On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 23:26 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > tir, 28.03.2006 kl. 17.30 skrev Rahul Sundaram: > > Hi > > > > Someone forwarded me this. Looks interesting. > > > > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > > > > > Rahul > > Just a few questions about the article: > > 1. How is "Notes" in Jpeg images stored? EXIF - so that i can open an > image 10-15 years from now and still read the note no problem? Or some > program-specific format? > > 2.Progress of downloads etc. Something has annoyed me a long time about > gnome and downloading - why doesn't it tell me how quick its downloading > (ie. kb/s)? Its fine that it tells me "how much time remaining" - but i > want to know the speed - even if it is a (triangle) Advanced... > > Pause/resume in Firefox/gnome would also be just great. > > Should i just file a couple of RFE's? Ya. you should do that. > > 3. Way out, i know it, but yes - usb memstick auth/homedir could be > usefull, esp. in low-infrastructure settings. Think about it, a primary > scool or something like that. You hand out USB keys to the pupils, which > are preformatted with a "homedir" and a password (hell, it could even be > encrypted!). > > Then its just: > a) Find a free machine. (that is configured to accept usb-auth > with proper parameters) > b) Plug in usb keystick > c) Gdm recognizes it. Ask the user to enter password (if that is > wanted/required - sometimes you migth possibly want to > skip the password alltogether) > d)Log in. Do what you want. Log out. Pull memstick out. Leave. > > Of cource, there should be some mechanism to be able to have GDM only > accept memsticks that are signed by the rigth authority etc. And make a > nice gui to format and create a lot of those, intended for know-nothing > sysadmins. > > This could probably be usefull for OLPC as well. Maybe the little laptop > migth even be able to function as such a memory unit, allowing it to be > plugged into a "bigger" computer (possibly just an ordinary stationary > machine with a CRT monitor etc. and some special software?) If this is useful for OLPC, you might want to post to https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/olpc-software. We have ongoing active discussions about such issues. Rahul -- Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
