Also I agree with that. Some people likes tutorials, but generally, people wants to do things. This is the reason people uses a computer for.
When a UI gets too complicated or has too many things that have to be learned in a manual, this can happen:
"The Girl Who Didn't Want Ubuntu"
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/ubuntu-college-girl-dropping-out-laptop/
And, seriously, that was Ubuntu 9.10. GNOME (with a lot of buttons and menus). Not Unity. And she simply reacted as many users "different, new = it may not work". So, the UI has to be simple and clear.
Thinking about 12.04, where is the right place and when is the right time to get involved in the discussion?
2011/8/27 Evan Huus
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
> Den 27. aug. 2011 15:57, skrev Evan Huus:
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>> Manuals and tutorials are certainly more efficient means of teaching
>> the user, but I disagree that exploration is entirely useless. I don't
>> have any data to back up that assertion unfortunately.
>
> Sure you do. For many years, it's been not only possible, but
> easy to encrypt personal files in Ubuntu. But you do need to
> understand the concepts, even if it is theoretically possible to
> learn by trial and error. Still, most people don't know how to do
> it. They do, however, feel uncertain when it comes to privacy.
> So they have a problem, but do not fix it because they do not
> know that the solution is readily available. They do want to
> learn, but they don't. The number one reason is the
> misconception that computers are intuitive and that they can
> learn by exploration.
I think this example has actually changed my mind.
I have some serious thinking to do now.
Evan