[Ubuntu-BD] FOSS & Ubuntu in Bangladesh

[Shabab Mustafa]

Believe me or not, after interacting with people of different ages in field,
I came to a conclusion, the 'alien interface' thing nothing but a mental
barrier and it is more common with people who 'memorized' the computer
operation than 'learning' it. I think 'Will of learning' is the thing they
lack than new interface or anything.

I have seen people who can locate a particular folder under 'Program Files'
in Windows, but got puzzled when he try to open Openoffice Writer right
under their nose. They can open Control Panel to tweak things and found too
hard to locate 'System' menu just in front their eyes. I can't categorize
this kind of behavior anything but 'Memorizing over Learning' syndrom which
we adopt from our education system, intensely developed by the colonial
rulers to produce some 'Educated Slaves', from very early age. (One of our
member here, Goutom Roy is an active researcher and expert in BD education
by profession. He is way well capable of explaining these things than
myself.)

In my personal opinion, what people denoted 'comfort with old interface' is
technically a 'fear of new thing'. I don't think inforcing such baseless
fear would be a smart idea. Spending time to find and develop stargies to
help those people to overcome this illogical fear is far more worth spending
than designing a 'look a like' interface. We cannot get 'freedom' with
mocking 'slavery' by naming it 'comfort'. A drug addict has more 'comfort'
with using drugs. Will encouraging to be more 'comfortable' be a suitable
solution for them? I don't think so.

My insight says, 'suppressing' a problem is not a 'good solution' than
'solving' it.

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Shabab Mustafa
Liaison Person
Ubuntu Bangladesh
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Shabab