Public bug reported:
The question "Where are you?" can elicit the wrong response when the
user is located in a country other than his usual country of residence.
Ubiquity asks "Where are you?" But the user is not told why the question
is being asked or what the consequences of the answer will be.
The only visual cue on the page is a dominant map, showing a time zone.
A naive user might therefore very well assume that the answer he gives
will determine the time zone to be set for the system. He has no way to
know that in fact it will determine all his localization settings --
currency, date format, spell checking, and so on.
When I installed Precise, I did so from Madrid. And because this wasn't
my first install and I'm American, I lied and answered "New York." Then,
after install, I simply adjusted the timezone, and all was fine.
But earlier, on a previous version, while in South Africa, I truthfully
answered "Johannesburg." And when I wound up with South African rand as
my currency, a South African spell checker, and so on, I was confused.
New to Ubuntu, I also didn't know how to change the localization
settings. ("Language support" didn't seem an obvious choice.")
Confusing!
Expected behavior:
A page with a big visual of a time zone and the question "Where are
you?" will use my answer to set the system's time zone. (And maybe it
will tell me that after installation I can easily change it in such-and-
such place.)
If my input will be used to determine localization settings, I might be
asked "Where do you live?" I might see a graphic showing signs for
dollars, pounds, rupees, yen, and so on. And perhaps "Hello" or
"Welcome" in a smorgasbord of languages. And I might be told "Ubuntu
will use your answer to set the defaults for your currency, language,
and other regional settings. After installation you can easily change
these."
In "System settings," I might also see "Languages and regional settings"
rather than "Language support," which doesn't adeuqately convey what
settings this option makes available.
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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"Where are you?" is a potentially misleading question
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