account import is useless

[NickNackGus]

First some background. I've been using Ubuntu as my main OS since 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. I rarely see Microsoft Windows open on my laptop or two desktops. I've been inspired to write over thirty programs in the Linux shell alone, and have chosen an Android phone over an iPhone, all because of the power of open source, first introduced to me over the summer of 2009. Today I decided to test the 12.04 beta on a spare HDD using my most powerful computer, mainly to try the HUD. I already performed some tests on that HDD over my last vacation, and upgraded everything I had to Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit, with many customizations. The fact that I can customize so much is without a doubt the main reason I love Ubuntu.

I'll upload a screenshot of my upgrade, and see if you can see anything wrong with it. You know what, I'll just tell you in plain English, although you clearly didn't pay any attention last time.

The account import dialog has a box with all the accounts you can import to Ubuntu. You can click the check boxes next to each account you want to import, and the Live CD will handle the rest. Good, wonderful in fact. But keep in mind that you should make the box BIG ENOUGH TO DISPLAY MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, PEOPLE! Alright, I'm calming down...but seriously, I told you about this with the new settings manager AND the Ubiquity terminal, and that was MONTHS ago. You guys somehow managed to make things WORSE.

As a reminder, the Ubiquity terminal, when shown, should be able to display at least five lines at a time, not an amazing zero. This could have been easily fixed by resizing the window on larger displays, if you didn't disable that. And no, I'm still not buying the excuse that it was a "design goal" to remove the ability to resize a window. Preventing usefulness should NEVER be a "goal". Understood? I hope so!

As for the account import dialogue, you left 80% of ubiquity blank. In vertical Space alone. You had the room, you just refuse to use it. If you really want more users, from Mac or Windows, you can't be making life hard for them. They're just going to tell their friends that Linux is a "Hobby OS" for "Crazy Linux Fanboys" before they have anything installed. Ubuntu is a great OS, is on the cutting edge of technology, and runs a good portion of the world. It isn't right to judge a book by its cover, but people aren't going to try Ubuntu if the front door is surrounded by barbed wire. Metaphorically.

Ubuntu 12.04 Early March Beta for AMD64 on an ASUS G74SX.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.305
Date: Fri Mar 9 21:20:12 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=unknown
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[NickNackGus (nicknackgus)]

The mentioned picture of the Account import utility in Ubiquity.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This was bug 946123, fixed in ubiquity 2.9.25.

[NickNackGus (nicknackgus)]

I agree that this is a duplicate. I am believe that the bug this is a duplicate of has been resolved. As a result I have attempted to mark this bug as "solved", but was unsuccessful. I am unsubscribing from this bug report, so please mark this as "solved" or "duplicate" if it is still publicly marked as anything else.