On 08/19/2014 05:08 PM, Lutz Andersohn wrote: > > On 08/19/2014 02:10 PM, Michael Hall wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> As we move towards our goal of converging the Ubuntu phone, tablet and >> desktop into a single codebase, we need to make sure we understand how >> some of the new technology that was developed for mobile devices will >> impact desktop users. I have created a short survey[1] to get your >> feedback on some of the bigger changes, which we will use to instruct >> our choices on what and how to bring these to the desktop. >> >> The survey will ask you about how different changes might affect the way >> you use Ubuntu, both positively and negatively. But it is important to >> remember that no decisions have been made yet regarding whether or not >> these changes will actually happen on the desktop. The purpose of this >> survey is to help us evaluate what their impact might be, and what work >> would be required to make them work for all of our users. >> >> If you have a custom or unusual setup with Ubuntu, we are particularly >> interested in hearing about those details. It's easy enough for us to >> consider the impact on common use-cases of Ubuntu, but understanding the >> various edge-cases requires input from the people involved with them. >> >> Finally, none of the information you provide in this survey will be used >> for anything other than evaluating and planning for the use of these >> technologies in Ubuntu. No personally identifiable information will be >> asked for, and nothing will be sold to any 3rd party. >> >> [1] https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UbuntuConvergenceFeedback > For whatever it's worth, I think this convergence a is supremely ill > advised idea, especially if it impacts appearance to a user: a phone is > different from a desktop and thus should behave differently. Any attempt > to combine will ultimately result in a software that nobody likes. My > analogy is that one can eat a steak and potatoes with a swiss army knife > but nobody is going to enjoy the experience. >
The appearance of Unity on the desktop should remain functionally the same (it'll get a visual update though). It will still function as a desktop, the way Unity 7 does today. Michael Hall [email protected] -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
