It's bugs like this, and Ubuntu's lack of response to them, that makes it hard for me to recommend Linux to someone where I won't be monitoring their computer constantly.
If a user can pop in a CD and right-click on it and has the option to "Copy CD", the expect it to work when they select it. It's little, simple usability things like this that help to hold the Linux desktop back and makes me question how aware Ubuntu really is of the desktop they promote.
Sure, the bug might be upstream and not with Ubuntu, but if Ubuntu really cared about the desktop they'd say, "Wait a minute, this really disrupts the desktop experience for users," and they'd step in and fix it and release the fix for all supported Ubuntu versions.
It's bugs like this, and Ubuntu's lack of response to them, that makes it hard for me to recommend Linux to someone where I won't be monitoring their computer constantly.
If a user can pop in a CD and right-click on it and has the option to "Copy CD", the expect it to work when they select it. It's little, simple usability things like this that help to hold the Linux desktop back and makes me question how aware Ubuntu really is of the desktop they promote.
Sure, the bug might be upstream and not with Ubuntu, but if Ubuntu really cared about the desktop they'd say, "Wait a minute, this really disrupts the desktop experience for users," and they'd step in and fix it and release the fix for all supported Ubuntu versions.