Some cool potential features/ changes.

[jdev082]

You are not obligated to implement the features below, they are merely suggestions or ideas. It's a long list, pick and choose or implement none of them at all. I know you will have bigger priorities.

UI

• Fluent/ Modern Icons (or, up to date Ubuntu icons).
• Menu bar with extra functions
• A more guided installation, with steps instead of it mostly being in one page
• Optimization for different, more diverse screen types.
• Dark Mode

Features

• Desktop Environment Previews
• Support for custom values without command line
• Make isolist updates separate from individual versions. For example, the software can have the isolist as a up-gradable database and download database upgrades over the web. A new isolist file can be downloaded, so newer releases can be more focused on bug fixes and features
• Signed binaries (through the official utility), without certificate (or with if you wanna cough up some cash).
• Tool tips when hovering over different configuration options, which descriptions of what they are.
• Update through utility, might be simple, might not be.

Changes

• Move options like Wubi lz from 'Desktop Environments' to 'Installation Type'
• Allow for normal installation to hard disk partition after booting into the live wubi environment.
• Less bold fonts

Fixes

Faster download speeds.

[hakuna-m]

Some notes to your suggestions:

Faster download speeds.

Wubiuefi uses bittorrent downloads by default like old Wubi. It is possible to disable bittorrent downloads with --nobittorrent (see here which increases speed in my experience.

It is not a problem to change default value from bittorrent to direct download. But I do not know if it speeds up downloads in every case.

If you download more than one ISO the best option would be zsync. If you download only one ISO there is no advantage and zsync support is a major change.

• allow for normal installation to hard disk partition after booting into the live wubi environment.

The live environment contains the default installer of Ubuntu. So it is possible to use normal installation to hard disk. But there are limitations. The most important one is that the Windows partition with the ISO is mounted and therefore not available for install.

• Less bold fonts

I do not know the reason for the current using of bold fonts because Wubiuefi uses the old design of original Wubi. IMHO, the visibility of fonts depends on Windows settings and environment.

• Signed binaries (through the official utility), without certificate (or with if you wanna cough up some cash).

The used "sbsign" for the EFI boot loader is an official utility: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/SecureBoot/Signing

In 2013, when we were looking for a signed EFI boot loader for Wubiuefi (we need ntfs support for the Windows partition), it was the best solution without paying money to Microsoft. Maybe, it is time to review that old decision.

[jdev082]

• Signed binaries (through the official utility), without certificate (or with if you wanna cough up some cash).

The used "sbsign" for the EFI boot loader is an official utility: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/SecureBoot/Signing

In 2013, when we were looking for a signed EFI boot loader for Wubiuefi (we need ntfs support for the Windows partition), it was the best solution without paying money to Microsoft. Maybe, it is time to review that old decision.

I meant a signed executable (WubiRelease.exe)

[freechelmi]

Thanks ! I was about to open an issue for Windows Binary signing , I guess for W1/8.1 , it is low priority as it is easy to explain how to click "more info" + "launch anyway"