Kupfer (v205) Gets A New User Interface. Finally!

Kupfer is a quick launcher (like Gnome DO or Synapse) which comes with many very useful plugins but always lacked a nice user interface. Well, an update today finally brings some UI love for Kupfer. Check out the new Kupfer interface:

Further more, you can theme it however you want - see this page for info: http://kaizer.se/wiki/kupfer/GTKTheming.html


You can also select the icon style you want Kupfer to use: GTK+, Ascii or Unicode:

The icon set can be changed from the Kupfer Preferences (no, I don't know who the dude in the Kupfer Preferences window is):

Besides the interface changes, there are some other new features in the latest Kupfer v205 worth mentioning:

• Add context action "Set X as default action for object Y"
• Implement a preedit widget for input methods, also resolving the incompatibility with ibus so it should fix the issues with non-English languages

Install Kupfer v205 in Ubuntu

Add the Kupfer PPA and install the latest v205 in Ubuntu Maverick and Natty using the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kupfer-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kupfer

Don't know how to use Kupfer? Check out its new HELP page and user manual. There's also a page with quick usage tips @ Gnome.org.