Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: casper
I'm trying to boot from a usb flash drive without starting X. The
manpage
(http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/en/man7/casper.7.html) says
that there is a parameter called 'textonly' - but when I add this
parameter to the standard boot optio
This bug shouldn't be marked as low importance. This is an usability
issue that impacts the very first impression of ubuntu.
As an example, I installed Ubuntu in a netbook for my parents.
Because they value simplicity, I made the netbook login automatically,
opening the web browser and skype imme
Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> No. This is not a democracy. Good feedback, good data, are welcome. But
> we are not voting on design decisions.
Mark,
I completely understand and agree with your position -- you are the
benevolent dictator for life, and Ubuntu is not a democracy.
HOWEVER, I also unde
Adam Williamson wrote:
> You've said a couple of times that the idea is to free up the right hand
> corner
> for Other Stuff You Will Put There Later, which is a valid idea. What I don't
> get,
> though, is why you think it makes sense to do the freeing-up before you've got
> around to inventing
> My mouse cursor usually hovers around the right side
> of windows because the vertical scroll bars are on the
> right. Also, since I read left-to-right, it seems easier to
> interact with windows at the right side.
That's a very good point.
There's no sense moving the min/max/close buttons to t
Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Our design roadmap calls for us to reduce the visibility of
> scrollbars, and emphasise:
>
> - touch scrolling
> - scrollwheels
If you are actually considering touch scrolling, than you should also
consider that touch screens are much less precise than mouse pointers
John Lewis wrote on 2010-03-19:
> Basically when everything has to be decided
> by committee/consensus view it a) slows the
> decision making process down a lot and
> b) some pretty silly decisions get made in the
> interests of trying to keep everyone happy.
Rafael Gattringer wrote on 2010-03-2
