> What most techies don't get is that this is an extremely reasonable assumption. Well, to be more fair, that most users don't care.
I don't think he's complaining that they try to make it easier for people for whom this assumption holds true. There should be emphasis on only. From what I can gather, Unity seems to make it impossible (or at least highly inconvenient) to do anything but click on shiny buttons - and that's retarded.
In my opinion, Unity does a better job of getting out of my way and doing what I want to do than its predecessor. And I've been using Linux as my primary desktop since 1995...
I don't think he's complaining that they try to make it easier for people for whom this assumption holds true. There should be emphasis on only. From what I can gather, Unity seems to make it impossible (or at least highly inconvenient) to do anything but click on shiny buttons - and that's retarded.