Comment Re:problem is, Unity is a disaster (Score 1) 511
Also, they tend to do these "usability studies" where they conclude feature X was only used by 5% of the users, and feature Y by 3%, so it must be OK to sacrifice them on the altar of simplicity. But everyone has a different X or Y they use, so eventually this hurts _everybody_.
Best argument I've heard for Alternative Vote yet!
(/uk_current_affairs)
I don't see how Unity is even simple. If all you want to do is web browse, sure - it's easy enough to see Firefox on the copy of OSX's Dock (if you know to look for the Firefox icon - I guess many would be looking for a blue 'e'?)
When you want to look for other applications it took ME - a computer user of about 25 years - a while to figure out that you had to find the "other applications" icon then use this almost-hidden little drop-down in the top-right to choose a category of application and show a list. It's AWFUL.
I'll wait for Canonical to copy OS X Lion (they're only up to Tiger so far but they're trying hard to copy Apple, bless them) - that has an iPad-style launcher, which while not as intuitive as the Start Menu from 1995, is still a lot more intuitive than Unity's launching system.