ons, 29.03.2006 kl. 01.43 skrev Rahul Sundaram: > 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 > And one more thing, thats *extremely* annoying. I was supposed to add it to the mail, but i forgot, and it did annoy me: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133658 Firefox insists on formatting every printout in Letter format, ignoring every setting. It can't even remember it from printout one printout to the next. Thats an old one - and extremely annoying. --- Kyrre -- Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
