Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of

2012-03-07 Thread Avi Greenbury
mac wrote: > On 3 Mar 2012, at 11:30, Bruno Girin wrote: > > ...Both Unity and Metro are bold changes to the way you use your > > computer and raise the risk of severe backlash from users who were > > used to something different. > > Nothing against it as an *option* in a routine 10.04 to 12.04 u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of

2012-03-03 Thread alan c
On 03/03/12 16:26, mac wrote: > On 03/03/12 16:13, Bruno Girin wrote: > >> I've discussed that with a friend before. The problem of an option >> during the install or upgrade is that a number of users would not know >> which option to choose... > > Bruno >>> Thanks for your thoughtful and informa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of

2012-03-03 Thread mac
On 03/03/12 16:13, Bruno Girin wrote: I've discussed that with a friend before. The problem of an option during the install or upgrade is that a number of users would not know which option to choose... Bruno >>> Thanks for your thoughtful and informative reply. You've persuaded me to go for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of

2012-03-03 Thread Bruno Girin
On 03/03/12 12:20, mac wrote: > On 3 Mar 2012, at 11:30, Bruno Girin > wrote: >> ...Both Unity and Metro are bold changes to the way you use your >> computer and raise the risk of severe backlash from users who were >> used to something different. > > Nothing against

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of

2012-03-03 Thread mac
On 3 Mar 2012, at 11:30, Bruno Girin wrote: > ...Both Unity and Metro are bold changes to the way you use your computer and > raise the risk of severe backlash from users who were used to something > different. Nothing against it as an *option* in a routine 10.04 to 12.04 upgrade. But blaming u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of

2012-03-03 Thread Bruno Girin
On 03/03/12 09:59, mac wrote: > Why did this make me think of Unity? > > Windows 8 UI is little gain for lots of pain: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/03/andrew_does_windows8/ > > ;-) > > -- > mac > > > Indeed. And one of the comments likens it to Unity. Andrew makes some very valid points a

[ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of

2012-03-03 Thread mac
Why did this make me think of Unity? Windows 8 UI is little gain for lots of pain: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/03/andrew_does_windows8/ ;-) -- mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/