Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
Hello All I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can fit on the poster!) Below is a link to the PDF file - this is the one to send to end users and anyone who might want to print the poster http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/1204-poster-4.pdf The link below is to the ODP file. Fork this as you wish. If you come up with anything good, pop it on Ubuntu One or Dropbox and post a link back here. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/1204-poster-4.odp I will try to get through the spreadbuntu deflection shields later on today. It seems quite hard to get stuff through their spam checkers. Cheers Original Message From: kpb k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk To: alan.p...@canonical.com, UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:58:57 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster On 21/04/12 11:49, Alan Pope wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/04/12 11:16, kpb wrote: Hello All http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/1204-poster-4.pdf Nice work. Where do I file bugs? :) Here Minor niggle, the diagram in the top left implies that the button in the top left of the screen with the Ubuntu logo on _is_ the dash. It's actually referred to as the BFB (Big Freaking Button) or Ubuntu Button which launches the dash. Well, that is the first I've heard of that and I've been a happy Unity user for the last couple of releases. When I hold my mouse over the BFB, it says Dash Home, so I assumed that was the name of the button as well as an indication of what it leads to. I'll look at changing the name of the button to Ubuntu Button (can't you guys think of a shorter name?) Be good to upload it to spreadubuntu so others can get it. OK, its not really marketing though. Cheers, - -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPkpC8AAoJEMx6UFtfvV4w0FIIAKqV5HqPVX/gmacIO6PfMSIQ ULwB+QYxqTQAFfQAcIyY+QftskbuHs5sVyD1YE9kP+bxLlm+lOhqtHCxd0ArqgPA mUUQzhte+bU9Sf+dHonQM98BiA3prS0wg2iDWSM5uR3gyIuNsyotAxFrr0BiuAF7 rYlm4FR3Nm3FABYs6P3Q3TT9YuKrKcawkcYSzfkJ/FAnODHPC9MBtU93fodoIHFn gP/7c4Yu5whwAvKyfTE0ycBl3Nwcbi4dGgUeXt/LzlN2Y2Y0EPpJz0kaPe8o9hJX gGTaE5IBJozTi/78usSiSbXxYPDif4FhaMch9pGH3HfxZHpf2i2ypA4VIXORLsY= =TfVM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 25/04/12 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can fit on the poster!) Splendid work! Thanks. I really think this is too useful to be ignored. I hope somebody with write access will link it into the Ubuntu web site. Kind regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
I tried to reply to this post from k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk but I keep getting asked for an encryption key before sending -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 25/04/2012 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can fit on the poster!) This is really good. Very well done! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi again Keith, On 25/04/12 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: I will try to get through the spreadbuntu deflection shields later on today. It seems quite hard to get stuff through their spam checkers. I uploaded it for you. http://spreadubuntu.org/en/material/brochure/1204-poster Hope that's okay. Cheers, Al. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPl+4wAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wUWoH/jBCqXL0y8ZHgFP6M4uM52fs gA1rF5Kr2WqppFQ0ZcmYNNDW+FK4k3fakmGi4re4LSI2OW8ykKMdUJeg81MCx6QT O+Z4g1zbSFDoZVcoh0XT4IDVwZ0Po0QZPgJ+IyA4h4vzEghfE3zvJgnS1lbMnE69 bixpldcYfjyjVRjJBSYfy1CYBnXMCy3gbYL9TKmlDqh0ebBxURP1qGM6tORzvhBH ldxlDUG3jvKcbvOuTQkgJ9WidjXFbx14xDrA+C0mDSK3KeHi8PpUj1BcTBRXea5e GBcWXB4A6X0NbJTDiFlxsqo/BWK8/LMn8FO0OdcSrleehSwizoDFBn51MwzttWk= =Yh/W -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 25/04/12 12:26, Barry Drake wrote: On 25/04/12 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can fit on the poster!) Splendid work! Thanks. I really think this is too useful to be ignored. I hope somebody with write access will link it into the Ubuntu web site. A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What about a similar page for Windows 7, for comparison? -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
Hello Alan and all The target audience I had in mind was those in organisations where computers are moving from 10.04 to 12.04, an LTS to LTS upgrade. Hence not 'novices' either in Linux or in the use of computers. Most Colleges, libraries, adult education centres in the UK base their IT instruction around Windows, so I guess Microsoft can look after itself. Cheers --Original Message-- From: alan c Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com ReplyTo: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster Sent: 25 Apr 2012 17:08 On 25/04/12 12:26, Barry Drake wrote: On 25/04/12 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can fit on the poster!) Splendid work! Thanks. I really think this is too useful to be ignored. I hope somebody with write access will link it into the Ubuntu web site. A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What about a similar page for Windows 7, for comparison? -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 25/04/12 13:29, Alan Pope wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi again Keith, On 25/04/12 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: I will try to get through the spreadbuntu deflection shields later on today. It seems quite hard to get stuff through their spam checkers. I uploaded it for you. http://spreadubuntu.org/en/material/brochure/1204-poster Hope that's okay. Cheers, Al. Al Thanks very much for doing that The spreadubuntu link is on the ubuntuforum thread for the poster now. