Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object, in this case, software.
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How can I stop Files from oversimplifying file types?
When I sort files by type in Files, both JPEG and TIFF file types are described unhelpfully as "Image". This oversimplification makes sorting effectively useless for me:
When writing this question ...
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how can I change file association globally?
gedit is set by default to open about any source file. I've gone through the file properties and changed default application to VIM for C and C++ files.
I'd need to do this for any source file I open ...
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What keyboard shortcut should be implemented for a search & replace dialog?
Some text editors use Ctrl + H while others Ctrl + R -- some even know both. Should maybe the Find dialog double as Replace dialog, so Ctrl + F would be another option?
Is there user experience style ...
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How to get hibernate button in unity shutdown dialog in Ubuntu Raring 13.04?
I checked that hibernation works on my laptop via pm-hibernate command, and then enabled hibernation. The unity panel menu shows an option for hibernation now, and it works fine.
My question here is, ...
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My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS slowed down
My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS worked fine for few months after I installed it.
But it has now slowed down considerably. For example: initially it took about only 2 or 3 seconds to load LebreOffice Writer, but ...
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How to change LUKS passphrase?
Having installed Ubuntu 11.10 with whole disk encryption and LVM, I need to provide a way for users to easily change LUKS passphrase.
Preferably, this should be done using GUI tools, thus, enabling ...
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How to make unity set window properties (sticky, on top) to some windows (google talk)
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and I would like to the default Window Manager to help me setting "Always on Top" and "Always on Visible Workspace" properties to some windows. Ideally matching the title with ...
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paste selected text: switch right and middle click
Is there a way of choosing between right and middle click for pasting?
There are ways of for disabling it, I want to change the behaviour
How do I disable middle mouse button click paste?
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How can I make Unity dock notifications more visible? [duplicate]
By default dock icons of applications where something is going on have a very faint glow effect. Is there any way to make them stand out more? Like jump around, have a colored arrow or something like ...
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How do we get Canonical to fix their certificates? I can't access Ubuntu Wiki
I'm getting certificate errors when accessing Ubuntu Wiki. This is forcing me and I assume others who have rigorous security with their web browsing to create exceptions for these sites.
They have ...
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How to move application specific folder out of home folder?
In my /home/myuserI have many folder like .thunderbird, .mozilla, .skype, etc. And meaningful for human folders like Downloads, Documents, become lost among folder with configs, cache, etc.
How to ...
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How to iconize all windows for current application, Unity [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where should people give feedback on Ubuntu?
I am used to Docky, and miss the ability to easily iconize/hide all windows for a given application, or to see a list of the ...
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How to modify default printscreen behaviour?
The Prnt Scrn button currently takes a screenshot and saves it in ~/Pictures.
How can I modify the behaviour I want for the Prnt Scrn button?
Use case: I want to take a screenshot and go to GIMP and ...
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How do I report a paper cut?
I've seen this project called One Hundred Paper Cuts, and I'd like to report a paper cut, but don't know how. Can someone please tell me how to go about doing this.
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What are the different ways I can contribute to the One Hundred Paper Cuts project?
I want to get involved with the One Hundred Paper Cuts project, but I don't know what there is to do. I'm not a programmer so I'm not sure if I can even contribute anything. Can someone please explain ...
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Where can I find the latest Paper Cuts
I remember seeing in launchpad and the Ubuntu wiki a page where I could see the 100 paper cuts that were worked on for the latest Ubuntu (I think it was 9.10 or 10.04 in that time). Do the 100 paper ...
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How do I get design input on a paper cut?
I'm working designing a fix for a paper cut, and I'd like to get someone to approve it before I try to implement it. How should I go about doing this?
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How to ask developers to think about high resolution screens [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make a Unity suggestion?
I just got a ASUS N56VZ laptop, and it`s all good, but the screen resolution 1920x1080px. I am not asking, how to scale ui elements.
If ...
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How can I disable lower window when middle clicking on the Unity panel?
I often accidently lower my Firefox window when I try to close a tab by middle clicking on it and the mouse cursor is a bit to far above the tab which means the Unity panel (which includes window ...
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What is the difference between indicators and a system tray?
What is so new about indicators?
What did we have before?
Are there technical or usability differences?
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Drag and Drop across (fullscreen) applications, switching via Alt-Tab
Example
Drag media file onto Totem's playlist to enqueue
Bug in Compiz
Especially for Unity (formerly Netbook Edition, being intended for small screens) this is quite a vital feature, as ...
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How can I disable the minimize button?
When I accidentally minimize windows in Unity it's so hard to find them I usually don't even bother and just open a new one instead.
How can I get rid of that terrible button so I don't ever click it ...
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Ubuntu 12.04: Open launcher elements only with double click
Sometimes I click the icons of the launcher by mistake and I have to wait until the program opens to close it again.
How to open the programs in the launcher only if I double click them?
Thanks.
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Is it possible to drag files with right click?
Is there a way (maybe using some script in nautilus or something) so that you can drag files with the right mouse button and when you release, you're shown the context menu?
If it can even be ...
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How to hide window title and menu bar in GNOME Shell?
Is it easily possible in GNOME 3's gnome-shell to achieve similar appearance of windows' title and menu bars as with Unity's Globalmenu?
