Hi Zorin,
After using Linux for about 8 years, mac for the past 4 years I am now back on Linux on at least one of my machines. Great work on the UI. I do have some feedback. I know this part is not your "fault" perse, but since Zorin puts a lot of focus on introducing new users to Linux I believe this one is worth your attention.
When I go to bluetooth settings in the topbar, and I see bluetooth, I automatically click on it (it's a habit). Because in all other OS except for linux I expect a list of coupled devices or whatever. In linux, it disables bluetooth. While what you're really after is the tiny arrow. This is horrible UI on Gnome's end. If you disable something that could disrupt your work it should be very clear, with a toggle for example. Or a confirmation window. From all things, it should not be the big "Bluetooth" button in front of you.
In the past this did not really bother me, because my Keyboard and mouse had their own receivers. So, well, disabled bluetooth, we'll put it in on again and go on with our lives. However, nowadays I and many others connect our keyboard and/or mouse via bluetooth! So you click on bluetooth and boom, you can't use your keyboard and mouse anymore! No warning, no dialog, just.... "Here you go, you better go look up that old hardware if you still have it.". From a UI point of view and usability this is just unacceptable.
Even more so because Logitech had the brilliant idea of introducing the Bolt stuff that does not interact with the old unifiers, I am not going to stuff my machine with USB receivers so well (I have 2 laptops and one desktop, it's quite annoying to link them to each receiver and one device works with one receiver but not the other etc etc).
Are there solutions for this? Hmmm well, there appear to be. But none of them seem reliable. Plus AI indicates that adding them MIGHT break the UI stuff provided by Zorin.... And I don't want to risk that.
I would purpose hiding the gnome widget, and implementing a widget Zorin bluetooth widget instead. One with a good UI, does not lock people out of their systems, and does not rely on community initiatives, deprecated dependencies etcetera.
I hope to see such an improvement in the future.
Kind regards,
Daan Biesterbos
