[ale] ranting about new Ubuntu UI

[Ron Frazier]

Pat,

OK, I see your point.  I will say that my Dad, 73 years old but in good 
health, mastered these basic controls with only minimal training a few 
years ago and with only a few weeks of experience.  However, if, for 
whatever reason, a user that needs a simpler tablet or kiosk interface, 
then the designers could just give me, the installer, a choice as to 
which to use when I install; AND give me a menu option somewhere so I 
can switch back and forth at any time.  That way, when I work on the 
computer to do maintenance, I could have a more functional and usable 
system; and when the user is using it, they could have a simpler 
system.  Even better, have the UI selectable per user and switchable 
WITH ONE CLICK back and forth at any time.  The live CD could have 
buttons to TRY WITH UNITY UI, TRY WITH GNOME 3, and TRY WITH GNOME 2, 
with a description of each.  I would have no problem with that.

Sincerely,

Ron

On 6/20/2011 10:13 PM, Pat Regan wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:59:56 -0400
> Ron Frazier<atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Richard,
>>
>> To each his own, I guess, but I'm afraid I would have to disagree
>> with some of this.  The basic controls of a computer are pretty much
>> universal at this point, and have been developed and proven over
>> decades of use.  There aren't too many people in developed countries
>>      
> My mother would has no idea how most of these "basic controls" that are
> "pretty much universal" work.  :)
>
> She has no idea how to close windows, she has no idea that there is a
> list of open windows in the panel at the bottom of the screen.
>
> My girlfriend sent her a link to some pictures on Facebook a few weeks
> ago.  My mother told me she loved the pictures but she didn't
> understand how to work the Facebook window.
>
> It seems that when you open Facebook photo galleries the new window
> doesn't have the usual browser controls.  She couldn't figure out how
> to "get out of" the pictures.  She ended up rebooting her computer so
> she could start over.
>
> I really can't wait to see what she does when I upgrade her next time I
> travel back home.  I think Unity (or Gnome Shell) was designed with her
> in mind.
>
> I doubt I'll make it up there before the next Ubuntu release, so she'll
> probably get the next version of Unity by then.
>
> Pat
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