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Re: Fwd: Serious issues

 

I agree.

people like that is pretty and that is great, they become curious.

and for browsing the web is fine.

but for getting anything done it can be harder and sadly many become frustrated and lose the interest.

if ubuntu can fix the bugs for precise it will be awesome.

the global needs *lots of work*:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/682788

and the launcher also needs more work too to really get out of the way.

gnome-shell is worse at the moment, but is getting Tons of extensions so you can customize it exactly how you want or need it. Unity cant stay behind...

> From: gespertino@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:54:09 -0300
> To: isantop@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Serious issues
> 
> Last week I conducted a workshop on libre graphics tools in an
> important meeting here in Argentina. The attendees were people who
> don't use graphics programs regularly (and most of them don't use
> gnu/linux at all).
> We had Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity in the classroom's computers.
> Unity proved to be a negative experience for most of them. The ugliest
> experience was for people with 17" CRT monitors (some computers had
> them), where the global menu wasn't wide enough to display the menus.
> Launcher popping up everytime they wanted to use the main toolbox
> (GIMP and Inkscape) was another important issue.
> They also experienced problems with focus of applications. Sometimes
> GIMP lost focus and using the menu or switching apps with launcher
> required to make an extra click on GIMP's window.
> 
> They were regular people using applications that are available in
> Ubuntu's software centre. They weren't a "minority" who needs to be
> productive with graphic design (as I do).
> Every single person trying to adjust a birthday photo with GIMP or
> trying to create a christmas card for their relatives with Inkscape
> will bump with these issues.
> What's the next excuse? That GIMP and Inkscape are "broken" for Unity
> and their developers should work something that wasn't an issue until
> Unity?
> 
> Sorry if this seems like I'm trolling, but It's pretty frustrating to
> get always the same reply when somebody points out a real issue:
> "unity works for the majority. If you can't use it, then you're part
> of a minority that should use anything else".
> 
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