On 14/12/10 14:37, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> I suggest including, in the Unity specification, a map of access points in Gnome 2 and the equivalent access points in Unity, to check that nothing else has been forgotten. This should cover small system tasks like:
> * accessing the OS version
> * accessing the OS help
> * closing a program that has stopped responding (this has always been too hard in Gnome 2)
> * connecting to a new server (present in Nautilus's "File" menu, but should it also be somewhere in the Files lens?)
> * taking a screenshot.
That's a great suggestion, and starting list.
> But the access point is only half the issue. The other half is what
> "About Ubuntu" should open -- the current help page, or something more
> sophisticated.
For the moment, I'd like us to focus purely on functional information.
We'll for the moment put the system details - CPU, OS version etc in the
broader collection of settings and prefs, and separate from help. We can
review this later.
On 14/12/10 14:37, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> I suggest including, in the Unity specification, a map of access points in Gnome 2 and the equivalent access points in Unity, to check that nothing else has been forgotten. This should cover small system tasks like:
> * accessing the OS version
> * accessing the OS help
> * closing a program that has stopped responding (this has always been too hard in Gnome 2)
> * connecting to a new server (present in Nautilus's "File" menu, but should it also be somewhere in the Files lens?)
> * taking a screenshot.
That's a great suggestion, and starting list.
> But the access point is only half the issue. The other half is what
> "About Ubuntu" should open -- the current help page, or something more
> sophisticated.
For the moment, I'd like us to focus purely on functional information.
We'll for the moment put the system details - CPU, OS version etc in the
broader collection of settings and prefs, and separate from help. We can
review this later.
Mark