[Wishlist] - What would you like to see in future releases?

Development Discussion
#76

There are three mayor issues I’ve had so far:

  1. Sometimes the screen lock does not have the focus on the password textbox, and I cannot get it to focus, so I can’t type the password. I have to click on Switch User and then I can enter the password. It’s quite annoying.
  2. Caja takes a long time to show the icons when I open a folder with lots of files, when other file managers show the icons instantly. Caja shouldn’t wait until all the thumbnails are loaded to show the icons.
  3. When I try to open the Downloads folder from Firefox, Firefox crashes.

Another thing missing is a clipboard manager that runs on GTK+ 3 and is maintained. Xfce has Clipman but it doesn’t work with MATE. Currently I’m using Parcellite, which is OK but it’s not going to work when eventually MATE moves to Wayland.

Also, I’d love Marco to have some animations when opening/maximizing/closing windows, like Gnome. Compiz is dead and Compton causes too many issues since it’s not a window manager.

#77

I’d say that Compiz works just fine with MATE, if that’s the kind of thing you like. The project is certainly messy and divided, but far from dead. I’m personally a fan of Marco. I don’t use Compton.

As soon as we can give Marco its very own compositing superpowers (most likely using Epoxy), we can get rid of Compton (although as long as it works, you can always choose to install it). In the meantime, Compiz is the de facto GL compositor/window manager.

Regarding your comment, it seems like Marco has animations for minimizing windows, but I don’t see any for maximizing/closing. Shouldn’t be too hard to add. The animations, however, are wireframey, not fluid and shiny like in Compiz (that’s why we have Compiz ;))

Edit: in thinking about it, animations for minimizing windows are necessary for usability (if the window just disappears, it might cause confusion as to whether your window is closed). Opening, maximizing, closing: those don’t need the animation that much, as the window already visibly performs the action. Opening: now you see the window; closing: now you don’t; maximizing: window was small, now bigger.

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#78

Hi @vkareh, That’s a great usability analysis and if you will be active in a compositing Marco I consider this a golden opportunity to mention this.

Some of us prolific compiz users run it for one main thing - the excellent Enhanced Zoom Desktop it has. I know it’s my #1 reason for compiz because nothing compares and it has been endorsed by folks like Jonathan Nadeau many times over the years.

It works so easily. A single key and mouse wheel. I’d love to see it in a compositing Marco! :slight_smile:

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#79

@Bill_MI, I’ve used that plugin before and I agree that it’s quite wonderful. I’m wondering if once Marco does GL compositing, we can provide this functionality through a separate program. This would effectively make ezoom independent of its window manager, as long as the wm supports GL. Not sure about the feasibility of that, but I might start exploring that avenue.

It also means that development can happen simultaneously and independently of the GL compositing, especially if it would work under Compton.

FWIW, the latest release of Marco supports third-party apps having the correct type of key/mouse bindings (<Super>MouseButton).

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#80

I’m using Clipit with Mate right now and tried Diodon with 17.10 beta. Both work just fine for me.

#81

The ability to add easily resizable empty space to the panel immediately after a Window List.

Edit: Output volume set in mate-volume-control not to be reset by raising or lowering the volume using the keyboard keys (without using the GUI).

#82

Ouroumov, about Opensnitch I can say the authour seems to be extremely active since a couple of weeks : there is certainly a new version…
(now, I am troying to open another thread because being a minimal user, I can’t manage to compile this version…)

#83

@Sothis6881 Is Clipit a similar programme to clipgrab.org ?

#84

We love to have new, modern and good looking theme for this great distribution !

#85

stars when I type password in Terminal. I have to add this myself using visudo, but it would be good as a standard. Good for Noobs and I like it too.

Integrated google drive without need to install gnome stuff (which I did).

#86

An easy way to create a restore point> something like "time-shift" in LinuxMint. preferably using a USB stick so it doesn't rely on anything but changing the boot order to bring me back to a previous time I just can't resist fooling with the distro, sometimes with disastrous results and being a nooby, I have 't the time to develop the skills to restore some of my botched changes. My modification of "fstab" this evening trying to mount a second HDD just about made me throw in the towel. If Linux is ever going to make gains against Windows, there must be an easy way to undo a nooby's screw ups.

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#87

eOS also has notifications when tasks finish in the terminal. I love that feature.

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#88

time-shift is pretty nice. It is my go to after I get the urge to live dangerously.

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#89

Drawers with X / Y offset to adjust how they appear when opened, and spacers which could also act as their own separate containers for housing other items, or left blank for padding out certain panel items.

Drawers which also have icons which expand inside the panel (shelves?) would also be fun, but I woulddn't expect that to be practical for most people.

#90

a11y: Optional override to colour the window list buttons (with various saturation and brightness tweaks applied after the colour changes) for easier identification of programs in the window list.

Was going to suggest this for the titlebar also, but too many themes, and too complex to implement unless MATE team wishes to create their own window decorator, or modify Emerald with an engine which permits this.

#91

Been a while since I posted here, but one feature I get asked a lot from friends that play a lot of FPS games is a GUI option to disable mouse acceleration.

I have seen it on ElementaryOS and GNOME3 (if you use Gnome Tweaks). Think Xfce and kde have it, but not 100% sure on that...

Anyway, it would be nice if Mate had that option in the mouse settings.

#92

I think it's already in mouse settings. @Cold

#93

Imrpoved Global Menu, because it crashes sometimes, I can't provide logs right now. Also: which logs?

Improved Brisk Menu in Dash mode for Mutiny layout. Ability to select custom apps grid like 5x7 or 6x6, something like this. Also something like compact mode, which would show smaller (not full screen) app grid, like 3x3 or 4x4. @Wimpy

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#94

Checked there @BAKCYL, and it does not disable it. To check if its disabled, on a terminal type:

xinput list-props {1..50} 2>/dev/null | fgrep 'libinput Accel Profile Enabled ('

You should get something like

libinput Accel Profile Enabled (300): 1, 0

Where the last two numbers are adaptive(acceleration) profile and flat profile. For it to be disabled you want a flat profile, so the numbers should show off as 0, 1.

GNOME3 on flat profile and GNOME3 on default profile.

ElementaryOS on flat profile and ElementaryOS on default profile(ignore the first terminal answer I forgot to delete it lol).

Searching around I found a link of an old topic talking about how the sensitivity option in pointer speed is really the acceleration threshold. So it would be nice to fix the naming and add a sensitivity option. @Bill_MI that solution still working?

#95

Hi @Cold. All the parameters have changed but the same hardware mouse that gave me fits doesn't need to be "tamed" so I haven't looked further. That older problem of having no basic sensitivity adjust was in a lot of distros at the time and based on what I've seen that problem still exists.