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Figures there would be a gripe about an OPERATING SYSTEM demo in a WEB BROWSER. Shame on them. Install Ubuntu. Let that be your first impression. I'm sure it w

by jemka 15y ago

Figures there would be a gripe about an OPERATING SYSTEM demo in a WEB BROWSER. Shame on them. Install Ubuntu. Let that be your first impression. I'm sure it will fit your screen.

nodata 15y ago
So I go to do a tour of the new Ubuntu release and I can't click the buttons to start the tour because I can't read what's written on them. What the tour is demoing doesn't come into it.
- jemka 15y ago
  You can't empathize? You can't give them a little slack? They didn't spend enough time testing the demo of the OS on a browser for your liking? They were probably busy building an operating system. If their core competency was website building, you would have a point. But in this case you're just being pedant.
  - nodata 15y ago
    No, I'm saying I can't do the tour because it doesn't fit in my browser. Most potential users would just go away at that point. Instead of just going away, I mentioned it here so someone can know.
    - gldalmaso 15y ago
      It's the first time they've done this sort of demo. I betcha the next realeses will not have as many issues. Release early, realease often. Most potential users don't go through the effort of downloading and running a live cd/usb. The web demo is a major hook, it just needs a couple iterations to be perfected. That is the way of the open source.
    - jemka 15y ago
      >Most potential users would just go away at that point. Most? You viewed the demo with the intention of checking out the OS. This isn't the only way to check out an OS. In fact, this method is relatively the first of its kind. The first time you probably ever saw a demo like this. It doesn't work so you give up on any other method? Screenshots? Live CD? Writeups on blogs. You know, all the ways you normally "tour" an OS. And ultimately you give up on the OS entirely? Any SERIOUS potential user will find other ways of checking out the OS. Like we've done with every other OS in the past. I can't believe you're actually arguing this point.
aw3c2 15y ago
His complaint is very valid in my opinion. Imagine Granny Smith being sent to that page and opening it on her 1024x768 notebook.
- notatoad 15y ago
  granny smith doesn't install ubuntu. her kid does. no operating system will ever be suitable for installation by grandma, nor should it ever be.
- Seth_Kriticos 15y ago
  1024x768 is dead. 1366x768 is pretty common actually on lower end laptops.
- jemka 15y ago
  >His complaint is very valid in my opinion. Imagine Granny Smith being sent to that page and opening it on her 1024x768 notebook. Why? What's the purpose of sending "Granny Smith" to that demo? She going to be really excited about the new OS and install it herself? Even if you do, she emails you and says it didn't work, so you...do what you did before. Live cd? Have a discussion with her? Let her try yours? The online demo is not the only method of trying the OS. It's really not even a true method. It's a marketing tool. Not something you would send Granny Smith.
  - aw3c2 15y ago
    "Here, look. This is what your computer would look and feel like if I installed this free modern system on it."
    - jemka 15y ago
      ...and then what? She ends the idea of installing the OS? No, she probably tells you (for whatever reason) she doesn't understand what she's looking at. And your response is what; to just quit? Tell her to use her current OS? My point? The online demo isn't the end-all of the Ubuntu preview. Stop treating it like it is. Finally, ask yourself, am I making good points or trying desperately to win an internet argument.

by jemka 15y ago

Figures there would be a gripe about an OPERATING SYSTEM demo in a WEB BROWSER. Shame on them. Install Ubuntu. Let that be your first impression. I'm sure it will fit your screen.

nodata 15y ago

So I go to do a tour of the new Ubuntu release and I can't click the buttons to start the tour because I can't read what's written on them. What the tour is demoing doesn't come into it.

jemka 15y ago
You can't empathize? You can't give them a little slack? They didn't spend enough time testing the demo of the OS on a browser for your liking? They were probably busy building an operating system. If their core competency was website building, you would have a point. But in this case you're just being pedant.
- nodata 15y ago
  No, I'm saying I can't do the tour because it doesn't fit in my browser. Most potential users would just go away at that point. Instead of just going away, I mentioned it here so someone can know.
  - gldalmaso 15y ago
    It's the first time they've done this sort of demo. I betcha the next realeses will not have as many issues. Release early, realease often. Most potential users don't go through the effort of downloading and running a live cd/usb. The web demo is a major hook, it just needs a couple iterations to be perfected. That is the way of the open source.
  - jemka 15y ago
    >Most potential users would just go away at that point. Most? You viewed the demo with the intention of checking out the OS. This isn't the only way to check out an OS. In fact, this method is relatively the first of its kind. The first time you probably ever saw a demo like this. It doesn't work so you give up on any other method? Screenshots? Live CD? Writeups on blogs. You know, all the ways you normally "tour" an OS. And ultimately you give up on the OS entirely? Any SERIOUS potential user will find other ways of checking out the OS. Like we've done with every other OS in the past. I can't believe you're actually arguing this point.

aw3c2 15y ago

His complaint is very valid in my opinion. Imagine Granny Smith being sent to that page and opening it on her 1024x768 notebook.

notatoad 15y ago
granny smith doesn't install ubuntu. her kid does. no operating system will ever be suitable for installation by grandma, nor should it ever be.
Seth_Kriticos 15y ago
1024x768 is dead. 1366x768 is pretty common actually on lower end laptops.
jemka 15y ago
>His complaint is very valid in my opinion. Imagine Granny Smith being sent to that page and opening it on her 1024x768 notebook. Why? What's the purpose of sending "Granny Smith" to that demo? She going to be really excited about the new OS and install it herself? Even if you do, she emails you and says it didn't work, so you...do what you did before. Live cd? Have a discussion with her? Let her try yours? The online demo is not the only method of trying the OS. It's really not even a true method. It's a marketing tool. Not something you would send Granny Smith.
- aw3c2 15y ago
  "Here, look. This is what your computer would look and feel like if I installed this free modern system on it."
  - jemka 15y ago
    ...and then what? She ends the idea of installing the OS? No, she probably tells you (for whatever reason) she doesn't understand what she's looking at. And your response is what; to just quit? Tell her to use her current OS? My point? The online demo isn't the end-all of the Ubuntu preview. Stop treating it like it is. Finally, ask yourself, am I making good points or trying desperately to win an internet argument.