[Bug 951296] Re: account import is useless

[NickNackGus]

The mentioned picture of the Account import utility in Ubiquity.

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Title:
  account import is useless

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  First some background. I've been using Ubuntu as my main OS since 9.04
  Jaunty Jackalope. I rarely see Microsoft Windows open on my laptop or
  two desktops. I've been inspired to write over thirty programs in the
  Linux shell alone, and have chosen an Android phone over an iPhone,
  all because of the power of open source, first introduced to me over
  the summer of 2009. Today I decided to test the 12.04 beta on a spare
  HDD using my most powerful computer, mainly to try the HUD. I already
  performed some tests on that HDD over my last vacation, and upgraded
  everything I had to Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit, with many customizations. The
  fact that I can customize so much is without a doubt the main reason I
  love Ubuntu.

  I'll upload a screenshot of my upgrade, and see if you can see
  anything wrong with it. You know what, I'll just tell you in plain
  English, although you clearly didn't pay any attention last time.

  The account import dialog has a box with all the accounts you can
  import to Ubuntu. You can click the check boxes next to each account
  you want to import, and the Live CD will handle the rest. Good,
  wonderful in fact. But keep in mind that you should make the box BIG
  ENOUGH TO DISPLAY MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME! WHAT ARE YOU
  THINKING, PEOPLE! Alright, I'm calming down...but seriously, I told
  you about this with the new settings manager AND the Ubiquity
  terminal, and that was MONTHS ago. You guys somehow managed to make
  things WORSE.

  As a reminder, the Ubiquity terminal, when shown, should be able to
  display at least five lines at a time, not an amazing zero. This could
  have been easily fixed by resizing the window on larger displays, if
  you didn't disable that. And no, I'm still not buying the excuse that
  it was a "design goal" to remove the ability to resize a window.
  Preventing usefulness should NEVER be a "goal". Understood? I hope so!

  As for the account import dialogue, you left 80% of ubiquity blank. In
  vertical Space alone. You had the room, you just refuse to use it. If
  you really want more users, from Mac or Windows, you can't be making
  life hard for them. They're just going to tell their friends that
  Linux is a "Hobby OS" for "Crazy Linux Fanboys" before they have
  anything installed. Ubuntu is a great OS, is on the cutting edge of
  technology, and runs a good portion of the world. It isn't right to
  judge a book by its cover, but people aren't going to try Ubuntu if
  the front door is surrounded by barbed wire. Metaphorically.

  Ubuntu 12.04 Early March Beta for AMD64 on an ASUS G74SX.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.305
  Date: Fri Mar  9 21:20:12 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=unknown
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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