> While monitoring all the project representatives of an Open Source > project would be nearly impossible, you'd think they had a foot inside > a site named "ubuntuforums.org".
I took your comments to mean it was an actual forum run by Ubuntu but a polite word to the site admin that some of the people on the boards are actually harming the good reputation of Ubuntu might go a long way. > > > 5. Finds the Trash applet after more than a few minutes of searching > ... > > Might help if the icon had the recycle logo emblazoned on it. > > Anything is better than a blue square. I guess the real problem here is trying to produce an icon that remains meaningful at such a tiny size. > > > 6. Wants to change the Font. Goes to System->User Settings->Fonts, > > > sees the 4 boxes (does not recognize them as buttons) with "Sans" in > > > them, clicks the "Details" button, "Go to Font folder", browses the > > > fonts, finds one he likes, tries to drag it to the "boxes" without > > > success. > > > > I really hate those widgets. I've been meaning to bring it up for over > > six months[1] but never gotten around to it yet (I only do this part time > > for my own amusement). > > > > I dont know what they were thinking thinking when the replaced what is > > usually represented by a drop down menu or a text entry and a > > [_____________________][Browse...] > > button with this stange new and confusing widget. > > I would like to think that this representation would be recognized by > him and he would rather click Browse than go through all the things he > did. I'll try and remember to bring this up. I think I would probably have to direct my problems on this particularly widget to the Gtk developers. > > > 9. Prior to letting him use the computer, I installed smeg to > > > > Ha, ha, ha. I cannot believe the rude names people give their programs. > > I thought gimp (and to a lesser extent Pan) was an innappropriate name but > > that takes the biscuit. You might need to refer to a medical dictionary > > to get a definition of the word "smeg"/"smegma"). Oh dear. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smeg#Smeg_.28vulgarism.29> > > Yikes, I had no idea! Haha :-D Mabye I should file a bug report against Ubuntu before they make the mistake of shipping this to any corporate customers. Or maybe not. > > Not enough hours in the day for me to even start discussing the usability > > of the GNU Image Manipulation program again. It is an independant > > application and not directly part of Gnome as their lead developer Sven so > > proudly blurts out every so often (I dont understand it either) so you > > should take your comments to them directly. Perhaps you could take > > your comments to OpenUsability.org as the gimp has recently signed up for > > evaluation by them. > > If Sven reads this list, he already has my notes on this. If not, I'll > send him a copy. I do not think he reads this list, better to mail the gimp developer list than mailing him directly. > > > 15. OpenOffice.org2 Writer takes AGES to load. He has realised that it > > > does, and goes to get coffee or whatever when starting it. AbiWord is > > > faster (and looks alot nicer), but its MS Word conversion thingy is > > > far from as good as OOo's. > > > > Really? As a rabid ;) supporter of Abiword I must insist you qualify that > > statement and if possible provide some sample documents so I can help the > > abiword developers to improve their software. > > My father is a teacher at a relatively high level, and the documents > in question are drafts for various exams that he and the other > teachers are passing among them to edit in various ways. > > As you probably understand, I can not attach these documents to a > "public" e-mail. If you would e-mail me directly, I might be able to > reply with some of these documents attached, but I would have to ask > my fathers permission first. Please do. If you can cut the documents down, preferably to a single page which illustrates whatever problem you are having that would be ideal. It would be a help if you replaced the text with something meaningless like "lorem ipsum". The abiword developers could deal with it discretely as they are usually willing to do if it is a new or unusual problem. > Thank you, You're welcome. Sincerely Alan Horkan Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Dia http://gnome.org/projects/dia/ Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
