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[Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>]

You seem to have very low opinion of your fellow human beings. I actually
feel a little insulted. But this discussion is not useful. The buttons have
been hidden and even if you think that the majority of people will now no
longer be able to close windows, because they forget that windows can be
closed when they don't get a constant reminder, that's the way it is now.
I feel very confident that people will be able to commit to memory that
the upper left is used to close windows.

You're creating very large problems out of nothing. Ubuntu is not meant
to be an operating system for the mentally challenged, but for average
human beings. They aren't going to go desperate by the fact that the
button to start applications aren't green and aren't in the lower right corner.

If anything, people should not be given the impression that they can
learn how to use a computer by exploration. It is an exceptionally bad
idea. They do have to learn how to use it. It should be easy to learn, but
these types of changes does not in any way make a computer more difficult
to use. If you try to make everything obvious, then nothing will be obvious.

Most people use computers often. They should learn how to use it by
reading something, not by exploration. Because even after years of
exploration, they will not be able to grasp basic concepts, whereas spending
five minutes on a quick tutorial will give users with experience from other
systems a good understanding of how everything works.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad