I think that for now, since Mr Shuttleworth is trying to make our lives miserable, we should consider doing a "sudo apt-get install xfce4" and make that our default desktop. This follows what our dear Linus Torvalds is doing on his own desktop: he gave up to use KDE and Gnome3 because their bad taste of what a desktop should be. Since Unity and Gnome3 follows the same orientation (to think that users are dumb enough to use a regular desktop manager) we could consider them the same.
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:46 AM, SRoesgen <668...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > If you all do not mind, I want to answer to the request of Mr > Shuttleworth to define the term "power user" and will then elaborate on > my perspective on the term Power User. > > Wikipedia: > A power user is a user of a personal computer who has the ability to use > advanced features of programs which are beyond the abilities of "normal" > users, but is not necessarily capable of programming and system > administration. In enterprise software systems such as Oracle or SAP, this > title may go to an individual who is not a programmer, but who is a > specialist in a transaction or a business process. The "Super User" in > enterprise programs (SAP, Oracle) often refers to an individual who is an > expert in a module or process within the enterprise system. > > http://www.webopedia.com: > A sophisticated user of personal computers. A power user is typically > someone who has considerable experience with computers and utilizes the most > advanced features of applications. > > http://www.techterms.com (excerpt) > "Power users [...] require top-of-the-line machines that are optimized for > their work purposes. Power users include video-editing professionals, > high-end graphic designers, audio producers, and those who use their > computers for scientific research. Professional gamers (yes, there is such a > thing) also fall under this category. [...]" > > > So now that we have some definitions I suppose we can go on, can't we? > > All in all, these definitions state that one does not necessarily need > to have programming skills or be a system administrator. But one knows > how to use special software and how to use the more advanced features of > the operating system and of an application. This then would mean that a > Power User is anybody who does not use his PC only for "checking > e-mails", "writing text documents" and "searching/browsing the > internet". A power user is somebody who uses advanced and/or special > applications, who knows where to find certain options in the operating > system, who knows how to modify the actions triggered by a left or right > mouseclick, who knew (in Widnows or Gnome 2) how to modify the taskbar > so that it does autohide etc.... A power user is somebody who has a > certain workflow and knows what he want and expects from an operating > system. Somebody with experience, somebody who has modified his workflow > over many years so that he knows now exactly what he wants. (Or what she > wants) > > What Unity does: it breaks with old paradigms of the operating systems > known. This is certainly not always bad. But even Windows 8 will have a > legacy mode to get back to the old desktop one knows. > > That is the special issue here. Being a Power User is simply being able > to customize the system, so that the OS can be fitted to your > expectations, to your daily workflow. Currently Ubuntu is NOT for Power > Users. Because Ubuntu/Unity makes the user fit to Unity's workflow, not > vice versa. > > Your favourite, Mr Shuttleworth, was the user who preferred the mouse? > Maybe this user was indeed no Power User, especially if he did not know > anything about the options of the operating system. > Still, being a Power User is not being somebody who uses the Keyboard and > preferring the keyboard over the mouse. I consider myself a power user. I > use advanced features of LibreOffice Calc, to create formulas, I write > scripts in python to analyse text data, I use databases to store the found > data and conduct further analysis on this data. I use programs written in > python and java (not written by me) to do much of the interaction with the > databases. I use specific tools to do analysis on text corpora. (Some of my > friends and colleagues use different tools and different methods to work > with audio corpora or even videos. They use even more different tools to > analyse the data.) Still, most of the time I prefer using the mouse. > Clicking on something IS faster than typing things. Especially if I can put > the icons (of small scripts) where I want them to be. I use the keyboard > only if it is faster. But everytime I have to take a hand away from the > mouse to get to the keyboard, to type something, and then I have to go back > to the mouse I loose time. I want hot corner actions to be modifyable in > the system by default (without installing ccsm). It is fast to switch > workspaces with those hot corner actions. I want to show the desktop by > clicking in the launcher instead of hitting Alt+Tab. And if I say, for me > it is faster to work when I can go to the bottom of the screen to reach the > launcher, I want to be able to place the launcher there. > > I am a Power User. If I want to configure the system and if I need to > search the internet (or the Software Center) to find application to do this > configurations, I am normally somebody who says "so be it so!". BUT if those > things I want to modify or configure have existed in many operating systems > for many years and I usually can take them for granted, and if, > additionally, some of these features are denied to me unless I fork the > system or install an unsupported patch, then I have to question the sanity > of the designers. > We are not talking about implementing features into Unity, which have never > been seen before. We are not talking about features that a group of people > invented and that this group of people wants to be implemented because they > came up with a strange design idea that they want see to become part of the > system. Instead, we are talking about a feature that existed everywhere in > every OS. A feature that will not, definitively not, break the system or the > use concept of the system. It is about options. Being a power user is being > about options, about configurability. It is not being about shortcuts or > about using the keyboard more efficeintly. My times of using the terminal or > the console are over. That can be done by script kiddies and console jockeys > who like doing so. And if they have fun hacking on the keyboard that is no > problem for me. I know the times of Ms Dos and of early Linux. I was really > happy when I was able to stop using the keyboard extensively/intensively. I > do not need this. A line of code or bash commands maybe fast. But it is > never faster than a mouse click. If I have to use the shell, then I can use > it. But I prefer to not do it. > So now, Mr Shuttleworth, you had your answer. You have a definition of a > Power User (several of them). You have a description of my workflow and > needs. And my needs are those of some other people who do similar tasks. > Perhaps indeed a small group of people. But I would like to hear what the > rest of the users here have to say about this. Perhaps they recognized these > needs as well. Perhaps they can add to this. You say you do not only want to > hear demands? Ok! So, this was a description, which offered you more details > in my work than I think you should need. Because I think, if I say, there is > a need of a feature and if many other people says so, too. > > About your user tests and 20 Million Ubuntu users: > Perhaps there are only 156 "affects me" voters against 20 Million Ubuntu > users. But who else despite those 156 people has the same needs and does not > voice his needs on launchpad? Additionally: you say 20 Million users of > Ubuntu? Fine! But what about those 10 people you test every month. That are > 120 people within a year. We got 156 "affects me votes" within less time > than a year. So think again about the numbers you use. > > I, indeed, am not somebody who has no really big problem with the position > of the launcher. It is the smallest problem I have with Unity at the moment. > I like many of the concepts and design ideas of Unity. Those things that I > do NOT like are all tied to the fact that Unity cannot be configured. For > me, this bug, annoying as it is, for both our sides, serves only as an > example for this unconfigurability. > You want to include Power Users? Then be honest. There is NO special type > of Power User. Power Users configure the system to their needs. The more > configurability, the more Power Users will jump onto your train. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (821156). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 > > Title: > Movement of Unity launcher > > Status in Ayatana Design: > Won't Fix > Status in NULL Project: > Invalid > Status in Unity: > Won't Fix > Status in Ubuntu: > Won't Fix > > Bug description: > Please consider this a possible feature request or wishlist. > > Now when Unity will be default desktop for 11.04 could you please > consider to add option to configure Unity launcher placement. Add > simple option to lock/unlock through right-click menu and drag > launcher to desired location like left/right and bottom. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/668415/+subscriptions > -- Fernando -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 Title: Movement of Unity launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/668415/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs