<<< Some of the things (in very short form) that need to be done to E17... (These are in no particular order) >>> [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUGS / FIXES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * BUG: adding app using "applications" dialog to a bar dir ends up with blank icons in the bar dir in the apps dialog - until a restart * BUG: smart placement seems to screw up if a shelf is at the top of the screen * BUG: e17 screen res diaolg doesnt work under xephyr - why? * BUG: "match this window only" doesnt fall back to other unused remembers * BUG: if app asks for borderless in properties - borderless toggle in menu doesn't have any effect. * BUG: xdaliclock -transparent doesnt use shaped border (not handling shape change later) * BUG: Removing a module from a shelf with the "Shelf Contents" dialog sometimes has no effect, or it sometimes removes the wrong module ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSENTIAL FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * nuke the current eap cache mechanism entirely (and replace with .desktop cache) * transition config dialog needs preview. * fm2 needs way to replace or extend the right click menu (disable/enable rename/delete/refresh etc.) * fm2 needs a mime filter * fm2 needs to have a mime & filetype -> icon mapping * middle mouse on gadgets as a quick move/resize thing? * language packs: need to have a tool to load/setup a language pack (which means .mo compiled files from a .po, an optional font and a config file that specifies the locale and font) and then install the font(s) either as a user or superuser, and the .mo in the system or a user locales dir. * finish off icccm support * finish complete netwm support * add a "taskbar" module * add cpu load module * add setup/install wizard to seed .desktop files etc. etc. * support color classes (gui config etc. etc.) * finish clientinfo dialog for borders (netwm props etc. etc.) * gui config dialogs for all config * make it possible to disable border buttons/actions (tell theme what is disabled) * Dragging a non-desktop icon from a border to the ibar should automatically create the icon and add that (instead of warning the user that this can't be done) ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEANUPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * client list menu could do with work on ordering, using separators to demark this desktop and other desktops, sorting by recently used, separate section for iconified apps etc. etc - configurable. * cleanup windows menu item needs action wrapper * remove a lot of ipc commands that should be done via the gui now * remove config items marked for removal * make default set of apps .desktop files in tarball * add a installed icons dir with icons for the .desktop files * about dialog can do with redesign * bg gradient dialog needs a preview widget. also edje needs to be updated so we can do proper fills for non 0 angles. * clientinfo dialog could be nicer - then again it is an obsucre thing. * desklock's pam profile should be configurable as system-auth doesn't always work and the fallback checks might not work either. * If a user has set a border type on a window, don't bother to check for changes. * keybindings dialog doesn't conform its formatting or datatype naming to anything else in e17 - it needs fixing. * need to audit, namespace and expand text and color classes * need to specify what is NEEDED from a theme, what is optional (in terms of parts, groups and signals). etc. * winlist should support place for window "screenshot" in list as well as app icon * winlist could divide windows up into blocks - sub-lists within a container per desktop (with stick windows considered to live on the "current" desk when winlist starts) * make it easy for modules to hook into ipc and extend it for themselves * e_color_dialog needs to have an area for favorite and recently selected colors. store in config and use ilist? or store as color files and use e_fm2? or custom widget? * virtualize e_bg to be able to put a bg in any canvas (given any desktop config input) and return an object. * virtual desktops config needs a preview of the desktops and their bg's * desktop flip animations need to allow control over accel/decel and have a better ui - add wobble and controls etc. etc. ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "NICE TO HAVE" FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * make fdo .desktop support work on debian & ubuntu * full fm2 support as an icon fm needs work - beyond fsel needs and for icons on the desktop etc. etc. * winlist and exebuf can let the mouse select items * up arrow in exebuf with empty buf goes into history mode and up/down let u browse command history * switch to desktop of a new window if it opens on another desktop than the current one (optional too) * emit signal to submenu entries if they have a submenu shown for them or not * setup configs for gnome and kde (as options) if they are installed (eg run gnome-settings-daemon). * check evas engine can work on a given screen before using it * add non-opaque move/resize (use shaped windows with canvases etc.) * add "osd" subsystem for things like volume controls on keybboards, etc. that overlay the screen * file icons on the desktop (people ask for it) - xdnd for these * pager should be able to be configured to control more than the current zone (select which zone they control) * add a dialog to allow selecting the default border from among those present in the theme (e.g. winter provides a 'square' border). after a theme change this should fall back to "default" if the selected one doesn't exist in the new theme. * icons for all config panel items * icons for most mime types * icons for most menu items * default battery theme could use slightly larger fonts * default temp theme - larger font * default cpufreq theme - larger font ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPTIMISATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * add evas pre/post render callbacks per evas canvas and callbacks per object for pre/post render too * optimize clock theme (speed/cpu) (rotation in edje??? or evas???) * evas could detect an image is scaled multiple times and keep a scaled copy that it could share in cache, and then punt the original back to cache. * evas could support 8bbp alpha only images for dropshadow * better app cache for .desktop files * new fm code's file scanning isn't insanely fast - icon size calcs etc. speed up for special cases like list view? * new fm code re-lays-out a dir every time the queue is processed - maybe try to speed this up ]]]