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 25/04/12 17:08, alan c wrote: A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What about a similar page for Windows 7, for comparison? Alan - I'm not entirely sure I agree. The language and examples are very simply put. I'm expecting to upgrade my sister from 10.04 to 12.04 fairly soon. I'll ask her to look at it. I'll also ask her stepdaughter to take a look. She is almost entirely Windows (although she has recently started work at SpecSavers). Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 25/04/12 20:54, Barry Drake wrote: On 25/04/12 17:08, alan c wrote: A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What about a similar page for Windows 7, for comparison? Alan - I'm not entirely sure I agree. The language and examples are very simply put. I'm expecting to upgrade my sister from 10.04 to 12.04 fairly soon. I'll ask her to look at it. I'll also ask her stepdaughter to take a look. She is almost entirely Windows (although she has recently started work at SpecSavers). Hi Barry. I am dealing with 60 plus ages and they are all technophobes using Ubuntu without reading any instructions at all. Some are adults with learning difficulty. The thought of even -me- needing to look at such an information diagram is an unpleasant thought for me. It is ironic indeed that Ubuntu gets to rival a Mac in GUI simplicity, and straight away it is advocated that a technical diagram is needed to explain it! It reminds me (with grim humour) of the 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' item of 'one song to the tune of another', where the chair deliberately obfuscates the rules. When unity was user tested formally, what written instructions were provided? I bet, none. By making such diagrams very public it is signalling I think quite wrongly that the GUI is difficult. I think that is a bad message for public broadcast. Thinking advertising here. Anyway, there will be a best target audience, but I am sure it will not anyone I help. Good luck though. (Watch their eyes) -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
Hello all and Alan I am not actually advocating the use of the poster. The choice of resources in any situation must be made by each facilitator bearing in mind the needs of the group that they are working with. The idea for the poster came from responses to questions from people on the Ubuntuforums Ubuntu + 1 subforum. I simply thought that an introduction to Unity for those who have not made the journey through 11.04 and 11.10 might be useful for some people. Best of luck with your work. I would be interested in the outcome of the 'user trial' that has been mentioned as well. Cheers -- Keith Burnett http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/ -Original Message- From: alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:13:45 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster On 25/04/12 20:54, Barry Drake wrote: On 25/04/12 17:08, alan c wrote: A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What about a similar page for Windows 7, for comparison? Alan - I'm not entirely sure I agree. The language and examples are very simply put. I'm expecting to upgrade my sister from 10.04 to 12.04 fairly soon. I'll ask her to look at it. I'll also ask her stepdaughter to take a look. She is almost entirely Windows (although she has recently started work at SpecSavers). Hi Barry. I am dealing with 60 plus ages and they are all technophobes using Ubuntu without reading any instructions at all. Some are adults with learning difficulty. The thought of even -me- needing to look at such an information diagram is an unpleasant thought for me. It is ironic indeed that Ubuntu gets to rival a Mac in GUI simplicity, and straight away it is advocated that a technical diagram is needed to explain it! It reminds me (with grim humour) of the 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' item of 'one song to the tune of another', where the chair deliberately obfuscates the rules. When unity was user tested formally, what written instructions were provided? I bet, none. By making such diagrams very public it is signalling I think quite wrongly that the GUI is difficult. I think that is a bad message for public broadcast. Thinking advertising here. Anyway, there will be a best target audience, but I am sure it will not anyone I help. Good luck though. (Watch their eyes) -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
