Comment 624 for bug 532633

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Ludwik Trammer (ludwik) wrote :

> As near as I can tell, I'm probably one of the few (or maybe only one)
> on the thread who has commercially/professionally dealt with the
> consequences of a development group's "rash" UI decisions in a product
> they support, and the types of users that come after you with pitchforks
> and torches afterwards. Let me tell you, it isn't fun.

That's exactly what I was trying to say. I'm the one who advocated the decision to switch our whole computer network (including school's administration, classrooms etc.) to Ubuntu. I know people will give me a hard time after we adopt Ubuntu 10.04. The worst thing is I can't say to them "after careful consideration and month of usability studies Ubuntu team decided to change the design, and here are the reasons why this was necessary". All I can say is "I don't really know. They made the decision 4 weeks before release, claiming there is a plan, but without giving us any details. The decision seemed rushed and not really backed by data, so I can't be even sure the change is here to stay. I'm sorry, but we will have to wait to the next release and see".