On 01/07/12 10:48, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 1 July 2012 09:56, Chris Liddell <cjl@???> wrote:
>> A bit late to this discussion, but never mind.....
>>
>> I gave up on Unity *very* quickly..... it took me a good (bad!) fifteen
>> minutes to find how to get a terminal window up, and I concluded it was
>> not for me, at all - I switched to Xfce for now. I may go back to Debian
>> next time I have to setup a machine.
>>
>> This is Unix, for heaven's sake, how can a terminal window *not* be
>> available right there, "front and centre"?
> For me, the terminal is:
> Press "Windows Key", then press "t", then press "ENTER"
> Far easier than moving the mouse around a bit and clicking.
> I can also drag and drop it off the Dash menus if I wish to click mouses on it.
>
> I agree, Unity has taken me a bit of getting used to, but most people
> are happy with the search approach. I don't think I can "go back" to
> the clunky Gnome or xfce desktops now. Once you get used to it, it
> does provide quicker (fewer clicks, key presses) access to what you
> want to do.
> In fact, the "Start" button is maybe disappearing for window 8, so
> Ubuntu are not the only people who think application menus are on the
> way out.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> James
Nope
Doesn't matter what the software engineers think ( or want us to think )
What matters, is combining familiarity with ease-of-use, making usage
transparent
Windows is no guide to *nix usage: the work we hafta get out, is the
proper guide - the software's job is enable that to happen
I simply can't recommend a desktop to new users, imposing such
additional amounts of invested energy, before the workflows come rolling
on out
Devs, please think again ! Restore user primacy.
Lesz
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