9 features Ubuntu should implement

[motang]

I ran across this article while I was surfing the web today and I agree as these seem to be very interesting ideas, and hopefully in the future we can see these implemented into Ubuntu. What do you guys think?

[FuturePilot]

Some of those sound cool. I'm pretty sure the changing wallpaper one could be implemented fairly easily. Gnome has supported time based wallpaper changes for a couple of releases now but it's not very well known nor is it exactly easy to configure, but the ability to do it is there.

[Skripka]

Man. They totally miss the mark of the MOST basic functionality which should be integrated but is not.

How about:

-Built in support for multi-button mice? Is this so much to ask? Do I really have to go and spend an afternoon mapping out button codes and typing config files for something so basic?

-Color management. It is a PITA now. Non-linux OSes do it quick and easy-why cannot we?

[damis648]

-Built in support for multi-button mice? Is this so much to ask? Do I really have to go and spend an afternoon mapping out button codes and typing config files for something so basic?

Odd... my 5-button works OOTB.

[linux_lover69]

Yes, these are neat things that should be implemented. I would definitely use them.

[Skripka]

Odd... my 5-button works OOTB.

My mouse with 12 button functions only OOTB woked as a 3-button mouse.

[Bart_D]

#s 1 and 3 are good. #5 is laughable. The rest aren't worth it.

[Vince4Amy]

1 - Some people don't want junk like that default on their desktop, I know I don't, it should be an optional feature, oh wait it already is.

2 - Yes, some other distros already have that, but really who keeps the default wallpaper. Waste of time when they could be focusing on other things.

3 - Waste of space for people who do not have a lot of resources, however it's good if you like to have an eye-candy desktop.

4 - I've seen something like that in OpenSuSE with KDE 3.5.x.

5 - You can set up this functionality if you require it already AFAIK.

6 - Yes when there are a few programs running with tray icons it's not as neat as it can be in Gnome, but apart from when things like aMSN are running I don't have any tray icons at all.

7 - There's no point of putting this stuff in by default, if people need it, they will download it. It's just a waste of space.

8 - A welcome screen like in OpenSuSE would be enough.

My Opinion on these anyway.

[thraxy]

#8 Might be a good idea for new users coming over from Windows. I don't know how useful the rest would be (to me), but it's always nice to see new ideas.

Actually #5 was quite funny. I could picture myself attaching small voice clips to certain files and folders.

[bashveank]

Before adding features we should polish the features we have to PERFECTION.