On 01/07/12 09:56, Chris Liddell wrote:
> This is Unix, for heaven's sake, how can a terminal window *not* be
> available right there, "front and centre"?
>
https://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+unity+terminal
Basically "ctrl+alt+T" (same as it has been on Ubuntu for some while).
Or press the Ubuntu button and start typing "terminal". I find
"Terminal" pops up when I get as far as typing the "t".
> I very much feel there is a trend in interface design to favour the
> new/occasional user, even when it will inconvenience the experienced
> "power user". In truth I have no problem with interfaces being made
> easier to drive for the less experienced user, but why does it have to
> get in the way of me (as an experienced user) going about things they
> way I want to?
>
They don't, you just didn't know how to do the thing you wanted to.
Throwing the whole desktop out because you couldn't find a terminal
isn't necessarily the desktops fault.
> I wonder if we'll see an upsurge in "power users" using plain old window
> managers, instead of the full "desktop experience" GUIs....
>
We already have. Hence the creation of GNOME Fallback mode, Cinnamon and
Mate.
Cheers,
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