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[Bazon <bazonbloch@xxxxxxxx>]

> On 03/16/2011 02:59 PM, Lee Hyde wrote:
> > On 16/03/11 13:01, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> > > If you are not under too tight constraints, the questionshouldn't be
> > > how something is being done, not even how users would like to do it, 
> > > but
> > > rather: how should they do it?
> >
> > I thoroughly disagree with this assessment of UI/X design for the
> > following reasons:
> >
> >      1. It flies in the face of Ubuntu's "Linux for Humans" motto
> >
> >      2. There is a risk of over-intellectualising UI/X design
IMHO an important point. I use Linux because it let's me the choice how 
to do a thing and how the user interface should look and behave. And I 
assume I'm not the only one seeing it that way.

Regarding that, the first step in Unity is a huge step backwards. e.g. I 
really miss the the ability to configure the Gnome panel any way I want to.

So please keep that in mind and let's hope, that the next step is again 
a big step forward. (as it is regarding the visual design by now, but 
usability and reconfigurability have to be improved.)