Contact
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/people/glatzor
Full name: Sebastian Heinlein
Email: sebastian dot heinlein at web de
IRC: glatzor.
Jabber: glatzor@jabber.org
GnuPG: 32BF2407
VoIP: sip:sebastian.heinlein@ekiga.net
About me
I am a male student geriatic nurse in his late twenties.
Contributions
I started my OpenSource engagement back in 2003 contributing translations and documentation to the Synaptic package manager. Later I got involved in usability and redesigned the Synaptic interface to its current state. Furthermore I translated the Totem manual and did some minor translation work for the GNOME project.
Because I was low on time and energy I retired from opensource development in 2005 and returned in January 2006: filling a bug report against gnome-app-install. It was once again about interface issues. I rediscouvered the joy of community based software projects. Starting from this bug report I suggested a redesign of the interface for gnome-app-install. Thankfully Michael Vogt liked my proposal. This is a good place to say once again thanks to Michael Vogt.
Today I am a "co-author" of gnome-app-install, gdebi and update-manager. I even developed an application on my own that can be found in Universe: webboard. It is a panel applet that enables you to easily paste your clipboard to a pastebin server. It was my learning python application.
As you can easily guess my main focus is on translation and user interface design.
In May 2006 I was approved as an Ubuntu member. Thanks too all the people who supported me.
Random collection of my work
Redesign of the UI of gnome-app-install
Polishing of the update-manager and the software properties
- Polishing of the GKSU dialog
A lot of bug triage
Trying to help people at #ubuntu-de and the German Ubuntu forum
Upbackup user interface redesign
- Podiff shows changed, added or removed strings of two po translation files
Finally I should mention my memebership in the famous blatant errors and awkward grammar team.
Documentation
User Interface Works
synaptic
Before
Today
gnome-app-install
Before
After
update-manager
Before
After
software-properties
Introduce the concept of a meta distro source to easily handle distributions that consist of several sub repositories and components.
displayconfig-gtk
An user interface based on GTK to the Guidance system admin tools of KDE.
dist-upgrade
Webboard
gksu
Polishing of the authentication dialogs:
home user backup
See here