You can read the "Ubuntu welcome center" thread: https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05790.html
and also the section titled the same in this mail in the "a realistic vision of the next iteration of unity": https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05999.html Here is the LP bug request for the same topic: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/790628 2011/6/3 Remco <[email protected]> > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:09, Thorsten Wilms <[email protected]> wrote: > > First boot and first login of a "new" user are meaningless. > > > > What if Eve installs a system for Adam to use? What if George creates > > another account to test something? What if Brunhilde installs her 3rd > > iteration of Ubuntu? > > > > What if Vladimir really does login for the first time on his first Ubuntu > > system, but will feel belittled by anything that looks like hand-holding > and > > gets in the way of exploring everything himself immediately? > > I think we can ignore feelings of belittlement of adventurous people. > They would feel belittled by automatic codec install, bash command > installation suggestions; everything that helps new users. > > For every adventurous person we lose, we will gain 100 users who have > no idea what that bar on the left is, what those icons in the > top-right are, how you find applications, etc. > > Help is a perfect introduction for new users (English-only though). > Seriously, take a look at Help. It's awesome. > > > Part of making a system feel consistent, reliable and predictable is > > avoiding special cases. A different behavior triggered once is like magic > > ... > > Bringing it up once is not a good idea, I agree. To maximize > predictability, Help should be brought up on every login, until the > user clicks on a button "Don't show this next time I log in". > > > While one could say that it should be very obvious and straightforward to > > access help, that could come at a cost of something else that might be > used > > more often. None of the people I observed using computers ever brought up > > help, despite that a number of them could have benefited from it. My > > experience there matches observations and self-reports from others. > > I know that most technical people feel like they don't need help. I'm > such a person, and I would go to Google before starting Help. That's > why it's such a great idea to shove Help into their face the first > time they use the computer. It may be annoying at first, but curiosity > will take over and they'll start exploring, for example, the "Tips & > tricks" section. > > -- > Remco > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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