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| Authored by: kawabago on Saturday, July 28 2012 @ 03:25 PM EDT |
Now that I have had time to get used to using Unity I find
that it is actually easier and faster to use than a menu
system. If the application you want doesn't have an icon in
the side bar the top icon accepts typed input and searches
both program name and description. So if you want a
spreadsheet you don't have to know what's installed just
enter spreadsheet and the icon for the spreadsheet
application is offered. It also remembers what I used before
so it learns my abbreviations. Unity is an interface that
is easier for newbies to learn and faster for experienced
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| Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Saturday, July 28 2012 @ 11:54 PM EDT |
One of the weaknesses of the Open Source Development Model is that user feedback
is not necessarily considered.
Many widely used projects like Linux, Samba and Apache (to name three I am more
familiar with) take user input into account. (I once had a prominent member of
the Samba team call me about a posting made to the Samba mailing list because I
had included my v-card in my email and he was only about 3 hours away by car.)
Other projects take a more ideological approach and the developers set out to
address a specific agenda, whether anyone uses the software or not.
Since Open Source Projects are generally available free of cost, it is difficult
to determine whether user comments represent the majority of users or are a
vocal minority. However some projects are more direct than others at dismissing
user comments.
For example for a long time I have wanted to like and use GIMP, but its
idiosyncratic interface made it very difficult. I was very interested in the
recent release of a version with a single window option. That has prompted me to
look at it again. I have joined the various mailing lists and stumbled into an
argument between some users who don't like certain features of the latest
version and apparently recalcitrant developers who are unwilling to change while
telling people to "get over it". The developers claim this issue has
been explained over and over and they are tired of discussing it but don't
direct anyone to the prior discussion or a FAQ. The responses are full of
disdain for those "few" users objecting.
I could cite other examples but it seems unnecessary.
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Rsteinmetz - IANAL therefore my opinions are illegal.
"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
Randy Newman - The Title Theme from Monk
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, July 29 2012 @ 07:18 AM EDT |
As another datapoint, I did not like it at first. BUT, someone I know who has
never managed to understand or use Windows tried fedora 16 with much
hesitation... He somehow just got it and was off running.
I asked what did he like - he said "it seems obvious". This is coming
from someone who could not understand or use Windows 3.1, 98, XP or Vista. It is
the first time in his life he has managed to use a computer. Now he uses it
regularly. No, I do not understand what is really different, but it seems, he
does.
So, I guess the new gnome can work out for some new to computers. I was too
hasty to form an opinion, and perhaps the old ones can eventually get used to it
too. The keyboard shortcuts are handy.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Different Strokes - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, July 29 2012 @ 03:04 PM EDT
- Amen!!! - Authored by: Wol on Sunday, July 29 2012 @ 06:27 PM EDT
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, July 29 2012 @ 11:15 AM EDT |
Ubuntu had a chooser at login time for classic mode or Unity but then dropped
classic mode because Gnome dropped classic support and went to Gnome 3 which was
becoming their answer to the touch screen which was just as bad as Unity (maybe
worse). It was Gnome that should have been beaten severely around the head and
shoulder area.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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