While we are on the complaints to the programmers, I should like to add one of my pet peeves. I am no longer in kindergarten. I left that 69 years ago. I find it to be insulting to always be ask if I really want to do this when I issue a command by clicking on a mouse button. When I click "SHUT DOWN", I mean "SHUT DOWN". If I screw up and do this accidentally, I shall still lose less time waiting for a new boot, than I waste when I total my confirmation time for these messages.
If programmers believe these verification questions are beneficial, leave them, but give me the option to turn them OFF in the SYSTEM PREFERENCES. And please do it individually. Providing a way to delete files while bypassing the Trash Bin doesn't do a lot of good when I am ask every time, "ARE YOU SURE". With the choices of "Move to Trash" or "Delete" both available, drop the check. Stop trying to hold our hands as if we are still preschoolers. We are NOT preschoolers. By eliminating this "hand holding" you will teach the few preschoolers using the system to think ahead. This is NOT a BUG report, but a request to be treated like an adult without additional complications. Please follow these rules. If the "improvement" makes the system less intuitive or harder to use, it is NOT an improvement. You must make this evaluation from the standpoint of the average user, not based upon your own abilities. Never make an operating system change that obsoletes the user's applications without advising the user, and providing an easy way to return to the previous setup. Compress the existing system and write it to a DVD or set of DVDs. Include a "RESTORE PREVIOUS SYSTEM" command. Include a small OS with the capability to execute this command from a wiped system on the DVDs. Perhaps "CLONE" and "RESTORE_CLONE" would be the way to do this. These commands could be included in the APPLICATIONS or SYSTEM menus, although the SYSTEM menu has been removed from 11.10. There are only 2 reasons to reply to this message. 1. "These ideas will all be included in the next release of Ubuntu. 2. "It ain't ever going to happen. I shall try reinstalling 11.04 and if I can make it work to suit me, I shall keep it. If not I shall reinstall 10.04LTS and continue my search for stability in both OS and applications. I just want something that works well and reliably without obsoleting my applications. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830404 Title: Proposed removal of GNOME Classic desktop would be a serious usability and accessibility regression To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/830404/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
