Comment 68 for bug 438536

You're right about that. For example, one of the things my family most
enjoy about Ubuntu is that it allows them to tinker with the desktop,
specially the Gnome Panel. I've heard more than once they
say something like "cool, I can choose where I put the clock and the start
(sic) menu. I couldn't do that on Windows!". And they're not even close to
being computer geeks. IMHO, the new notify-osd is definitely not a step
back, as it was never something easily customizable. If anything, it's made
Ubuntu more modern (and we all know how much Gnome needs revamping -- let's
go, three point oh! :-) ). After reading some Ayatana's posts I'm quite sure
that this subject is going to be exhaustively discussed and the devs will
come out with the most sensible solution before Lucid is out. But even if
I'm wrong, we'll all have a way of tweaking it to fit our needs. Long live
FLOSS. :-)

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Michael Martin-Smucker <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> You did say something valuable that I'd like to highlight, though: "A
> good OS is one where both new users and expert users alike can feel
> comfortable at the simplicity and customisability that is offered." I
> think this is absolutely true, and I think that Ubuntu will be more
> successful if it doesn't intentionally hold back users who like
> customization.