remove synaptic from default selection
remove synaptic from mintmenu's favorites
network discovery:
easy out-of-the-box interactions (messaging/presence/file-sharing) over the LAN
windows compatibility layer:
seemless wine integration
HiDPI support:
upstream apps using GTK2: Gimp, Hexchat, VLC, Pidgin, Tomboy.
mint projects using GTK2: mintinstall, mintsources, gksu, cinnamon's mount dialog (seen when asking for a password for an encrypted external HDD).
Linux Mint 18.2 [Implemented]
mate 1.18
switch MATE to GTK3
switch mintmenu to GTK3
LMDE 3
gnome-calculator app title is "gnome-calculator"
mintsystem: /usr/local/bin/pastebin shadows xapps-common: /usr/bin/pastebin
mint-md5sum script in /usr/local/bin ?
live-installer should show partition labels