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[Toki Tahmid <oxwivi@xxxxxxxxx>]

It looked fantastic to me. Only thing I'd modify is the button so it shows
an icon of what it takes you to.

On 14 May 2011 20:37, Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Just want to add that some colors may look a bit off since my monitor is
> not color calibrated and I saw it one another monitor recently and it looked
> kinda bad. So I hope you can imagine the end result anyway.
>
>
> 2011/5/14 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> I haven't heard about the Ubuntu Tour project earlier and I think it's
>> great initiative! It will be very helpful for new users and people migrating
>> from other operating systems. But this still doesn't solve the problem with
>> more default applications and how people should learn about the
>> ubuntu-restricted-extras package.
>>
>> How about a simple application that shows some useful information and also
>> provides the user with a launcher for the Ubuntu Tour application? I made a
>> mockup of how this could look like:
>> http://i.imgur.com/pQkYj.jpg
>>
>> What are your thoughts?
>>
>> Alexander Lancey skrev 2011-05-13 18:03:
>>
>> Sounds like what we're going for with the Ubuntu Tour
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tour
>>
>>  On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Shane Fagan <
>> shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I thought about this a lot but instead of a welcome center id love if
>>> we had a nice tutorial that walks you through how to use unity. So
>>> when you open a fresh install it would ask you if you want the walk
>>> through and then do a series of animations showing how to open the
>>> dash, maybe the shortcut keys, how to use the indicators. So like do
>>> some nice arrows and large tooltips saying what to do. I think the
>>> idea of a welcome center is interesting but I think it wouldnt be as
>>> polished as a tutorial showing them how to use everything, although in
>>> the welcome center it would be really awesome to have a FAQ since lots
>>> of users do get stuck on the same things.
>>>
>>> --fagan
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist
>>> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > Hi! I've been thinking about the discussion at UDS concerning the
>>> problem
>>> > with fitting extra content on only one CD. There has been some debating
>>> on
>>> > whether Ubuntu should stick to it's one CD policy or go with a DVD
>>> sized
>>> > installation image or multiple CD's. I myself haven't attented UDS I've
>>> just
>>> > read about it on blogs.
>>> >
>>> > Anyway, the problem seems to be that the 700 MB that one CD offers is
>>> very
>>> > limiting for the Ubuntu developers to be able to ship more default
>>> programs,
>>> > e.g. Unity 2D, though it's also good in forcing developers to create
>>> > lightweight programs. There are also negative sides to start with a DVD
>>> > sized image since everyone doesn't have access to a DVD-writer but
>>> almost
>>> > everyone with a computer has a CD-writer. And people have never been
>>> fans of
>>> > having to insert new CD's during installation so I have to proposed two
>>> > solutions to this problems and my favourite is the "Ubuntu Welcome
>>> Center".
>>> > Today Windows greets you with a "Welcome Center" on a fresh install and
>>> > gives the user some options to do some basic configurations with the
>>> system.
>>> > Hardcore users often just closes it and never opens it again but for
>>> first
>>> > time users I believe it could be very helpful. If Ubuntu created a
>>> Welcome
>>> > application with the options to download "Ubuntu Extras" - meaning a
>>> meta
>>> > package with more "default" programs which can't be fit in the "one
>>> > CD"-installation image. Together with an option to install the "Ubuntu
>>> > Restricted Extras" which many new users have a hard time figuring out
>>> it
>>> > even exists since it's not mentioned anywhere except for in forums and
>>> blog
>>> > posts. Maybe this can be grouped with some basic configuration options
>>> like
>>> > launchers for the user settings and appearance settings applications.
>>> > The other solution I propose which shouldn't really be discussed in
>>> Ayatana
>>> > is to offer one CD-installation image for default Ubuntu, and one
>>> DVD-image
>>> > for "Ubuntu Extended" which could also be installed through the
>>> Software
>>> > Center or the "welcome center".
>>> > What do you guys think about the "Welcome Center" idea?
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