On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 20:48:15 +0100 Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > I've been at my parents today and showed it to them to see what they > > thought. They're both Ubuntu users but rarely fiddle with settings. To > > say they were baffled would be an understatement. They really weren't sure > > what was being recorded and benefits it had. The relationship of the two > > buttons in the Recent Items tab also baffled them. Did the RH button save > > things for an hour, day, week, etc. or was that what the LH Delete History > > button deletes. I'll add this to the bug and thanks again to Colin for his > > excellent explanation of the problems on the bug thread. > > You are right about the buttons being confusing. The clue to the > right hand button is in the heading "Forget Activities", it clears the > data for the period specified in the button (the last hour or > whatever). The heading is too far from the button however. It is the > age old problem of someone who knows how to do something writing the > instructions, it is not easy to put yourself into the mind of someone > who is coming at it for the first time. (To assemble: Insert sprogget > B into cordwangle C as shown in diagram XVII) > I know what it's like trying to write instructions for people. Trying to get 'just enough' information so people can follow them and 'chapter-and-verse' which causes people to skip things as they don't want to read it all is very hard. Privacy is a very problematic area because a lot of people have a hard time understanding it. -- Steve <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com> -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
