Comment 52 for bug 882274

> Why do we always point to Microsoft and Apple as if they're somehow a
> reference implementation of great UI design that we just need to copy? There
> is *no* point in trying to replicate what Microsoft and Apple have done:
> Almost nobody who is happy with Windows or OS X is going to switch to Ubuntu
> unless Ubuntu is substantially better in some way.

If you re-read that post a bit more carefully, I'm sure you'll quickly notice that my underlying message says nil about UI design itself (and whether or not other OS vendors get it right or not is irrelevant), but instead pinpoints backwards-compatibility as the foundationally relevant issue at play here (i.e. Windows 8 users will be very satisfied once they discover they still have their familiar "Windows classic" UI). Again the problem here (in my opinion) is that Unity has no "Ubuntu classic" (or "GNOME classic") workspace to address the backwards-compatibility issue of the human psyche of existing Ubuntu users.