<<< Some of the things (in very short form) that need to be done to E17... (These are in no particular order) >>> [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUGS / FIXES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * apparently with locales other than english/c the about box textblock breaks newlines on every word (maybe the utf8 decode patch? for evas?) * e_apps wont pick up changes in favorite menu dirs made by the applications config dialog after a while (i think once u get 1 app in it stops listening) * Need global unique identifier for gadcons, so that their config will move with them from one shelf to another. ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSENTIAL FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * fm2 needs a right-click file properties dialog * fm2 needs to display symlink info on files somehow * fm2 needs to display more than 1 file being dragged (if more than 1 is being dragged) * fm2 needs a way of mapping a internal e actions to do (like add as wallpaper etc.) * fm2 needs a way to use custom icons per dir/file * fm2 needs a way to bypass thumb gen anim on just a unrealize/realize as well as change state instantly if it already was selected * fm2 needs to not unrealize then re-realize on resort/arraneg - keep objects around. * fm2 needs a mime/extension/glob filter * fm2 will pop up tonnes of error dialogs if u try delete a lot of files in a tree you can't delete - fix to make this a dialog with a log etc. * dnd needs to do xdnd properly. * fm2 needs icon views (auto-arrange, snap to grid and free placement), for fwin windows and the desktop * 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. * 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) like close, maximize, etc. etc. buttons. ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEANUPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * make e internal windows (config panel, dialogs, config windows etc.) use special border styles by default * accidental DND removals of icons from ibar - make it harder by not removing if you do not drag it far enough away (put the icon back where it was). * e app editor needs to be able to let users select what mime types that app can handle :) * emit more signals to window borders when window move starts, stops, resize starts, stops, on raise, lower, etc. etc. * 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. * remove a lot of ipc commands that should be done via the gui now * remove config items marked for removal * about dialog can do with redesign * 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 in properties to change the border based on prop changes. * 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 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. * desktop flip animations need to allow control over accel/decel and have a better ui - add wobble and controls etc. etc. * internal windows (config dialogs, etc) should re-open after a restart ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "NICE TO HAVE" FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * insets in shelf needs to rottate with shelf * a way for modules to add config panel items * a way for external apps to register config panel items (and be executed) * option for svg icon render resolution size * for startup - apps that say "wait for me befofe running the next app" have a timeout so if they never complete - complain and continue anyway. * nice to have a menu item for a window for "add keyboard shortcut to run this app" would be nice usability * 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 * pager should be able to be configured to control more than the current zone (select which zone they control) * icons for all config panel items * icons for most mime types ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 * on disk app cache for .desktop files, icons and paths * new fm2 code's file scanning isn't insanely fast - icon size calcs etc. speed up for special cases like list view? * new fm2 code re-lays-out a dir every time the queue is processed - maybe try to speed this up ]]]