[ale] ranting about new Ubuntu UI

Michael B. Trausch mike at trausch.us
Mon Jun 20 19:19:40 EDT 2011


On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 18:38 -0400, Collin Pruitt wrote:
> But, due to our focus on creating a "clean and easy to 
> use experience", we did it anyway. Honestly, I despise Unity. It's a 
> pain to use, as you figured out. Another thing is the existence of
> GNOME Shell. I can't understand why the high-ups at Canonical feel
> it's a good idea to waste our resources on developing our own UI when
> we could just as easily use GNOME's and not fracture the desktop UI
> scene even more, and when there are far bigger issues in the user
> experience with Ubuntu than the User Interface is concerned. 

Because it tickles Shuttleworth's... something or another.  I probably
can't say it on the list without getting temporarily censored.

	--- Mike



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