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How to apply master font and color to existing slides in LibreOffice Impress
I created a master/template in Impress by selecting:
Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Colors to select colors for creating a new gradient
Format > Area : Gradients to create the gradient ...
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How do I get Aero Snap in Unity 2D?
I really miss the "Aero Snap" window snapping feature present in Unity 3D. Is there any way I can get it, or an alternative to it, in Unity 2D?
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How can I customize fonts and backgrounds for gnome-terminal?
Mac has background-color -theme adjusting. During summer, I realize why it would be so super-cool: it is hard to see anything with standard settings when there are so much sun-light. So how can I ...
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How to disable screen edge obstruction in KDE?
Whenever I enable any action in KDE -> System Settings -> Workspace behaviour -> Screen Edges selected screen edge becomes unreachable by the pointer which is bounces against it. I don't want ...
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Why is there no visual feedback when I click an icon in the launcher?
Whenever I click on the icons in the Unity launcher, no visual feedback is shown. The application just opens.
Without the visual feedback, I won't be able to know whether the click event was ...
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Nautilus statusbar visibilty - Quickly check free space
In prior versions, I would open Nautilus and check the statusbar, which would tell me how much free space there is. Now, the statusbar isn't shown by default. I know you can enable it from the View ...
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Why should I go through the purchasing process to install a product priced $0.00?
In Software Center, I have to run through the purchasing process even if a product is priced with 0$ (e.g. 'Full Circle Magazine'). That makes no sense to me. If the price of the product is 'zero', It ...
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Why, when on Kubuntu I lose internet connection, am I unable to reconnect?
Using Kubuntu 11.10. Sony Vaio computer.
Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100.
If I connect to a wireless network, and the signal drops, then I am unable to connect to any network ...
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What hinders Ubuntu from getting traction in the professional field? [closed]
If this is not the place to ask this, please forgive this Ubuntu cub, I want to ask, what do people do with Ubuntu?
As an Ask Ubuntu user I can see that most of the users (including myself) are ...
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How do I go back in the browser?
I use the browser full screen.
Every-time I try to press the back button, the Ubuntu side menu pops up.
Some people told me I need to do it very very fast, and it will work, but I am somewhat ...
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Is there a way to get an indication after I double click a desktop icon?
I'm setting up edubuntu for my son's kindergarten, and I put shortcuts on the desktop for some of the applications. The problem is that when you double click an icon, you get no visual hint that ...
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Can I snap windows by using Super Key? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Way to automatically resize 2 windows to take up half of the screen
Can I snap windows to the left, right, maximize by doing Super+ArrowLeft, Super+ArrowRight, ...
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Removing PPAs to proceed with update manager seems risky
After failing to update 11.10, I found a non-working PPA source, which was some guy's repository, containing software that I didn't manually install.
How do I know the consequences of deactivating ...
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Is there a zoom function for Unity 2D?
Gnome Shell and Unity (3D) via Compiz offer to zoom into the desktop.
Is there something similar for Unity 2D please?
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How to update Ubuntu without problems?
Ubuntu constantly offers me number of updates. But it takes lots of my time to review such offers to find relevant updates (for example, if I am not interested in kernel updates).
Second, it almost ...
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Why are configuration files stored in so many different locations in the home folder?
My question arises out of frustration and curiosity for the reasons behind the mess. Let me ask by example, all referring to the home folder:
thunderbird stores its files in .thunderbird
google ...
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Why did show desktop icon go away and how do I get it back? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a Unity equivalent of the GNOME panel 'show desktop' applet?
So first the rant..
I don't understand how you can release an operating system without a ...
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Top left window corner pixel without clickable function
From 11.04 getting used to quickly push the mouse into the top left corner to make the launcher appear, I have to realize that in 11.10 only the Globalmenu appears.
What's the intended functionality ...
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Shortcut to select a Terminal-window?
I like to use CTRL-ALT + Numpad-keys to align 4 terminal windows on one monitor (One in each corner of the screen). Is there a way (shortcut) to quickly make a particular one active for typing without ...
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Desktop environments that allow Drag'n'Drop across applications via Alt-Tab
Which desktop environments allow to drag'n'drop files/data across applications while task-switching using Alt-Tab (without the need to move mouse cursor to a specific UI element and/or wait for other ...
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Is Ubuntu doing GUI research?
Is there any serious graphical user interface research for Ubuntu? I mean, are there any improvements planned by Ubuntu in order to improve it's default user interface? Just for example I don't ...
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How to scroll in any direction with evince PDF viewer using mouse dragging
When viewing large PDFs with small print where one has to zoom in to be able to read even on fullscreen, it would be nice to be able to move the 'paper' with the drag of the mouse (hand cursor type).
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How do I send keystrokes to a specific app?
I'd like to be able to bind a global keystroke send a sequence of keystrokes to a specific app.
Specifically: I'm using the Last.fm client, and I'd like to be able to start/stop music with a global ...
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What affects the text color in Google Earth?
The text color in Google Earth (installed via Google's package) has recently changed to become unreadable:
It hasn't always been this way, but I don't know what I did that caused it to change.
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How are typical users expected to read the documentation in /usr/share/doc?
I recently learned that there is a huge pile of documentation in /usr/share/doc.
It seems like much of it is gzipped so that it is not directly accessible without administrative privileges:
$ gunzip ...
