The State Of Ubuntu Touch.

Giiba

I am speaking of the current development channel releases as far as ui. I remember the scopes thing, but always found it annoying and find it awkward when I switch back to stable.

I won't claim the new Unity is perfect, but I feel it is a solid step forward for the OS. I think the new indicator addons showing up in the open store is a way for scopes to be brought back in a just as accessible way, but being optional.

My point would be that people (in general) should give the changes a try with a clear mind, yes it is different, but I think it is an improvement in many ways.

dieharddan

I didn't like scopes, I'm happy it's gone. In time the empty space can be used for widgets and shortcuts etc.

Pulsar33

I don't like scopes and never used them.
I want a desktop with only my favorite picture(s).
I'd be very happy if the background image could be a slideshow, switching every 10 or 15 minutes (for example)
It's exactly what I have for my Desktop PC with Cinnamon. No garbage on the screen and powerful menus
BR
Pulsar33

flohack

@Pulsar33 Please make a feature request on our tracker for the slideshow. Its a nice idea, and independent of whatever we have in the foreground

UniSuperBox

Hi @rubencarneiro, please also see the previous discussion about this topic: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2579/i-wanna-go-home

Pulsar33

@Flohack said in The State Of Ubuntu Touch.:
Please make a feature request on our tracker for the slideshow.

Fine ! I'll do the request ASAP
BR
Pulsar33

Pulsar33

@Flohack Hello

I'm confused but I have registered and validated my account but I don't see how to post a feature request (no "new" or "add" button on this page)

BR
Pulsar33

flohack

@Pulsar33 Please use Github here: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues and press "New issue"

domubpkm

@Flohack Gif background ?
Or too energy-consuming ?

flohack

@domubpkm The format does not matter as long as its not animated LOL

A Former User

I like to use the OpenSource app Variety on my desktop....

domubpkm

@Flohack Can you clarify, please?
We don't need background animation because they wouldn't work or because they shouldn't for other reasons?
Because i know gif format can or should work in Gallery even if the work isn't finished.
See https://gitlab.com/StefWe/gallery-app/-/jobs/424388885/artifacts/browse/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/app/ and try

flohack

@domubpkm Well to have an animated background we need a worker process that is actually doing the animation. That means adding new stuff to unity8, making a communication pipe to start/stop it etc. Thats more effort than just adding a png/jpg there. So for the first iteration of the feature, lets keep it static

domubpkm

@Flohack Thank you for the clarification !

Pulsar33

@Flohack : Thank you. It's done on GitHub.
But the code is on GitLab, no ? GitHub seems 2 years old.

Nice evening to all
Pulsar33

flohack

@Pulsar33 Ubuntu Touch core stuff is on Github, you only find some core Apps on Gitlab. So its fine.