Re: [Usability] Gome is Too BIG..

[Yuval Levy <gnome08 sfina com>]

Steve Fosdick wrote:
> The reason I have a large, hi-res screen is NOT so the individual
> features can be bigger (I could buy reading glasses for that) but
> so I can get more things on the screen at once.

+1

first time posting here. a big thank you to those who make Ubuntu / 
Gnome so usable. I've been on Linux and FreeBSD on the server for more 
than eight years and have been trying all along to migrate the desktop too.

My time share of Linux desktop time has increased recently.

In general I find Ubuntu very desktop-usable but the one thing that 
disturbs me most are the big features. I understand this is *personal* 
and don't want to impose my personal preference on anybody. IMO it would 
be good usability to provide users with a few simple scaling choices. 
Like the vast majority of users, I don't like to fiddle with settings 
and just take what is default. A simple small/medium/large choice would 
go a long way. Or make it a fancy scaling slider if you want. But please 
consider that we are moving toward a broader variety of displays and 
applications, and users preferences are such that a one-size-fit-all 
solution does not exist.

<http://panospace.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/displays/>

Regards,
Yuv