On 29 December 2010 16:07, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:20:11 +0000 > Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > [snip] >> >> By all means set the workspaces to one to get rid of that complexity though. >> > This I don't agree with as multiple workspaces are one of the best ways of > organising oneself.
True but it is a metaphor very few new users are used to. What I tend to do, both with Ubuntu and OS-X, is to demonstrate the feature and gauge the response. If it's along the lines of "oh that's cool!", I leave it on, if it's along the lines of "oh, that's confusing...", I disable it, at least until they've got used to their desktop and the way it operates. Having said this, one way to avoid the "where have all my windows gone?" moments is to make the transition very obvious by enabling the cube in Compiz for instance: at least if the user is confused, calls you and says "there was this cube thing then all my windows were gone!", you know exactly what happened. Another trick for Windows users who are used to the ALT+TAB key combo is to configure it so that ALT+TAB shows all windows in all workspaces rather than only windows in the current workspace. Everybody is different and there is no one-size-fits-all answer. What is great with Ubuntu is that you can really configure the system in a way that suits how the user wants to use it, not the other way round. Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
