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Here is what Barry has proposed to use in Puppy 216.

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User Friendlyness

• options for eliminating double click issues for new and elderly computer users Done. Rox filer 2.5
• script changes to startup following first boot to "walk" new user into relevant wizards automatically (modify Wizard wizard for first boot) Now handled by Setup icon on desktop
• script changes to facilitate installation of additional applications via sfs to hard drive installs (Sunburnt creating GUI for plugins) Done. Sunburnt has created an SFS manager GUI that can be downloaded and added for hard drive installs only.
• gxmessage to warn user when applications that are slow to load have started loading - Done. Guesttoo fix for Firefox 2.0.0.2 and MU popup for Open Office.
• script changes to startup to allow for autodhcp and left- or right-handed mouse settings
• script to facilitate changes to default applications without manually editing scripts with text editorDone. Defaults Changer in Beta1
• control panel GUI to facilitate changes to configuration files for most important puppy functions
• fix bug in chooselocale script Done - 1/3/2007, tmp directory included in Beta1

Window Manager

• Integration of Look XP Features∞ into puppy for familiarity but change the theme/visuals from windows to puppy Done. See revised Icewm themes for Puppy CE
• Make windows keyboard key open puppy menu Done. Icewm 1.2.30
• Make sure puppy menu can be navigated with keyboard Done. Icewm 1.2.30
• Background C manager for common Icewm configuration options Done. Icewinconfig runs from terminal in Beta1
• GUI manager for common Icewm configuration options Done. tronkel has contributed Icewinconfig, a GUI hand-built for this task.
• integration of popular taskbar apps "blinky" and "freememapplet", and perhaps MU's mu-rox-trayicons such that they are common applets regardless of WM, so long as WM supports tray apps. Done.
• fix right click opens menu option for Icewm 1.2.30 Done - modified Icewm preferences file to set grabrootwindow=1

Web Browser

• Fix Firefox crashing issues with Flash 9 Done (see here∞ and here∞ and here∞.)
• create squash file plugin for Firefox 2.0.0.2/Thunderbird/Java/Flash 9/Bluefish/Azureus to facilitate easy selection of preferred browser and web tools package (Pizzasgood) Done! Now available for download

Applications Plug-in Packages

• create squash file plugin for Open Office v2.10 (Nathan F) Done. Many thanks to Nathan for his contribution
• create squash file plugin for multimedia applications (unassigned)
• create squash file plugin for graphics applications (Nathan F and puppyfan12) Done. Now available for download.

Printing

• Improve better integration of a single printing system with all packaged & most popular addon applications - recommend inclusion of CUPS v0.3 as sfs file. (File builder required)

Art/Promotion

• TonshA - V and Viz logos Done.
• Lobster & puppyfan12 - Create & Maintain Wiki Done.
• WhoDo working on unique icon set for RC1 - Done. Using one or two of Gryphen's Glass icon set with GPL Ice icons as a base.

Security

• Include pup_save.2fs file encryption scheme by kirk Dropped from 2.15CE - to be included in 2.16?

  

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