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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 08 March 2011 09:35:08 Jonathan Lange wrote:
> Hello Launchpadders,
> 
> There have been a few posts on the 'tubes about Launchpad recently.
> They are well-written posts from thoughtful people:
> 
>  * http://b.lvh.cc/a-compiled-list-of-launchpads-perceived-flaws
>  * http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1299555462.html
> 
> To me, it's very encouraging to get feedback like this, even when I
> disagree with some of the analysis. It reminds me that many of the
> people who don't like Launchpad actually *want* to like it.

The main take-aways I got from reading those two is that:

 * Our UI still sucks
 * We have a real problem with how people perceive the bzr integration
 * Loggerhead needs to be much more tightly integrated into LP

> I would also note that neither of the posts complain about Launchpad's
> speed. One year ago, they would have. We've done very well to change
> that. Maybe next year they'll be talking about how fast they are.
> 
> Also, if PPAs rocked any harder, we'd have to display them in a Gothic
> font and stick umlauts over all the vowels:
>   http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=901

These two paragraphs have left me with a big grin on my ugly mug.

:D