The point I'm making is everyone didn't know how to use a smartphone when they got their first smartphone. They still picked up the concept just fine. I don't think we should expect anything less from ubuntu users. On Sep 7, 2011 12:19 PM, "gespert...@gmail.com" <gespert...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/9/7 Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com>: >> By people, I mean "Human Beings" of all levels of computer literacy and >> backgrounds, which is precisely Ubuntu's target demographic. > > It's a quite ample demographic. Probably too much. > But still, if you want to reach all humans despite their background > and level of computer literacy you have to check the validity of your > assumptions, like thinking they ALL used or know how to use a > smartphone. > Smartphones can be common in North America and Europe but it's still a > piece of technology that only wealthy people can get in emerging > countries, leave alone third world countries. > Even in a country like Argentina (where I live), where things aren't > going bad at all and we have a reasonable level of technology and > access to computers and Internet, we don't have broadband access in > all the country and in some areas you simply *can't* use a smartphone. > Point is, when you leave Europe and North America, some assumptions > can turn wrong. The familiarity of a shopping bag as an icon for > getting free applications may not be true. > > 2011/9/7 David <da...@kvr.com.au>: >> I see many criticisms yet a lack of proposals for a suitable replacement. > > That's why I started with one :) > I'm not trying to push my proposal in, but I think it's worth to > discuss the validity of certain assumptions and look for a unique an > different option instead of just following the pack.
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