Re: [Ayatana] Thoughts on Unity design

[Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:50 AM, David Stevenson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Viewed from a slightly different perspective, there is a view that the
> existing menu layout is best for newbies and this list consists of
> traditional power users which is why they don't like it.
> I do not agree with this, but I think it is a valid argument.

I had this in mind when I mentioned the "consistency" argument, as
Thorsten however I do not think it's an improvement for "newbies". See
"#2" here: https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05625.html

> Jono proposed a power user group, who could create there own variations
> / tweaks.
> http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/05/18/creating-an-ubuntu-power-user-community/
>
> I think this is a positive way forward. And I believe such tweaks should
> in time become part of the default build, but that is less important
> than they are available to me, and any one else who wants them.

It's good to see people are working on making Unity more customizable but...
I don't think that's the way forward for the menu bar discussion. I'm
talking about changing the defaults not introducing options that
further split the user base into very different environments all
called "Unity".