Idea #8131: Keep the GUI nice and simple but do not sacrifice functionality/efficiency

Right now the GUI has a lot of buttons that aren't needed such as OOo. There are so many buttons and exposed functions that a newbie would be scared to use it because they would have to mouse over each button individually to find out what it does, and half the time you have to try it to really understand it. What a waste of time for those of use who just want some simple functions.

In the System > Preferences menu, my oh my there are so many things. This is the first time I have EVER seen a scrollable menu. Some of the stuff could be bundled together like Keyrings and Keyring manager, all the screen stuff, network options, etc. This really needs to be fixed.

I know the GUI is simple already, but it's these little things that seriously need to be fixed to keep Ubuntu organized well and consistent enough to be easily understandable as well as efficient enough to be seriously considered for power users.

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