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    Send Some: Indicators Love (week 3)

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        A Former User @CiberSheep
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        @cibersheep

        Some people have seen this idea before: a Comms Indicator.

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        Pull down gives you your contacts, and you can choose to call them, text them or go to their entry in the contacts app. There would need to be an intermediary dialogue to enquire about the app to be used: SMS / Telegram / Matrix / Signal, for example.

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          CiberSheep @dobey
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          @dobey I actually love how the indicators works now. It's very easy to find things. For example: changing the brightness of the screen is very quick to access. And that is something I do not want to lose.

          I don't see how that would work with one panel.

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            CiberSheep @Guest
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            @3arn0wl Mmmmm...

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              CiberSheep @dR0W
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              @dr0w I don't know if disabling the SIM is possible... or do you mean the data connection per SIM?

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                CiberSheep @Guest
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                @3arn0wl I don't think this is a good idea. Think of having 300 contacts, listed in the indicator... and you have the Contacts app πŸ™‚

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                  A Former User @CiberSheep
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                  @cibersheep
                  I've come to the conclusion that Indicators ought to be a way of getting to do the common, important things, like calling/texting, listening to music and scheduling quickly and easily. And I think a comms indicator would do just that.

                  The Files Indicator by contrast doesn't seem to have any functionality to it at all... I think in that case, going through the app icon process is better. So perhaps the Files Indicator could be removed...

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                    CiberSheep @Guest
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                    @3arn0wl Files, lists the download files (as podcasts from Podbird, or pdf from the browser πŸ™‚

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                      A Former User @CiberSheep
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                      Fair enough, @cibersheep - mine's completely empty. πŸ˜•

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                      • dobeyD Offline
                        dobey @CiberSheep
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                        @cibersheep Try GNOME. It's something like this:

                        GNOME system menu

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                          dR0W
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                          @cibersheep SIM disabling is possible with this script command that another user said me (in other thread):
                          /usr/share/ofono/scripts/offline-modem/ril_0 for SIM1 or using ril_1 for SIM2
                          and using online-modem command you can enable it again

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                            A Former User @dobey
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                            @dobey @CiberSheep

                            Is the pop-up design language of GNOME, with a flattened palette, preferable to a pull down screen?

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                              CiberSheep @dobey
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                              @dobey I'll do that when staying at my mum's (she has 18.04 with GNOME)

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                                CiberSheep @dR0W
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                                @dr0w I didn't know that. Thanks

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                                  mymike @Guest
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                                  @3arn0wl nope, it's how thing are put inside it. different things (connectivity, bluetooth, position, battery, volume ecc...) inside one single panel...

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                                    mymike @dobey
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                                    @dobey I don't understand exactly what you mean: a single panel but with more things/options that on android or a few panels but that groups things together?

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                                      mymike
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                                      imho there are too much indicators and scrolling through them sometimes is a bit long.
                                      So my idea is to hide/disable empty indicator (or the ones not visible when indicators are closed except the system one: so rotation, keyboard, files, position and bluetooth) and show only the icon (which becomes a button) at the top when indicators are opened (swiping left from the network indicator would go directly to notifications)
                                      If I want to use bluetooth I have to pull down an indicator and tap on the bluetooth button: this switches on bluetooth, enable it's indicator (e.g. to see other devices and other features will land in the indicator) and hides the button
                                      to switch it off just use the switch inside the indicator.
                                      same for others. ok it doesn't make sense for the files indicator: forgot the button, just disable the indicator if there's no content inside it

                                      idk if I'm enough clear, it's quite simple but complex to describe :*( ...
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                                      • dobeyD Offline
                                        dobey @mymike
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                                        @mymike A single panel which has a few items, and notifications perhaps. A panel that is more convergence friendly. Anything that requires swipes only to work, is not a good solution.

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                                          mymike @dobey
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                                          @dobey Well, it should require swipes only on phones. idk how is the UX with a mouse but definitely it should not require swipes/drags , at least scrolling. if with the mouse you have to swipe then it's a bug and needs to be fixed...

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                                            CiberSheep @dobey
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                                            @dobey I'm comming back from my mum's.
                                            I have used the indicators from GNOME now. Calendar is as busy as our calendar indicator though.

                                            The thing I don't like and it's similar to Android is you need to tap on several areas to expand the menu. And the GNOME indicator shows a lot fewer options that in UT. And this is what UT is much better at, accessing to several indicator in a very simple and direct way.

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                                              CiberSheep @mymike
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                                              @mymike You know you don't' need to swap from one to another, if you swipe down on the indicator you want, it expands with that indicator. So the way is no so long πŸ™‚

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