On Monday, 2009-11-09 at 13:36:35 -0000, Colin Watson wrote: > I'm afraid this is beyond my control. The design team have instructed me > to make GRUB as silent as possible > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/KarmicBootExperienceDesignSpec#Bootloader). > The Shift thing was the best I could manage.
B.A.D. Broken as designed. See my .signature. But I wonder what happened to the other parts of that design, namely: "The Boot Experience Will... ...guide the user through a fast, simple startup which feels welcoming and reassuring. The user will feel in control of his computer throughout." Giving absolutely no feedback means that the user is left without control. The user does not feel welcome but left in a very Microsoftish dark. "We don't tell you what's going on - you're too stupid to understand, anyway. Just don't touch any buttons, so that you don't break anything." Last time I looked Ubuntu did not follow that philosophy. Note, I'm not blaming you. I'm just venting my frustration over a design done by people who talk about "user experience" rather than giving the user control over the environment. The notion "user experience" so far has always told me "we will do this our way, you will watch this in fear and awe". "User experience" is not "usage quality" or "user friendliness". It's pure marketing bullshit. Lupe Christoph Frustrated because of the turn Ubuntu is taking. Helter skelter downhill trying to catch up after Gnome. -- | There is no substitute for bad design except worse design. | | /me | -- grub2 is autistic, i.e. no input, no output https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477703 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
