Hello everyone, I just took a look at the plans for the new SUSE partitioner and I have to admit I already hate it (sorry for the strong language). I love SUSE - I am sticking with it for a 7th straight year now, but certain tendencies to over-complicate trivial tasks drive me crazy. The goal of the project is to make the new partitioner GUI simple and easy to use, but I am missing both the simplicity and ease-of-use in the following screen-shot : I know I am stupid, but this is the case with 99% of our target user-base. If we want to ignore stupid users we would end like free-BSD - an interesting project for a handful of geeks. Why don't we just use the Gparted GUI in the first window and in the second one we add advanced options (similarly to the current proposal - separated in two). We do not need to reinvent the wheel, just look at the products that are really successful in the market lately : 1. google 2. ipod 3. nintendo wii All of these have 1 common feature that makes them winners - SIMPLICITY. These 3 differentiate themselves through simplicity. In reality a normal user should not need a partitioner but this does not mean we can make it as complicated as we'd like. Simplicity is achieved through different approaches, but I think the two main are : 1. standardization 2. design improvement and simplification In the current mock-up we lack both and it really scares me personally. Best Regards, Nayden
