Linked by Neil Lucock on Tue 22nd Feb 2005 22:17 UTC
I'd better start by admitting that I'm a fan of KDE. It's not because it works like Windows, but for the quality of the tools available. However, a GUI is just a way of doing something and I think I've been a bit dismissive of the Gnome desktop up to now. I read a few reviews of Ubuntu, looked at their web site and decided to have a look. I wanted a general purpose (desktop) distribution and an opportunity to get to know the Gnome utilities.
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if it is possible to make something self-explanatory, it should be. Anything less is unacceptable, and I mean that literally.
1) Ask yourself, 'what makes something self-explanatory' and apply that to the subject(s). Then post the individual examples. Use the feedback. See if Bugzilla or Mailinglists name them. If not, consider writing the developers about the issue(s). It would be much more constructive.
2) Ask yourself, do other non-GNOME and non-Ubuntu systems also come with some lecture for the user to use when he/she needs help? These systems are not going away unless everything is self-explanatory for everyone which, unfortunately for those who'd like that, has implications as well (e.g. the usual disadvantage of conservative UIs).