With the responses to the thread ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1279499 ) and your suggestions, here is another draft. This certainly isn't polished and there's a lot to add.
Feedback please :) ___________________ The Ubuntu User Experience is aimed to be usable, helpful, unobtrusive, evolving, stable, powerful beautiful, simple, consistent, customizeable, and warm. It Just Works for Human Beings The Ubuntu community brings to the world a GNU/Linux operating system that is meant to be used by human beings. Ubuntu is aimed at being usable to everyone regardless of age, culture, race, or any other classification. The user experience team considers the differences brought by those classifications to make the Ubuntu desktop just work for the human being. A Tool to Get Things Done Ubuntu is a tool for human beings to achieve their goals. The goal is to be unobtrusive by working for the user instead of being something that requires to be worked on by the user. As it evolves, it requires less and less tweaking from the user. "Pretty is a Feature" The need for beauty is self-explanatory. Aesthetics is an important factor that affects the user's perception of the product and provides a desirable ambience for the user. Keeping it Simple Despite aiming to build a complete operating system out of the box, people behind Ubuntu are keeping things as simple as possible. The whole system that is fit in a CD is trimmed of bloat that could be obtrusive to a desirable user experience. Guided by Consistent Standards The open source world has a very wide variety of options. As a GNU/Linux distribution, the Ubuntu team should handpick a collection of applications and configurations that would create a consistent experience. By default, Ubuntu should include applications that follow the same standards. Thanks to the GNOME project, among many others, the Ubuntu desktop has applications that use the GTK+ toolkit or that adapt to its look and feel. Free in Every Ubuntu is a Free (and Libre) Open Source Software. Other than being free of charge for the user to own and use, it can be modified and redistributed. The default desktop should follow consistent standards, but Ubuntu can be customized very easily to fit the needs and wants of its users. It may come with default applications and configurations, but it should also be designed to be tweaked very easily to satisfy unique needs and wants. The Ubuntu community recognizes and promotes individualism. Ubuntu Loves the Human Being A significant user experience feature of Ubuntu is its warmth. This warmth is displayed by its artwork. Unlike most operating systems, Ubuntu's look and feel is not the traditional "kitchenware." People behind Ubuntu aim to let the user feel that the computer is not foreign to the human being. The Ubuntu desktop encourages its user to collaborate with the community by asking for help and contributing. A Product of a Circle of Friends Guided by Integrity The community behind Ubuntu is a "Circle of Friends" with a common goal. The Ubuntu logo says it all. Ubuntu users attest that they stick to Ubuntu, the operating system, because of the people behind it. Its leader spends a fortune to produce this free operating system out of the belief that free software process is the right way of building software and its potential to define the average person's operating system user experience. A large group joined the community to promote the same cause, a group that is guided by a <link>fine code of conduct</link>. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
