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Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object, in this case, software.

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Is there a reliable method on Ubuntu 24.04 with GNOME 46 to make all applications open maximized, or are workarounds like Devilspie2 or switching to another desktop environment required?
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Since a while, in Gnome, when I right click and a menu appears, it looks very strange. A lot of the menu items are hidden behind expansion buttons. For example to reach for the 'inspect element' ...
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The problem discussed here only occurs on my computers if “Use hardware acceleration if available” is switched on. But I need that for Google Maps 3D. I do not have expensive GPUs, only on-board ...
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When using "Files" (the default gnome file manager application) I cannot use the keyboard to select a file that i know is already in the current view. Only way to use the keyboard is to ...
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I was on 20.04, commands I ran on terminal to upgrade : sudo apt dist-upgrade sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install update-manager-core sudo gedit /etc/update-manager/release-...
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I'm having a persistent and transient issue with firefox on ubuntu 20.04 with ff 92 / 95, etc. Basically I can be watching a video, or reading a web page, or filling out a forum and firefox becomes ...
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(This is not about web browsing), this is about: system popups (I know only the one about: application not responding). Windows focus and input grabbing behavior. what is the worst thing we all (???)...
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When pressing the "Power Off" button in Ubuntu 20, is there a way to prevent the system from shutting down when any programs (especially in other workspaces) are still open? Or to at least ...
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I was jut typing an email when an Ubuntu error message popped up. Since I was pressing enter or space while typing I either OKed or Cancelled something. I think it's really bad to steal the focus of ...
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I'm testing RaySession application. I have started with its version from official repository. But it seems to be outdated. So I decided to get latest master from GitHub project page https://github.com/...
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I'm using a bluetooth keyboard (a Keychron K8) through a USB bluetooth dongle (from Plugable) on Ubuntu 20.10 with an encrypted disk. I connected and trusted the keyboard using bluetoothctl. When I ...
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Currently its too difficult to resize a window by hovering cursor on window edge or corner until cursor changes to that double arrow pointer ... when I install Ubuntu 19.04 for people new to computers ...
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I'm using Dash to Panel to have my tray icons in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and there is something that bugs me off about the popup that the icons show when clicked. It appears to the ...
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I am getting older and my eyes see worse. If I close gedit, I can hardly see the default action which is "Save as..." Is there a way to make default actions (in all applications) more visible?
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How can I arrange windows in a certain position in GNOME 3 manually, like in Ubuntu 16 with Alt+Click?
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