[Desktop12.04-Topic] control center cleanup

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Rodrigo Moya wrote on 06/10/11 15:23:
> ...
> 
> For Oneiric we went the easy route of adding a way to run external
> applications for the stuff we wanted in the control center. But
> this looks quite bad (some panels are embedded, others run a
> separate application), so for P I'd like us to do a cleanup and
> avoid as much as possible having external windows.
> 
> So, here's a list of what we have:
> 
> * jockey: this could perfectly fit in the System Info panel


I wouldn't call it a "perfect fit", but that's one possibility.
Another is Ubuntu Software Center
<http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28205/>, and another is Update Manager.

> * language-selector: we just need ability to install languages and 
> input method support in the region panel to completely remove this


I'm working on the design for that one.
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-clean-up-language-support>

> * software sources: also maybe as part of the System Info panel, 
> which does updates?


The System Info panel shouldn't be in System Settings in the first
place. It isn't settings.

> the tricky one is Ubuntu One, so I guess we'd have to leave it as 
> it is, or write a panel that just embeds the u1-panel window? ...


It should embed into the System Settings window on Ubuntu, and into
the Control Panel window on Windows.

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