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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp