[jernfrost]

For a small player like Ubuntu I think it makes sense to copy ideas from others as they don't have the resources to come up with advance and novel UI concepts themselves.

But I can agree with one thing. Don't jump around too much. Make gradual improvements. One of the things I like about the Mac is that the UI paradigm has stayed very consistent since Mac OS X was released. There are far too many changes in e.g. Windows, and it seems Linux is copying too much of this. E.g. removing the menu bar and making UIs look like mobile phone UIs is silly and wasteful. Many of the established UI paradigm on the desktop have been refined over decades and work very well.

- Keep regular menu bars - Keep regular menu bars, don't go crazy with animated tiles and that sort of stuff. - And please none of the crazy ribbon stuff.

Honestly I think Ubuntu would be pretty safe following Apple as they don't jump onto crazy ideas with every release like MS. They stick with what they have and refine it. That makes sense for Linux to do as well.