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[Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>]

I know, the Ubuntu icons are just placeholders for more appropriate icons
which I didn't have time to find :)

2011/5/14 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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