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When I read this article, I was open to hearing how this could be the case, but then I read: "Working with Ubuntu 12.04 is quite simple and elegant… until you

When I read this article, I was open to hearing how this could be the case, but then I read: "Working with Ubuntu 12.04 is quite simple and elegant… until you want to sit down and see what applications are available on your system." Which sounds like it really doesn't blow anything out of the water. Then I also read: "click the “Ubuntu” button in the top left, then click the little white icon on the bottom center that is, I assume, representative of “a comb, a pencil and a building with pacman on it”. Then you expand the “Installed” section by clicking on the left/center of the screen. Then you click on “Filter Results” in the top right." WAT? That's the complete opposite of a well-thought-out experience for the user. So why is it that this GUI environment is superior again?

bostonvaulter2 14y ago
Yeah, it is really weird for him to open a positive review with that.
SkyMarshal 14y ago
He's not the best writer. The point he meant to get across is that that's a nitpick, not a huge problem, but he spends several paragraphs explaining the problem and only a few sentences explaining that it's just a minor nitpick and overall the experience is good. Totally out of proportion, leading readers to weight the bad more than he intended. Key phrases: > In short: It’s fast. Stable. And generally a pleasure to use. > In fact, this is my only big gripe with the Unity interface. And it’s not a big one. I’m nit-picking here.
viraptor 14y ago
Criticism takes more space and attention than good things. When you like something, you just do. Maybe there are a couple of things that you really really like and you can write about them. On the other hand things that don't work as you expect have some story to it - why don't you like them, what else did you expect, who does it properly, how is it affecting your workflow, how much you dislike that problem. I expect things like that to affect most reviews...

bostonvaulter2 14y ago

Yeah, it is really weird for him to open a positive review with that.

SkyMarshal 14y ago

He's not the best writer. The point he meant to get across is that that's a nitpick, not a huge problem, but he spends several paragraphs explaining the problem and only a few sentences explaining that it's just a minor nitpick and overall the experience is good. Totally out of proportion, leading readers to weight the bad more than he intended. Key phrases: > In short: It’s fast. Stable. And generally a pleasure to use. > In fact, this is my only big gripe with the Unity interface. And it’s not a big one. I’m nit-picking here.

viraptor 14y ago

Criticism takes more space and attention than good things. When you like something, you just do. Maybe there are a couple of things that you really really like and you can write about them. On the other hand things that don't work as you expect have some story to it - why don't you like them, what else did you expect, who does it properly, how is it affecting your workflow, how much you dislike that problem. I expect things like that to affect most reviews...