Difficult to install non-default panel applets

Bug #405078 reported by Scott Ritchie
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Panel
New
Undecided
Unassigned
gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

I wanted a timer applet.

First I tried right clicking on the panel and adding an applet to see if it was there already. It wasn't. It would be really nice if there was some sort of "get additional panel applets" button here. At the very least, I should've been pointed to Applications->Add/Remove.

Typing "timer" into that, however, didn't give me what I wanted either - just a bunch of unrelated timers.

It turns out that we do have a package that's exactly what I want, timer-applet, however I had to manually install it after doing a synaptic search to find it.

So, this is a wishlist - I want an easy way for us to list various installable panel applets and provide them specially to the user directly in the Add to Panel dialog.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 26 16:04:39 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.27.4-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.22-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64

Revision history for this message
Scott Ritchie (scottritchie) wrote :
Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
status: New → Confirmed
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.