On 1/11/06, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Who are the home users anyway? Mom and dad, granny, the kids, > a highschool kid, a student? I don't think catering to least set > of skill/knowledge can be the answer, because that can only be > right for a very small percentage of users. Users that spend the > least amount of time on the computer, on top of it.
It's not about the least set of computer knowledge, it's about what most people really need. Most people don't need multiple desktops. I've known about this feature ever since I first tried Linux several years ago, and so has all of my computer science friends. These are real power-users with true computer skills and none of them has ever felt the need for multiple desktops, except, I have to admit, one person. Even within the relatively geeky group of people in this informal study, he is a minority. Let's stop for a second and try to go back to the main subject here. What if I hadn't mentioned that darn workspace switcher, how would you feel about the idea of merging two panels into one? -- David Tenser _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
