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[Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for brining this up, Jeff.

I'm targeting this to a little later in the cycle when we have a good
picture what people will need to know. I'm a little opposed to a whole
set of dedicated “how to use Unity” slides mainly because we should
expect the interface to explain itself. If the slideshow has to explain
it, we've already failed every user who doesn't look at the slideshow.
Certainly, it should be brought up in a few places and we should make
sure everything in here makes sense both with Unity and without Unity,
but I always worry about creating a tone of “this system is complicated;
read the manual or you're doomed!”

That said, I'm happy to be surprised! A single Unity slide could be
quite nice. If we add a Unity slide, we should probably nix something
else to save space. (These things are actually pretty expensive when we
account for all the translations). I was thinking of revising it, but
the Firefox one feels totally useless right now and it doesn't feel like
there's much room for it to grow. It might be a good candidate.

I think this would be a little different from the other slides, since to
be particularly helpful we'll want to reference places in a screenshot
from text that will be translated. If there is a really il8n-safe way to
do that (numbered dots?), we're in luck! Perhaps this would be a good
opportunity to introduce some terminology and stuff that will be talked
about in more detail later.

We may be able to add subtle cues to the existing stuff, and the first
slide should certainly bring Unity up as the big new thing. (With a nice
screenshot as well…). I think it would be perfect if we could link to
another resource that really delves into what Unity is about, like
unity.ubuntu.com for end users. There are lots of hidden treats that
would be perfect for an engaging series of ten second video tutorials,
and we certainly don't have room for them in the slideshow (and neither
do most people!) :)

I'd love to chat about this. Right here is fine. Hopefully the Launchpad
people will forgive me.

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Title:
  None of the slides in Ubiquity give ANY info on how to actually USE
  Unity

Status in Installer Slideshows for Ubuntu & friends:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  I'm doing a desktop install test of Natty and was looking through the
  slide show and I realized that there is not a single slide warning
  users that they're about to be faced with a desktop system that no one
  has ever really used before.

  Unity on netbooks doesn't really count as I think this impacts a far
  greater number of first time users and will make for a rather
  unpleasant experience.

  Honestly, I've been using Ubuntu for years and even I have a hard time
  using Unity.  I can't even being to imagine what a new user or
  unseasoned user will think when presented with Unity for the first
  time with no warning or introduction.

  There really should be at least 3 or 4 slides introducing Unity and
  giving basic usage instructions.  At least enough to get the users
  going once they finish installing and realise that they no longer have
  the menu structure and UI format that they are most likely used to.

  Any chance we can get some extra slides in there?