Hello everyone! Reading that F. Schoep leaves Artwok List makes me sad. Many times I wrote that we are not paying human computer interaction (HCI) the attention that needs to and we don't have clear goals to work for. Again, it's the same discussion.
A few days ago I was describing to a friend how easy is to install apps on Mac OS X and we arrived to a clear conclusion, as Ubuntu users we are, we know that Ubuntu is a distro oriented to users, so why is so hard to install some apps (not Synaptic)? normal user don't care and don't need to know anything about make install and terminal stuff. I study Computer Science, and I don't want to spend 30 minutes installing an app, maybe I want to learn how, just for learning, but I don't want to use it. Why I said that? I think that Ubuntu Artwork has the same problem. We are people making artwork for Ubuntu without clear statements, making Ubuntu distinctive, making Ubuntu look like coffee... look, I think that this can be facts to care about but we need to definitively create a good user interface FIRST, and then consider those facts. HCI is a science, if it were only art, why all OS's windows are grey colored?? why default wallpapers are blue or not a strong shade like red (255,0,0) or green (0,255,0)?? So I think that app HCI and Artwork must be together. In my opinion they must work together. I don't want to be pessimist, but in my opinion Ubuntu's goals are make a GNU/Linux distro for everybody and it seems that is just another colour of GNU/Linux palette. Again the same example, try to install a OS X app, just drag and drop. Try to install a package that's not in Synaptic, open terminal, sudo make... If we want people to use Ubuntu we have to make at least as simple as OS X. If we don't, user will choose another OS. The same with artwork (which, as I said before, I think that must be very close to app HCI design), people will choose the simplest and the most eye candy OS. Finally, I'm agree about what Schoep says, but I go further and I extend the idea that we're not achieving initial goal to almost all development of the distro. I want to apologize again, I haven't improved english yet... sorry if I'm not clear. Merry christmas to everybody and happy new year!! Sincerely, Álvaro. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
