Everything easy is hard

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On 27 Nov, 2005, at 8:16 PM, Kevin Cole wrote:
> ...
> nigel.kennington at btinternet.com wrote:
> ...
>> You welcome feedback: “Please remember to give us feedback of what 
>> you think of Edubuntu (good and bad) to help us to improve it for 
>> you...” Yet the link takes you to a “Locked Page” with a frankly 
>> painfully complex login procedure. I still haven’t managed it
>> successfully. Why does it need to be so complex? Why not just put up 
>> an email address that comments could be sent to?
>
> Hmmm... I'm not sure which page you refer to, but if it
> was a wiki page, then it was "locked" because someone else
> was editing it.

Actually, all Edubuntu wiki pages are displayed as "locked" even when 
they're not, and it's not obvious how to log in. Reported.
<http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20401>
<http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20402>

> As for the login process, if it sent you to Launchpad, then yeah, I 
> can see your point about it being a bit tedious.

This should improve soon, as the Launchpad registration process will 
send you back where you came from as soon as you've finished.
<https://wiki.launchpad.canonical.com/ProperSignUpWorkflow>

> On the other hand, e-mail isn't always ideal for feedback either.
> ...

More particularly, with e-mail you can't tell if you're just repeating 
something that dozens of people have already said. And you can't 
contribute to a proposal made by someone else that you wouldn't have 
thought of yourself.

Cheers
-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/