Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

Posted Oct 17, 2011 17:41 UTC (Mon) by Cato (guest, #7643)
In reply to: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released by cortana
Parent article: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

Requiring Alt to be held down for customisation is pretty non-discoverable... not very good UI design.

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

Posted Oct 17, 2011 18:11 UTC (Mon) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link] (1 responses)

It's better than what happened before. I have never seen a non-technical user's not eventually totally screw up their GNOME 2 desktop; it's far too easy to accidentally move, or remove, vital panel components such as the main menu or the window list.

I agree that the discoverability needs to be improved, but I've never used a bit of software where this couldn't not be stated to be the case. :)

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

Posted Oct 17, 2011 18:15 UTC (Mon) by Cato (guest, #7643) [Link]

It is possible to lock down GNOME desktops with some gconf hacks (but those aren't discoverable either)... I guess it depends who you are optimising for.