I echo most thoughts... On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Rik Tindall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03/05/11 13:56, Derek Smithies wrote: > > ... > > Thoughts on the interface: > > The UI is definately snappier, and is more conservative on screen real > estate. > Agree - it certainly runs nicely > > So far, I don't have a replacement for the system monitor which runs in > > the bar at the > > bottom. My preference is to see a graphical representation of network > > traffic and cpu usage. > > However, I think I could be alone in this, as mac and windows don't > > display this information > > in the taskbar. My feeling is that cpuusage/network usage is only > > relevant to a small segment > > of the population (relevant to geeks in other words). > Agree - but yes it's a geek thing. Unity has clearly been designed for the user, not the geek... > Tried Unity, but an hour or less later had resolved to bypass it, having > found the "Gnome classic (no effects)" boot setting: this gave me the > reasurance that I would actually be able to use this release. > > Thanks - I was wondering how to do this... I think I might get used to Unity, but I'd like to be able to transition in my own time. Unity flaws: > > 1. Dumbing down? - inaccessible programs (no more menus) / minimal > functionality from right-click either (none on the taskbars) / no easy > route into o/s functionality. Agree See 'geek' comment above.... > > 2. Top-left controls. This has grown into my chief annoyance with > Ubuntu's development track, which has now concentrated in Unity. I liked the earlier > (Gn)Ubuntu with top-right window control buttons, thank you very much, > and don't understand the need for this change (forcing longer > mouse-reach upon right-handed people :-) - Is it to mimic MacOS? Why? > > I've been using top-left cntrols for a while now, and have got used to them - there's no doubt it's more intuitive, but habits do take a while to break. > > 4. This 'rebranding' of Ubuntu with Unity, does it follow a trend? And > that has seen the removal of the very useful GIMP as default, in favour > of?... > Part of the dumbing-down process I guess. GIMP was probably simply judged too complex for the target user, which is a fair call. Overall - seems Ok. I did make the classic mistake and try to run an upgrade - the menu said it would preserve my /home and existing extra applications - which it didnt. So I did a clean install (/home is on it's own partition) and all was well. - David
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