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

Den 16. okt. 2011 11:33, skrev Tomasz Sałaciński:
> Hello,
>
> My question is about the attitude of making changes to Ubuntu. Most 
> replies start with "Users don't want to", "Most users won't do that", 
> "This will make users confused". How do you have such information? My 
> proposal is to make a "Ubuntu poll" application that will gather 
> opinion from users (NOT requiring a Launchpad account). What do you 
> think about it? I am a python programmer, I can make such an app.

You get such data by collecting a number of different users and testing 
the software on them in a controlled manner. A web poll is not useful 
because people will be driven by preconceptions and emotion instead of 
actually analysing what they're doing. For example, I got really upset 
when the window buttons were moved. I mean, I got enraged. It was 
completely irrational, and when the rage settled, I just started using 
the software and it was no problem at all. I would've voted against the 
best solution out of fear of change. That's a _very_ bad thing to base 
decisions on.

Science is the best tool. Ever.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad