On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:22 PM, David R. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Fellows, > > It did not occur to me until Andrew mentioned that the interface was > moving to a common look what the intent was with the latest releases of > Ubuntu. That certainly made perfect sense of why the interface is > moving toward a common user interface, never mind it makes the life of > many of us that use a lot of different programs more difficult. > Which goes back to my statement: "They [ubuntu] are building for tablets and smartphones which do not exist yet." > > Like Howard, I prefer a menu system that I don't have to dig through or > use a search box to find what I am looking for. > This is a temporary hack. I would fully expect some gesture to make the menu navigation smoother. > > Thanks Howard for the presentation. That was very useful. > It was very insightful for me as well. I had no idea that my notions of computing had changed as much as they have. There is a real chance that moving forward the mass public will gain somewhat of an amnesia over what a desktop experience is. Andrew McElroy > Dave > > > On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 19:37 -0500, Howard White wrote: > > On 04/29/2012 07:24 PM, Justin W Elam wrote: > > > Howard, > > > thanks for the other WM demos at the linux fest > > > at least on Natty, when you click on a user, the window selection > > > allows for one to select from "ubuntu classic" which allows for > > > the gnome 2.x version that allows for easy selection of the virtual > desktops. > > > I have not tried this on On Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 or 12.04 Precise > > > Pangolin LTS. > > > > > > I assume that you have at least "gnome-shell" installed, if you do > > > then it should be available as well for "ubuntu classic". > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Justin > > > > I haven't looked "that" hard yet. What I read along the way indicated > > that Ubuntu classic [was | is] going away as of Precise 12.04. I'm > > taking no chances and no prisoners. Would not object to being proven > > incorrect. > > > > Let's face it, "we" don't like to change what "we" deem to be working > > and for me, Gnome 2 was working just fine. Andrew's comments about the > > transition to tablet and touchscreen may very well be true but all the > > same, I like to be able to segregate my work on desktops, even on a > > touchscreen - maybe even more so! > > > > Howard > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
