Topic: Unity

News, tips and features on the Unity desktop environment, the default shell in Ubuntu.

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Natty update jamboree: theme and icon tweaks, new launcher behaviour

The days might be clicking closer to April 28th but the number of bug fixes and visual tweaks continue to come apace.

11 April 2011
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Unity launcher behaviour to change

The way in which the Unity Launcher is accessed by users is changing to make it more 'intuitive' to new users.

8 April 2011
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The little things that matter: Unity’s new grid animations

I'm a sucker for detail. In yesterdays update to Ubuntu 11.04's Unity interface the Grid plugin (read 'aero snap') for Compiz added some animated 'effects' when being invoked. Read on to see them in action and why I think they're more than just simple 'bling'...

8 April 2011
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How to add Quicklists for Opera in Unity

Kyle Baker recently posted a short guide on adding Quicklist options to Opera's launcher in Unity, and whilst his guide relates to Opera, the Unity developers have made it an easy enough 'hack' to apply to a variety of applications.

6 April 2011
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Five neat Unity Lenses in development

Following on from recent posts covering neat new 'Lenses' for Unity - visually slick ways to access information via the Ubuntu 11.04 desktop - I thought it time for a quick round-up of the most interesting lenses currently in development.

4 April 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 will not ship with ‘classic’ GNOME desktop

Mark Shuttleworth has revealed that the 'classic' Ubuntu desktop will be a thing of the past come the release of Oneiric Ocelot. This won't come as a great shock to many; it was previously announced that Ubuntu-2D would be shipping on the 11.10 disc for users unable to run the Compiz-based version.

3 April 2011
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Gwibber lens for Ubuntu Unity available; adds social awesome to the 11.04 desktop

The following lens for Gwibber, Ubuntu's default 'social messaging application, weaves your social networking streams through the slick visuals of Unity and making them easily accessible from the Ubuntu desktop.

2 April 2011
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Five neat changes in today’s Unity update

Yesterday may have seen the first beta release of Ubuntu 11.04 but today saw something almost as exciting: the regular Thursday drop of Unity updates, bug fixes and minor changes. What landed? Here's out pick of five pretty neat changes and/or additions.

1 April 2011
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Unity Bitesize Bug Status for 29 March

While there is no exciting new bling to talk about this week, there are plenty of bugfixes to be had for this Unity release. This week the team welcomes Nico van der Walt as he makes his introduction fixing Bug #731212: "Applications" and "Files & Folders" keyboard shortcut overlays not drawn correctly with scalable launcher and Bug #741346: superkey shortcut labels does not scale properly.

30 March 2011
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Thunderbird Unity Launcher extension available to Ubuntu 11.04 64bit, more users

The Ubuntu Unity Launcher extension for Thunderbird is now available for x64 bit Ubuntu users.

29 March 2011
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Quick Natty update round-up: Quicklists, icons & scrollbars

In the mood for a quick round-up of nifty - albeit trivial - changes that have been added and/or improved in Ubuntu 11.04 over the last few days? Course you are.

26 March 2011
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Unity Love Handles: resizing in Ubuntu just got sexy

Love handles. Sounds non-sexy, but boy it is anything but.

25 March 2011