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Thanks for brining this up, Jeff.
I'm targeting this to a little later in the cycle when we have a good picture what people will need to know. I'm a little opposed to a whole set of dedicated “how to use Unity” slides mainly because we should expect the interface to explain itself. If the slideshow has to explain it, we've already failed every user who doesn't look at the slideshow. Certainly, it should be brought up in a few places and we should make sure everything in here makes sense both with Unity and without Unity, but I always worry about creating a tone of “this system is complicated; read the manual or you're doomed!”
That said, I'm happy to be surprised! A single Unity slide could be quite nice. If we add a Unity slide, we should probably nix something else to save space. (These things are actually pretty expensive when we account for all the translations). I was thinking of revising it, but the Firefox one feels totally useless right now and it doesn't feel like there's much room for it to grow. It might be a good candidate.
I think this would be a little different from the other slides, since to be particularly helpful we'll want to reference places in a screenshot from text that will be translated. If there is a really il8n-safe way to do that (numbered dots?), we're in luck! Perhaps this would be a good opportunity to introduce some terminology and stuff that will be talked about in more detail later.
We may be able to add subtle cues to the existing stuff, and the first slide should certainly bring Unity up as the big new thing. (With a nice screenshot as well…). I think it would be perfect if we could link to another resource that really delves into what Unity is about, like unity.ubuntu.com for end users. There are lots of hidden treats that would be perfect for an engaging series of ten second video tutorials, and we certainly don't have room for them in the slideshow (and neither do most people!) :)
I'd love to chat about this. Right here is fine. Hopefully the Launchpad people will forgive me.